Re: Screen Lock & Locate Pointer
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Dale <quail.linux@gmail.com>:
>
> I am running Debian Testing with Gnome desktop enviroment
> 2.6.26-1-686 #1 SMP Thu Oct 9 15:18:09 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux
>
> I not sure if this is a bug or not, but when I activate the the
> 'Locate Pointer' under System => Preferences => Mouse, which uses the
> Control key to show the position of were the mouse pointer is on the
> screen. I have noticed that when this is activated the Lock Screen
> function (ctrl + alt + l) no longer locks the screen.
>
> The only reason I had to turn on the 'Locate Pointer' function is
> cause when I was out in the daylight in the car GPS tracking for Open
> Street Maps it was hard to find where the mouse was on the screen, and
Consider installing big-cursor.
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