On 6/20/05, The Rasterman Carsten Haitzler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 20 Jun 2005 15:47:13 +1000 Tyno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled: > > > On 6/20/05, The Rasterman Carsten Haitzler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mon, 20 Jun 2005 13:34:09 +1000 Tyno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled: > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > I've been running e17 on my laptop for a while and just last week I've > > > > started to have a bit of an odd problem. I go from one screen to the > > > > other and all of a sudden the mouse pointer disappears. Focus stops > > > > following the mouse and the only way I can tell where it is is by > > > > hitting the windows menu key if it happens to be on the desktop > > > > somewhere. Not that it's useful for anything other than switching > > > > between monitors as I can't click on anything. > > > > > > > > More info that may or may not be relevant... I'm using Debian testing > > > > (full dist upgrade was done last week a day or so after the first time > > > > this happened.) XFree86 4.3.0.1, 2.6.11.10 kernel and e17 updated > > > > from CVS a couple of times a week. > > > > > > > > Has anyone got any suggestions as to how I should go about working out > > > > hwo this is happening? > > > > > > e17 doesn't change/touch the mouse cursor after it initially started. > > > that's > > > the only time it fiddles with it (currently) beyond that it may warp/move > > > the pointer - but never make it vanish as such. my guess would be a > > > hardware > > > / driver bug in x - have u tried flipping to a text console and back to x > > > again? > > > > Yep. Done that. Pointer was still gone. For the record, I'm using > > the radeon driver from the xserver-xfree86 package. > > well can't really tell - so the cursor doesn't change back if you move the > mouse > over an app window? what if you run xsetroot (this should reset the cursor to > an > "X") or restart enlightenment? (try both)? if it doesnt get fixed here its > DEFINITELY a driver/hw bug (100%). if it fixes it - i still stand by what i > said > in that i cant see how e could cause this as it doesnt play with the cursor > except at start. after that it doesnt try change it
It doesn't change back when I move the mouse over an app window and restarting enlightenment doesn't help so I guess you're probably right. I'll find myself a different X driver and see if that helps. Thanks for the replies. Tyno ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idt77&alloc_id492&op=click _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
