Re: KVM/QEMU/libvirt, and automatically release mouse pointer in Debian guest

2024-07-29 Thread George at Clug
Debian > guest. > > The problem is, the Debian guest does not automatically release the > mouse. I have to tap the right CTRL key. > > My question is, what else needs to be done to automatically release > the mouse pointer in the Debian guest? Not sure whether you use Spice or V

Re: KVM/QEMU/libvirt, and automatically release mouse pointer in Debian guest

2024-07-29 Thread didier gaumet
Le 29/07/2024 à 06:13, Jeffrey Walton a écrit : Hi Everyone, I have KVM/QEMU/libvirt installed to manage my VMs. I have a Debian 12 guest, x86_64, fully patched. The Debian guest has qemu-guest-agent installed. The qemu-guest-agent service is running on the Debian guest. The problem is, the Deb

KVM/QEMU/libvirt, and automatically release mouse pointer in Debian guest

2024-07-28 Thread Jeffrey Walton
mouse. I have to tap the right CTRL key. My question is, what else needs to be done to automatically release the mouse pointer in the Debian guest? - $ sudo systemctl start qemu-guest-agent $ sudo systemctl status qemu-guest-agent ● qemu-guest-agent.service - QEMU Guest Agent Loaded: loaded

Re: bad mouse pointer

2022-06-28 Thread Felix Miata
Felix Miata composed on 2022-06-28 23:26 (UTC-0400): > Bullseye & Bookworm amd64 on old 945G intel graphics using modesetting DIX. I > couldn't get the Intel DDX driver to load instead. Mouse pointer at TDM login > greeter and in IceWM, LXDE, XFCE & TDM sessions are always t

bad mouse pointer

2022-06-28 Thread Felix Miata
Bullseye & Bookworm amd64 on old 945G intel graphics using modesetting DIX. I couldn't get the Intel DDX driver to load instead. Mouse pointer at TDM login greeter and in IceWM, LXDE, XFCE & TDM sessions are always the activity spinner. Strings put and ouse in .xsession-errors are

Re: which program can show X/Y position of mouse pointer

2022-05-12 Thread Michael Lange
Hi, On Wed, 11 May 2022 22:34:00 -0400 lou wrote: > > Thank Michael Lange! > > it's what i need, and it works fine in twm I am glad if I could help. Btw, I noticed there is a small bug in the script, there should be an additional line towards the script's end, so that the end of the script l

Re: which program can show X/Y position of mouse pointer

2022-05-11 Thread lou
Thank Michael Lange! it's what i need, and it works fine in twm no wonder python is so popular these days PS: why isn't there some existing application that can do this job? is my need too special?

Re: which program can show X/Y position of mouse pointer

2022-05-11 Thread Michael Lange
s python3-tk): # #!/usr/bin/python3 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- '''Shows a tooltip-like window that displays the x- and y-positions of the mouse pointer on the screen. Left-click into this window to quit the program.'

Re: which program can show X/Y position of mouse pointer

2022-05-09 Thread David Wright
On Mon 09 May 2022 at 19:20:25 (-0400), lou wrote: > > On 5/9/22 9:21 AM, Dan Ritter wrote: > > No, I've never used twm. fvwm, sawmill/sawfish, and xfwm can all > > do that. Probably most others. > > > > Thanks! i have success with icewm, not with fvwm > > xeyes knows mouse movement, it's too b

Re: which program can show X/Y position of mouse pointer

2022-05-09 Thread John Hasler
xev -root -- John Hasler j...@sugarbit.com Elmwood, WI USA

Re: which program can show X/Y position of mouse pointer

2022-05-09 Thread lou
On 5/9/22 9:21 AM, Dan Ritter wrote: No, I've never used twm. fvwm, sawmill/sawfish, and xfwm can all do that. Probably most others. -dsr- Thanks! i have success with icewm, not with fvwm xeyes knows mouse movement, it's too bad it doesn't show X/Y coordinates

Re: which program can show X/Y position of mouse pointer

2022-05-09 Thread Dan Ritter
lou wrote: > > On 5/9/22 7:09 AM, Dan Ritter wrote: > > xdotool getmouselocation > > > Thanks! > > are you sure that xterm can be made always-on-top in twm? No, I've never used twm. fvwm, sawmill/sawfish, and xfwm can all do that. Probably most others. -dsr-

Re: which program can show X/Y position of mouse pointer

2022-05-09 Thread lou
On 5/9/22 7:09 AM, Dan Ritter wrote: xdotool getmouselocation Thanks! are you sure that xterm can be made always-on-top in twm?

