On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:19:46 +0200 Torfinn Ingolfsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello, > > On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:53:59 -0500 > "Schlechter, Fred" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The mouse pointer disappears when keys are pressed on the keyboard. > > The mouse pointer reappears only when the mouse is moved or one of > > the mouse buttons is pressed. This happens only in the console and > > AFAIK, this works as designed. And it has been working like that long > before 7.0. > > > I really can't say if this is a bug, but it is annoying and this issue > > did not exist when using a PS2 mouse and keyboard. > > Are you certain about that? I just tested a few systems here, and all > remove the mouse pointer i console when keys are pressed. Some of these > systems run FreeBSD 6.x, and one runs 7.0-stable. In the terminal emulators, this is a function of them rather than FreeBSD. For instance, xterm turns off the mouse cursor based on the value of the pointerMode resource; the default behavior is as described above most of the time. Sure enough, setting it to never turn off and starting a new xterm makes it never disappear. Other emulators may well have copied that behavior. The video card driver may get involved as well; if it has a hardware cursor and that's enabled, the requests to turn off the cursor might be ignored. I think I've seen that, but can't be certain. I'm not sure whether the console emulation does this, but it wouldn't surprise me. <mike -- Mike Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.mired.org/consulting.html Independent Network/Unix/Perforce consultant, email for more information. O< ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - www.asciiribbon.org _______________________________________________ freebsd-usb@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-usb To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"