Todd A. Jacobs wrote:
Periodically, my mouse cursor will turn black and/or pixelated, and I
haven't been able to find a reason for this or a fix other than to
restart X. It seems to happen most often when browsing with firefox
under KDE, but I see this behavior more often (and more randomly) under
Gnome.
So, two questions:
1. Does anyone have any idea what's corrupting the cursor?
2. Is there a way to fix it short of CTRL-ALT-BS?
This isn't a new problem for me, and has been a problem with Etch since
before it went stable, and continues to be a problem for me under Lenny.
Suggestions welcome.
I have an old Sony PCG-XG laptop that had major problems with the cursor under X. In this case, I was able to solve the problem by using an "Option" line in the Device section of xorg.conf, for the video card. The card is a Neomagic MagicMedia 256XL+, so this option may not work for you, or you may have to search out a similar action but different name.
Option "SWCursor" "true"This forces my card to always use a software cursor, even if the driver thinks there's a hardware one available.
I hope this at least helps get you looking in the right direction;) -- Bob McGowan Symantec, Inc.
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