Re: which program can show X/Y position of mouse pointer

2022-05-09 Thread Dan Ritter
lou wrote: > i use twm for bullseye > > i want to record screen with ffmpeg, it allows me to select some region of > screen > > i need a program that can display X/Y coordinates of mouse pointer as i move > mouse xdotool getmouselocation does it once. You may wish to

which program can show X/Y position of mouse pointer

2022-05-09 Thread lou
i use twm for bullseye i want to record screen with ffmpeg, it allows me to select some region of screen i need a program that can display X/Y coordinates of mouse pointer as i move mouse

Re: mouse pointer in changes unwanted

2021-08-23 Thread sp...@caiway.net
On Sun, 22 Aug 2021 17:15:33 -0600 Charles Curley wrote: > On Sun, 22 Aug 2021 23:45:07 +0200 > "sp...@caiway.net" wrote: > > > I use sddm as display manager, when this is started I get my chosen > > big green cursor but when I log in it changes to a small red &g

Re: mouse pointer in changes unwanted

2021-08-22 Thread Charles Curley
On Sun, 22 Aug 2021 23:45:07 +0200 "sp...@caiway.net" wrote: > I use sddm as display manager, when this is started I get my chosen > big green cursor but when I log in it changes to a small red > mouse pointer > > When I start blackbox, the green one also changes to the

mouse pointer in changes unwanted

2021-08-22 Thread sp...@caiway.net
My mouse cursor does not follow update-alternatives --config x-cursor-theme I use sddm as display manager, when this is started I get my chosen big green cursor but when I log in it changes to a small red mouse pointer When I start blackbox, the green one also changes to the red adduser test

Re: New install of buster, worked fine with regular monitor, garbled display but with good mouse pointer when connected to AV setup

2019-08-14 Thread Phil Reynolds
ected to the AV setup today, I get a rather > strange problem. All text mode display is absolutely fine, but when > gdm3 starts, I see a good mouse pointer, but all other graphical > output is "torn up", in a way similar to the effect you would see on > an old TV if the horizontal

New install of buster, worked fine with regular monitor, garbled display but with good mouse pointer when connected to AV setup

2019-08-12 Thread Phil Reynolds
absolutely fine, but when gdm3 starts, I see a good mouse pointer, but all other graphical output is "torn up", in a way similar to the effect you would see on an old TV if the horizontal hold is badly out of adjustment. You can see my actual display here: https://imgur.com/a/0Vob8Na I

Re: Mouse pointer _sometimes_ too big

2017-04-26 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
On 4/25/17, Ric Moore wrote: > On 04/24/2017 11:19 AM, Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: > >> Mine will occasionally do something like this. In my case, it gives >> the appearance it's switching back and forth between entire cursor >> themes. Is there a chance that's actually what's going on here rather >>

Re: Mouse pointer _sometimes_ too big

2017-04-25 Thread Ric Moore
On 04/24/2017 11:19 AM, Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: Mine will occasionally do something like this. In my case, it gives the appearance it's switching back and forth between entire cursor themes. Is there a chance that's actually what's going on here rather than it "just" being about pixel size? Min

Re: Mouse pointer _sometimes_ too big

2017-04-24 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
0 graphics card, two monitors connected, >>> 2560x1440 >>> + 1920x1200. >>> >>> My Xfce Mouse & pointer settings has pointer size set to 16, and Xfce >>> DPI is set to 96. >>> >>> Where should I start to look for problems? >> >>D

Re: Mouse pointer _sometimes_ too big

2017-04-24 Thread Andreas Ronnquist
On Mon, 24 Apr 2017 09:33:46 -0400, Ric Moore wrote: >On 04/22/2017 03:53 PM, Andreas Ronnquist wrote: > >> This is on Xfce, Debian stable with some backports (Kernel and Nvidia >> drivers), Geforce 1070 graphics card, two monitors connected, >> 2560x1440 >> +

Re: Mouse pointer _sometimes_ too big

2017-04-24 Thread Ric Moore
On 04/22/2017 03:53 PM, Andreas Ronnquist wrote: This is on Xfce, Debian stable with some backports (Kernel and Nvidia drivers), Geforce 1070 graphics card, two monitors connected, 2560x1440 + 1920x1200. My Xfce Mouse & pointer settings has pointer size set to 16, and Xfce DPI is set t

Mouse pointer _sometimes_ too big

2017-04-22 Thread Andreas Ronnquist
Mouse & pointer settings has pointer size set to 16, and Xfce DPI is set to 96. Where should I start to look for problems? -- Andreas Rönnquist mailingli...@gusnan.se gus...@openmailbox.org [Please don't CC me, if I mail to a mailinglist, I am subscribed to it.]

