Re: Extra mouse pointer

[Jim Gettys <Jim Gettys hp com>]

The XFixes extension in X11R6.8 has the ability to get the cursor image,
as an ARGB image.

Send hate mail to keithp that he hasn't update the man page...
			- Jim

				
On Wed, 2004-09-22 at 11:50 -0400, Owen Taylor wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-09-22 at 11:07 -0400, Brandon Kuczenski wrote:
> 
> > I first suspected an X problem, but the problem doesn't occur in KDE.
> > Rather, sometimes in KDE I see an extra pointer appear for an instant, but
> > it never lasts longer than an instant.  Also, the problem doesn't occur
> > [in gnome] when I am logged in as root.
> > 
> > I created a test user with default settings, and she had the problem as
> > well.
> > 
> > I don't know much about X and the various display managers [yet], so I'm
> > afraid I can't ask a more specific question than, "why does this happen?"
> > It's really annoying to watch a movie with a big white hand in the middle
> > of the screen.
> 
> X bug.. the desktop doesn't have access to the mouse pointer image
> even if it wanted to. The fact that KDE doesn't trigger it is
> coincidental. I'd file a  Debian X bug report with full details of 
> your hardware.
> 
> Regards,
> 						Owen
> 
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