[plug] Problems with display in Gnome

[Garth Atkinson]

I think this is some sort of problem with the display card's
hardware cursor (ie mouse arrow). I cant be more specific because I
have only heard about this problem, never seen it!

"Shackleton, Kevin" wrote:
> 
> The same symptoms occur in Win9x when the machine is about to die from lack
> of resources.  An off-topic response, yes, but I expect the bottom line is
> the same - the video system can't XOR the mouse area properly to make the
> mouse move. Hey - why not try an MS-style solution and re-install!

Why not? - because he is _not_ using Windows. What is a re-install
going to achieve in this instance? Unless you enter some different
magic numbers during the install, absolutely nothing.

> 
> I'd suggest a reinstall of X anyway . .
> 
> K.
> 
> > From: Carl Gherardi [mailto:gherardi at ark.cs.curtin.edu.au]
> >
> > > Many GUI's do strange things, including(but not exclusive too) turning
> > my
> > > mouse pointer into a largish square and fonts being displayed as blocks.
> >
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