Re: mouse pointer speed is too high

2016-07-04 Thread Gener Badenas
On Tue, Jul 5, 2016 at 12:44 AM, Bob wrote: > Hello list, > > I have added Logitech M235 wireless mouse to my debian box. The mouse is > detected but pointer speed is too high. > > [xinput --list] shows the detected mouse > > ~~~ > > ⎡ Virtual core pointerid=2[master p

Re: mouse pointer speed is too high

2016-07-04 Thread Siard
then normalize the pointer speed ? Did you try all options mentioned here? https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mouse_acceleration I managed to slow down the mouse pointer speed by putting this line in my window manager's startup file: xset mouse 0 0 &

mouse pointer speed is too high

2016-07-04 Thread Bob
Hello list, I have added Logitech M235 wireless mouse to my debian box. The mouse is detected but pointer speed is too high. [xinput --list] shows the detected mouse ~~~ ⎡ Virtual core pointerid=2[master pointer (3)] ⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4

Re: Mouse pointer flickering [Jessie]

2015-05-02 Thread Rafael Dias da Silva
Hey. I too had problems with the mouse cursor after upgrading to Jessie. It turned out I had to uninstall/reinstall the drivers for the discrete gpu. It seems you have an integrated gpu, but maybe it's worth trying un/installing the drivers. On May 2, 2015 9:48 AM, "Gel Pan" wrote: > Hello, > >

Mouse pointer flickering [Jessie]

2015-05-02 Thread Gel Pan
Hello, When I write something (Gedit, Gajim, etc), then slowly put cursor onto it (input filed), I have buggy vanishing of the mouse cursor. It happens with different DEs (I've tried Cinnamon, MATE). I use Intel driver and have system up-to-date. I don't know what to do, tried to disable HWCursor

jessie x86_64: mouse pointer not visible in X (with solution)

2015-04-28 Thread Alexis
Hi all, Further to my previous message, i found that when logging in to my i3-based X environment, which makes use of gnome-settings-daemon, the mouse pointer was present, but not visible. That is: the pointer could be moved and used to select things, but was not actually displayed. It

Re: How to fix intermittently disappearing mouse pointer ?

2014-08-07 Thread Steve Litt
On Thu, 7 Aug 2014 14:10:11 + (UTC) Curt wrote: > On 2014-08-07, Steve Litt wrote: > > > > Alright, by all means, let me rephrase: > > > > My computer always breaks immediately after I hover Claws-Mail's > > message list. > > > > What are you, a helicopter? Stop hovering! The way I keep d

Re: How to fix intermittently disappearing mouse pointer ?

2014-08-07 Thread Curt
On 2014-08-07, Steve Litt wrote: > > Alright, by all means, let me rephrase: > > My computer always breaks immediately after I hover Claws-Mail's message list. > What are you, a helicopter? Stop hovering! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "uns

Re: How to fix intermittently disappearing mouse pointer ?

2014-08-07 Thread Steve Litt
On Thu, 7 Aug 2014 09:38:26 + (UTC) Curt wrote: > On 2014-08-06, Steve Litt wrote: > > > > In other words (laugh away, guys and gals), Claws-Mail's message > > list breaks my computer. > > > > *Post hoc ergo propter hoc* (a common logical fallacy when > troubleshooting). Alright, by all me

Re: How to fix intermittently disappearing mouse pointer ?

2014-08-06 Thread Steve Litt
On Thu, 7 Aug 2014 11:22:57 +0900 Joel Rees wrote: > On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 10:41 PM, Steve Litt > wrote: > > [...] > > It's not intermittent anymore. I can reproduce it at will. I can log > > out and rerun X, and do almost anything, including change screen > > resolution, and this symptom will

Re: How to fix intermittently disappearing mouse pointer ?

2014-08-06 Thread Joel Rees
On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 10:41 PM, Steve Litt wrote: > [...] > It's not intermittent anymore. I can reproduce it at will. I can log > out and rerun X, and do almost anything, including change screen > resolution, and this symptom will not appear until I run claws-mail and > cursor over a message in

Re: How to fix intermittently disappearing mouse pointer ?

2014-08-06 Thread Steve Litt
> I have Wheezy running Openbox (I'm not sure how to detect Openbox's > version, but I installed it normally with apt-get). I'm *not* > running unclutter. Sometimes, my mouse pointer disappears when the > mouse pointer comes to rest on anything with popup text, which

Re: How to fix intermittently disappearing mouse pointer ?

