Peter Hutterer wrote: > On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 01:46:21PM +1000, Russell Shaw wrote: >> I built X from git. I get a stippled background when X starts but the >> mouse cursor is invisible. The mouse is working because i tested it >> with xev. I built and installed in this order: > > commit e02f864fdf19a5ab1682336be343c57fdb69ef43 > Author: Adam Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed Aug 20 13:24:03 2008 -0400 > > Suppress cursor display until the first XDefineCursor() request. > > Yes, this means the server will start without showing a cursor. Pretty > much any application that wants to interact with the mouse will define > cursors, so this essentially just delays showing it until gdm (or > whatever) loads.
Hi, That's somewhat interesting. A lot of old or simple X programs (and X tutorials) didn't call XDefineCursor() from what i've seen. When i ran xev (from git), the cursor didn't appear either. I'm testing X on a remote pc and so don't need xdm or any apps running on X. Any testing is simpler if the complications of xdm or a window manager are avoided. I think it would be a good idea if there was a default cursor present if nothing else. _______________________________________________ xorg mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg
