Op 2 Jun 2003 (4:41), schreef Ben Winslow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Mon, 2003-06-02 at 03:18, Jules Alberts wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > > > Recently I upgraded (actually reinstalled) two workstations from RedHat > > 7.3 to 9. First thing to do afterwards was installing FVWM. The problem > > is that one machine runs just fine, the other one has a problem with > > the default RedHat mouse cursors. In 24b color mode the mouse is OK, > > but the display is _slow_. In 16b mode, the mouse leaves "traces". I > > think it has something to do with alpha (transparant) parts of the > > mousecursor bitmaps. > > > > I know this probably isn't an FVWM problem, but does anybody know how I > > can solve this? (Google wasn't my friend) > > > > Thanks! > > Is this happening with the old 2-color bitmapped cursors that X has had > for ages, or the newer (more colorful) cursors that appeared in XFree > 4.3 (which support full alpha channels.)
It's the new fancy mousepointers, on a RedHat 9 box. > If it's the latter, the cursors may be slow on video cards that can't do > hardware alpha blending. I think you're right... > You can switch back to the older cursor style > by putting the following lines in your Xresources file: > > Xcursor.theme: core > Xcursor.size: 16 ...so I tried this but it doesn't work (I tried /etc/X11/Xresources , /etc/X11/gdm/Xresources and ~/.Xdefaults). I'm not even sure if the old cursors are installed at all. Does anyone know how to get "core" cursors on a RH9 box? Thanks! -- Visit the official FVWM web page at <URL: http://www.fvwm.org/>. To unsubscribe from the list, send "unsubscribe fvwm" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
