[plug] Mouse problems

[Mike Holland]

On 24 Jan 2003, Anne Busby wrote:

> Found what section to put it ( it is a 'known problem' with the trident
> graphics chip set on the suse site)
> 
> I restarted my xserver, but no change - guess i will just have to reboot

If X-restart doesnt help, reboot won't. Are you sure you edited the same 
config file that X uses? Try 'ls -lu' after restart to check which files 
it read.
 
> Anne
> 
> On Fri, 2003-01-24 at 20:13, Anne Busby wrote:
> > That option is not in the file - where do I put it?
> > 
> > Also, will that effect the times when it runs OK?
> > 
> > The problem is not all the time and the discrepancy increases over time.
> > 
> > Anne
> > 
> > On Mon, 2003-01-20 at 00:54, Mike Holland wrote:
> > > On 19 Jan 2003, Anne Busby wrote:
> > > 
> > > > I am running Redhat 7.3 (Kernal 2.4.18-19).7.x on i686). When in X
> > > > Windows my mouse over time presence is detected to the left of where it
> > > > is appearing on the screen. ie if I try to click on the 'ie' the cursor
> > > 
> > > Or to put it another way, the cursor is shown in the wrong place.
> > > I'd suggest you edit your XF86Config and uncomment:
> > >     Option      "sw_cursor"
> > > 
> > > HTH.
> > > 
> > > -- 
> > >     One seldom sees a monument to a committee.
> > > 
> > > 
> > -- 
> > Regards,
> > Anne Busby
> > E-Mail: mailto:anne at busby.net
> > Web: http://www.busby.net
> > 
> > 
> 

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