2014-08-06 Thread Steve Litt
ona-fides on RTFM] > >> > > >> > I have Wheezy running Openbox (I'm not sure how to detect > >> > Openbox's version, but I installed it normally with apt-get). > >> > I'm *not* running unclutter. Sometimes, my mouse pointer > >&

Re: How to fix intermittently disappearing mouse pointer ?

2014-08-05 Thread Joel Rees
emed relevant. The following seemed the most relevant, but turned >> > out not to be helpful: >> > >> > https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=137080 >> > >> > I have Wheezy running Openbox (I'm not sure how to detect Openbox's >> > versi

Re: How to fix intermittently disappearing mouse pointer ?

2014-08-05 Thread Steve Litt
to be helpful: > > > > https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=137080 > > > > I have Wheezy running Openbox (I'm not sure how to detect Openbox's > > version, but I installed it normally with apt-get). I'm *not* > > running unclutter. Sometimes, my mo

Re: How to fix intermittently disappearing mouse pointer ?

2014-08-05 Thread Joel Rees
> I have Wheezy running Openbox (I'm not sure how to detect Openbox's > version, but I installed it normally with apt-get). I'm *not* > running unclutter. Sometimes, my mouse pointer disappears when the mouse > pointer comes to rest on anything with popup text, which is very

How to fix intermittently disappearing mouse pointer ?

2014-08-05 Thread Steve Litt
version, but I installed it normally with apt-get). I'm *not* running unclutter. Sometimes, my mouse pointer disappears when the mouse pointer comes to rest on anything with popup text, which is very obstructive (if you've ever worked on a computer that does this, you know what I mean). Of

Re: mouse pointer disappeared after upgrading to 6.0.1 in GNOME

2011-03-22 Thread Chen Wei
.34.7 and 2.6.32-5 on my boot menu now, so if I want go back to pure Debian 6.01, just select 2.6.32-5, however, I then must try guess the mouse pointer location. -- Chen Wei On 03/22/2011 12:25 PM, Steven Sciame wrote: > That is possible. I just assumed that my sources.list was correct. >

Re: mouse pointer disappeared after upgrading to 6.0.1 in GNOME

2011-03-21 Thread Steven Sciame
guson Subject: Re: mouse pointer disappeared after upgrading to 6.0.1 in GNOME To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Monday, March 21, 2011, 10:58 PM On 22/03/11 14:12, Steven Sciame wrote: > > > I could try that, but I am a little nervous wandering away from a > "stable" system

Re: mouse pointer disappeared after upgrading to 6.0.1 in GNOME

2011-03-21 Thread Scott Ferguson
.0.2? or sooner maybe? You are several upgrades behind the current, stable virtualbox. Possibly you didn't change your sources.list entry back in November - else you would be running 4.x vb. > > --- On *Mon, 3/21/11, Scott Ferguson > //* wrote: > > > From: Scott Fer

Re: mouse pointer disappeared after upgrading to 6.0.1 in GNOME

2011-03-21 Thread Steven Sciame
ote: From: Scott Ferguson Subject: Re: mouse pointer disappeared after upgrading to 6.0.1 in GNOME To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Monday, March 21, 2011, 8:41 PM On 22/03/11 12:30, Chen Wei wrote: > hi Steven, since the VirtualBox 3.2 cannot built its module on 2.6.38 > source, follow th

Re: mouse pointer disappeared after upgrading to 6.0.1 in GNOME

2011-03-21 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 22/03/11 12:30, Chen Wei wrote: > hi Steven, since the VirtualBox 3.2 cannot built its module on 2.6.38 > source, follow the instruction in "Debian Linux Kernel Handbook", I > rebuild the 2.6.34.7 kernel. It is quite strait forward and works, the > result kernel is also smaller than default kern

Re: mouse pointer disappeared after upgrading to 6.0.1 in GNOME

2011-03-21 Thread Chen Wei
* wrote: > > > From: Chen Wei > Subject: Re: mouse pointer disappeared after upgrading to 6.0.1 in GNOME > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Date: Monday, March 21, 2011, 4:31 AM > > after build a vanilla 2.6.38 kernel, the mouse pointer is finally back. >

Re: mouse pointer disappeared after upgrading to 6.0.1 in GNOME

2011-03-21 Thread Stephen Powell
On Mon, 21 Mar 2011 12:52:37 -0400 (EDT), Wayne Topa wrote: > > The only off list message I sent was to inform the OP about the > Debian COC regarding sending me a copy. I guess I was confused by the multiple consecutive posts by the OP with no intervening replies. I was assuming that someone was

Re: mouse pointer disappeared after upgrading to 6.0.1 in GNOME

2011-03-21 Thread Steven Sciame
@Wayne   I apologize for sending the extra mail directly to you.  At the time, my mouse pointer was not showing up and I was having great difficulty maneuvering through my mail. Thank you for bringing that to my attention. --- On Mon, 3/21/11, Wayne Topa wrote: From: Wayne Topa Subject

Re: mouse pointer disappeared after upgrading to 6.0.1 in GNOME

2011-03-21 Thread Steven Sciame
I think you are correct Chen.  On the following thread they found it to be the kernel too: http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=61447 --- On Mon, 3/21/11, Chen Wei wrote: From: Chen Wei Subject: Re: mouse pointer disappeared after upgrading to 6.0.1 in GNOME To: debian-

Re: mouse pointer disappeared after upgrading to 6.0.1 in GNOME

2011-03-21 Thread Wayne Topa
On 03/20/2011 09:29 PM, Stephen Powell wrote: On Sun, 20 Mar 2011 19:28:11 -0400 (EDT), Wayne Topa wrote: That seems to be your problem, gpm is not installed. As I do not use gnome this may not be required but the only way I can get a mouse to work is by installing the gpm package and configur

Re: mouse pointer disappeared after upgrading to 6.0.1 in GNOME

2011-03-21 Thread Chen Wei
after build a vanilla 2.6.38 kernel, the mouse pointer is finally back. It has to be a kernel problem. On 03/21/2011 02:41 PM, Chen Wei wrote: > On 03/21/2011 10:44 AM, Steven Sciame wrote: > > I also tried custom build kernel 2.6.34.7, although the mouse pointer is > visible, the s

Re: mouse pointer disappeared after upgrading to 6.0.1 in GNOME

2011-03-20 Thread Chen Wei
On 03/21/2011 10:44 AM, Steven Sciame wrote: I also tried custom build kernel 2.6.34.7, although the mouse pointer is visible, the system frozen on the gdm login screen. > > > Yes Chen, that is correct. Either Suspending or Hibernating followed by > the wake-up results in the m

Re: Re: mouse pointer disappeared after upgrading to 6.0.1 in GNOME

2011-03-20 Thread Steven Sciame
Yes Chen, that is correct.  Either Suspending or Hibernating followed by the wake-up results in the mouse pointer reappearing.  I found that to be the case here too. --- On Sun, 3/20/11, Chen Wei wrote: From: Chen Wei Subject: Re: Re: mouse pointer disappeared after upgrading to 6.0.1 in

Re: Re: mouse pointer disappeared after upgrading to 6.0.1 in GNOME

2011-03-20 Thread Chen Wei
I have the same problem after upgrade to Debian 6.0.1 yesterday. Try suspend and wake up then the mouse point become visible. My video card is intel 855GME. The package been upgrade as follow: base-files_6.0squeeze1_i386.deb console-setup_1.68+squeeze2_all.deb desktop-base_6.0.5squeeze1_all.deb ge

Re: mouse pointer disappeared after upgrading to 6.0.1 in GNOME

2011-03-20 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sun, 20 Mar 2011 19:28:11 -0400 (EDT), Wayne Topa wrote: > > That seems to be your problem, gpm is not installed. > > As I do not use gnome this may not be required but the only way I can > get a mouse to work is by installing the gpm package and configuring it. It would seem that some of th

Re: mouse pointer disappeared after upgrading to 6.0.1 in GNOME

2011-03-20 Thread Wayne Topa
On 03/20/2011 06:46 PM, Steven Sciame wrote: teven@debtop:~$ aptitude show gpm Package: gpm State: not installed Version: 1.20.4-3.3 Priority: optional Section: misc Maintainer: Debian GPM Team Uncompressed Size: 557 k Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7), libgpm2 (>= 1.20.4), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0,

Re: mouse pointer disappeared after upgrading to 6.0.1 in GNOME

2011-03-20 Thread Steven Sciame
teven@debtop:~$ aptitude show gpm Package: gpm State: not installed Version: 1.20.4-3.3 Priority: optional Section: misc Maintainer: Debian GPM Team Uncompressed Size: 557 k Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7), libgpm2 (>= 1.20.4), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, dpkg (>=

Re: mouse pointer disappeared after upgrading to 6.0.1 in GNOME

2011-03-20 Thread Steven Sciame
that way.  --- On Sun, 3/20/11, Steven Sciame wrote: From: Steven Sciame Subject: Re: mouse pointer disappeared after upgrading to 6.0.1 in GNOME To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Sunday, March 20, 2011, 2:20 PM If I Suspend the laptop and then wake it back up, then the invisible mouse

Re: mouse pointer disappeared after upgrading to 6.0.1 in GNOME

2011-03-20 Thread Steven Sciame
If I Suspend the laptop and then wake it back up, then the invisible mouse pointer appears.  Does this help diagnose the problem? I got the idea from this:  http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=61447 --- On Sun, 3/20/11, Steven Sciame wrote: From: Steven Sciame Subject: m

mouse pointer disappeared after upgrading to 6.0.1 in GNOME

2011-03-20 Thread Steven Sciame
Hello,    I hope this is the correct place to continue my search for how to turn the mouse pointer back on after upgrading to 6.0.1    It was working perfectly then I rebooted after the upgrade. Ever since then I have had no mouse pointer.  Changing the themes has no effect.  I am using GNOME

Re: frozen mouse pointer in Lxde in Squeeze

2010-03-05 Thread peasthope
* Date: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:49:28 -0800 I wrote, > ... Squeeze ... > Consequently, the Lxde screen appears OK except that the > mouse pointer is immobile. This appears pertinent, pe...@joule:/var/log$ cat /var/log/X*old | grep "(EE) MGA" (EE) MGA(0): [drm] Failed to

frozen mouse pointer in Lxde in Squeeze

2010-02-08 Thread PETER EASTHOPE
Yesterday afternoon I updated Squeeze on the home machine. Consequently, the Lxde screen appears OK except that the mouse pointer is immobile. Has anyone solved this? Thanks, ... Peter E. -- http://members.shaw.ca/peasthope/ http://carnot.yi.org/ = http://carnot.pathology.ubc.ca

Re: Mouse pointer dissapear in gdm

2008-12-16 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Tuesday 2008 December 16 06:21:02 edu gargiulo wrote: >After a fresh install and dist-upgrade to sid, the mouse pointer have >dissapeared. >The mouse is working, and I can click some objects in "blind" mode, >but I can't see the mouse arrow. >How can I fix it? I&#x

Mouse pointer dissapear in gdm

2008-12-16 Thread edu gargiulo
After a fresh install and dist-upgrade to sid, the mouse pointer have dissapeared. The mouse is working, and I can click some objects in "blind" mode, but I can't see the mouse arrow. How can I fix it? I've installed lenny-amd64 regards, -- edu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: Laptop external display not showing mouse pointer

2008-05-23 Thread Kevin Mark
On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 12:45:13PM -0400, Curt Howland wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Is this some kind of "feature" for not cluttering an overhead > projector with a mouse cursor when doing presentations? Package: unclutter Description: hides the cursor in X after a period of in

Laptop external display not showing mouse pointer

2008-05-23 Thread Curt Howland
d the problem with "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg" where it will not do anything other than choose a keyboard, by trying to get X to display correctly. Video timings and modlines! Ouch. Well, Knoppix displayed correctly, but there was no mouse pointer. As I wibbled with the touchpad, the

Re: How do I change cursor/mouse pointer?

2008-05-13 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2008-05-08 22:13:15, schrieb Manu Hack: > I don't know exactly why, but on my machine after running > update-alternatives, the cursor won't change immediately but if I run > ooffice, after that I can always see the change on the openoffice windows. END OF REPLIED MESSAGE

Re: How do I change cursor/mouse pointer?

2008-05-13 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2008-05-08 17:48:55, schrieb NN_il_Confusionario: > you do not need a new "session" but a new istance of the X server (or > possibly not, as the above file explains). If you are using gdm / kdm / > xdm / wdm ... (as opposed to startx), then a logout does NOT start a new > istance of the X server

Re: How do I change cursor/mouse pointer?

2008-05-08 Thread NN_il_Confusionario
On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 08:02:05PM -0500, Dennis G. Wicks wrote: > OK, I started a third instance by logging on a third > linux user on a console (tty3) and running startx -- :2 > and there was no difference in the new session. > > I have two other instances(?) of x-session-manager > running. Do

Re: How do I change cursor/mouse pointer?

2008-05-08 Thread Manu Hack
On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 9:02 PM, Dennis G. Wicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > NN_il_Confusionario wrote the following on 05/08/2008 10:48 AM: > >> On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 08:11:26AM -0500, Dennis G. Wicks wrote: >> >>> NN_il_Confusionario wrote the following on 05/07/2008 09:46 AM: >>> less /u

Re: How do I change cursor/mouse pointer?

2008-05-08 Thread Dennis G. Wicks
NN_il_Confusionario wrote the following on 05/08/2008 10:48 AM: On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 08:11:26AM -0500, Dennis G. Wicks wrote: NN_il_Confusionario wrote the following on 05/07/2008 09:46 AM: less /usr/share/doc/big-cursor/README.Debian (this is a useful general rule) that is nowhere near int

Re: How do I change cursor/mouse pointer?

2008-05-08 Thread H.S.
Dennis G. Wicks wrote: Then aptitude install big-cursor Nothing changed so I went searching through Gnome menus for anything to do with mouse or cursor and found nothing that would give me any choices to change cursors or mouse pointers. Then per per other response from Manu: update-alter

Re: How do I change cursor/mouse pointer?

2008-05-08 Thread NN_il_Confusionario
On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 08:11:26AM -0500, Dennis G. Wicks wrote: > NN_il_Confusionario wrote the following on 05/07/2008 09:46 AM: > >less /usr/share/doc/big-cursor/README.Debian > >(this is a useful general rule) > > that is nowhere near intuitive! many debian packages have documentation in /usr

Re: How do I change cursor/mouse pointer?

2008-05-08 Thread Dennis G. Wicks
Greetings; Well, thank you for that pointer because that is nowhere near intuitive! Is there something wrong with using man, I wonder? Because that is the first thing I tried, then man -k cursor, then info big-cursor. No man and no info. Anyway, the referenced file was not particularly enl

Re: How do I change cursor/mouse pointer?

2008-05-07 Thread Manu Hack
On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 8:50 AM, Dennis G. Wicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > H.S. wrote the following on 05/07/2008 12:26 AM: > > > Dennis G. Wicks wrote: > > > > > Manu Hack wrote the following on 05/06/2008 01:11 PM: > > > > > > Sorry, I tried both suggestions and I don't see any changes of > >

Re: How do I change cursor/mouse pointer?

2008-05-07 Thread NN_il_Confusionario
On Wed, May 07, 2008 at 07:50:10AM -0500, Dennis G. Wicks wrote: > Then aptitude install big-cursor > Nothing changed > Is there something else I need to do? less /usr/share/doc/big-cursor/README.Debian (this is a useful general rule) -- Chi usa software non libero avvelena anche te. Digli di

Re: How do I change cursor/mouse pointer?

2008-05-07 Thread Dennis G. Wicks
H.S. wrote the following on 05/07/2008 12:26 AM: Dennis G. Wicks wrote: Manu Hack wrote the following on 05/06/2008 01:11 PM: Sorry, I tried both suggestions and I don't see any changes of differences in anything. Dennis Could you list the steps and actions you tried? As per your previo

Re: How do I change cursor/mouse pointer?

2008-05-06 Thread H.S.
Dennis G. Wicks wrote: Manu Hack wrote the following on 05/06/2008 01:11 PM: Sorry, I tried both suggestions and I don't see any changes of differences in anything. Dennis Could you list the steps and actions you tried? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of

Re: How do I change cursor/mouse pointer?

2008-05-06 Thread Dennis G. Wicks
Manu Hack wrote the following on 05/06/2008 01:11 PM: On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 1:20 PM, Dennis G. Wicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: Greetings; Search as I may I can not find how to do this. I am running gnome and a hi-res screen. My curs

Re: How do I change cursor/mouse pointer?

2008-05-06 Thread Manu Hack
On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 1:20 PM, Dennis G. Wicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Greetings; > > Search as I may I can not find how to do this. > > I am running gnome and a hi-res screen. My cursor and mouse pointer are > too small to see easily on the screen. How do I make

Re: How do I change cursor/mouse pointer?

2008-05-06 Thread H.S.
Dennis G. Wicks wrote: Greetings; Search as I may I can not find how to do this. I am running gnome and a hi-res screen. My cursor and mouse pointer are too small to see easily on the screen. How do I make them bigger? Many TIA! Dennis On debian Lenny: {~}$> apt-cache search curs

How do I change cursor/mouse pointer?

2008-05-06 Thread Dennis G. Wicks
Greetings; Search as I may I can not find how to do this. I am running gnome and a hi-res screen. My cursor and mouse pointer are too small to see easily on the screen. How do I make them bigger? Many TIA! Dennis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of

Re: Flickering mouse pointer (nvidia-glx, Etch, amd64)

2008-04-28 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 04:29:34PM -0400, Martin Breguet wrote: > I have a Nvidia GeForce 7300. > > On a Lenny box, it works "out of the box". On an Etch box, it installs with > Vesa, and once you enable contrib & non-free in the sources.list, you can > install either "nv" or "nvidia-glx". > > I

Flickering mouse pointer (nvidia-glx, Etch, amd64)

2008-04-16 Thread Martin Breguet
Hi List ! I have a (silly) issue: I have a Nvidia GeForce 7300. On a Lenny box, it works "out of the box". On an Etch box, it installs with Vesa, and once you enable contrib & non-free in the sources.list, you can install either "nv" or "nvidia-glx". I am on my amd64 Etch box. Everything is fin

Re: For KDE: Re: how to hide the mouse pointer

2007-05-09 Thread Manon Metten
Hi guys, Thank you all for answering my question about the meaning of "#!/bin/bash". I've learned so much from following threads on this list. Greetings, Manon.

Re: For KDE: Re: how to hide the mouse pointer

2007-05-09 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 8 May 2007 11:02:13 -0700 Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 09:30:00AM -0400, Celejar wrote: > > On Tue, 8 May 2007 11:04:02 +0300 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrei Popescu) wrote: > > > > > On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 08:27:45PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > >

Re: For KDE: Re: how to hide the mouse pointer

2007-05-08 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 09:30:00AM -0400, Celejar wrote: > On Tue, 8 May 2007 11:04:02 +0300 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrei Popescu) wrote: > > > On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 08:27:45PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > > > > > Minor nit: in Debian, '/bin/sh' is a symlink to bash; I don't know what > > > it is on

Re: For KDE: Re: how to hide the mouse pointer

2007-05-08 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 8 May 2007 11:04:02 +0300 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrei Popescu) wrote: > On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 08:27:45PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > > > Minor nit: in Debian, '/bin/sh' is a symlink to bash; I don't know what > > it is on other systems. So IIUC, when you write '#!/bin/sh', you aren't > > real

Re: For KDE: Re: how to hide the mouse pointer

2007-05-08 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 7 May 2007 17:34:18 -0700 Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 08:27:45PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > > On Mon, 7 May 2007 16:10:24 -0700 > > Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 11:04:02PM +0200, Sjoerd Hiems

Re: For KDE: Re: how to hide the mouse pointer

2007-05-08 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 08:27:45PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > Minor nit: in Debian, '/bin/sh' is a symlink to bash; I don't know what > it is on other systems. So IIUC, when you write '#!/bin/sh', you aren't > really specifying a shell, but are rather saying 'use the standard > shell'. Which can be

Re: For KDE: Re: how to hide the mouse pointer

2007-05-07 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 08:27:45PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > On Mon, 7 May 2007 16:10:24 -0700 > Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 11:04:02PM +0200, Sjoerd Hiemstra wrote: > > > Manon Metten wrote: > > > > BTW: what's the first line "#!/bin/bash" in the s

Re: For KDE: Re: how to hide the mouse pointer

2007-05-07 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 7 May 2007 16:10:24 -0700 Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 11:04:02PM +0200, Sjoerd Hiemstra wrote: > > Manon Metten wrote: > > > BTW: what's the first line "#!/bin/bash" in the script for? > > > > It is not really necessary, but it has some advan

Re: For KDE: Re: how to hide the mouse pointer

2007-05-07 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 11:04:02PM +0200, Sjoerd Hiemstra wrote: > Manon Metten wrote: > > BTW: what's the first line "#!/bin/bash" in the script for? > > It is not really necessary, but it has some advantages. > The 'file' command will recognize the file as a script, there are > certain other pro

Re: For KDE: Re: how to hide the mouse pointer

2007-05-07 Thread Sjoerd Hiemstra
Manon Metten wrote: > BTW: what's the first line "#!/bin/bash" in the script for? It is not really necessary, but it has some advantages. The 'file' command will recognize the file as a script, there are certain other programs (emacs?) that will treat it as such and here is where my limited kn

Re: For KDE: Re: how to hide the mouse pointer

2007-05-07 Thread Manon Metten
Hi Sjoerd, On 5/7/07, you wrote: > The following works fine for KDE: > > 11:16:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ more .kde/Autostart/unclutter > > #!/bin/bash > > /usr/bin/unclutter It works fine, but how do I supply some args like: -idle 1 -keystroke? '-idle 1' lets the cursor disappear after 1 se

Re: For KDE: Re: how to hide the mouse pointer

2007-05-07 Thread Sjoerd Hiemstra
Manon Metten wrote: > Hi Johannes, > > On 5/4/07, about unclutter you wrote: > > The following works fine for KDE: > > > > 11:16:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ more .kde/Autostart/unclutter > > #!/bin/bash > > /usr/bin/unclutter > > > > $ chmod u+x .kde/Autostart/unclutter > > It works fine, but how do I

Re: For KDE: Re: how to hide the mouse pointer

2007-05-07 Thread Manon Metten
Hi Johannes, On 5/4/07, about unclutter you wrote: The following works fine for KDE: 11:16:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ more .kde/Autostart/unclutter #!/bin/bash /usr/bin/unclutter $ chmod u+x .kde/Autostart/unclutter I did the following: $ cd ~/.kde/Autostart $ nano unclutter (and entered "#!/b

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