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lighthouse pup cursor issue

#1 Post by ihaveacomputer »

sometimes my cursor doesnt work, properly. i can click on something, i just cant see the cursor. ive tried restarting x server that doesnt fix my prob, i actually have to reboot and sometimes i have to reboot more than once. has anyone else had this problem? Other than that iam really enjoying lighthouse puppy. thank you

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#2 Post by headfound »

I'm not using lighthouse pup but its been a problem since 2.15CE came out.
Do you use a usb mouse?
i have nforce integrated graphics which i'm guessing is the problem. If i try to run with xvesa, i don't get a pointer at all, if i use xorg i get one but it disappears if the screen blanks for a while!
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#3 Post by ihaveacomputer »

the cursor issue seems to result from changing the look and feel of puppy . retsarting x seems to always lose the cursor. i am using a ps/2 mouse.

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Re: lost cursor after changing look and feel and restartingX

#4 Post by tazoc »

ihaveacomputer wrote:the cursor issue seems to result from changing the look and feel of puppy . retsarting x seems to always lose the cursor. i am using a ps/2 mouse.
Hello,
Can you reboot, then PM me your /tmp/xerrs.log file after the cursor disappears? I know it might me tricky not being able to see what you are clicking on... I haven't seen this before. If I could reproduce this or see an error in the log maybe I can fix it. Maybe posting as an attachment here would work.
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#5 Post by ihaveacomputer »

sometimes the cursor isnt there after i boot up but it always disappears after i restart x. i started playing around on puppy 2.15ce and noticed that the same problem results after restarting x but has not happened on boot up. i will post xerr.logs for both circumstances on lighthouse and the one for puppy ce. i also plan on running a different computer to see if the problem is caused by my hardware. i will also post hardware of both machines . thank you very much for all help past present and future.

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#6 Post by tazoc »

Hmm, you might focus on Puppy 2.15CE if the mouse pointer is disappearing on it also, because there is a larger user base on it and more brilliant minds out there to figure this out :wink: Still I will try to help if I can whether it's Lighthouse or not. Very curious!

May or may not be related: there are a few instructions in /root/.xinitrc of Lighthouse that fix my offset LCD display but cause problems for Xvesa resolution. They will be disabled for the next beta of Lighthouse. So there are some things that load at startup in Lighthouse even in LiveCD that don't in official Puppy, though I'm paring these down to a minimum.

I just ran across this similar thread, might want to watch it also:
www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=20128

Keep us updated, please.
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#7 Post by ihaveacomputer »

i found out that i need to learn how to navigate with a keyboard it was fun though. sorry it took so long to get this log posted. this was taken from my current setup. i am also having this problem with 2.17. i know i said i would post a couple different logs but im kinda lazy, right now my other computer is scattered all over my room. i will post them if you request, im hoping this will provide you with the information you need. also sometimes the screen that pops up at start leaves a little blue box behind about the size of an icon. this has only happened in lighthouse.



this is errlog of my system after i restarted window manager
no cursor.

X Window System Version 7.0.0
Release Date: 21 December 2005
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.0
Build Operating System:Linux 2.6.18-inside-sandbox i386
Current Operating System: Linux puppypc 2.6.18.1 #1 Thu Feb 1 23:05:39 PUP 2007 i686
Build Date: 08 August 2006
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Tue Aug 7 02:46:29 2007
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"

/etc/rc.d/athcool start
Enabling Athlon powersaving mode...failed.
1024

992
/root/my-applications/bin/starticewm
MPEG Audio Decoder 0.15.2 (beta) - Copyright (C) 2000-2004 Robert Leslie et al.
killall: icesound: no process killed
killall: icewmtray: no process killed
killall: freememapplet-trayicon2: no process killed
icewmtray: using /root/.icewm for private configuration files
test: /usr/share/backgrounds//ephemera4-1280x1024.jpg
option: -stretch
stretching: /usr/share/backgrounds//ephemera4-1280x1024.jpg
killall: blinky: no process killed
IceWM: using /root/.icewm for private configuration files
IceWM: Unknown key name [ in Alt+[
IceWM: Unknown key name ] in Alt+]
kill: usage: kill [-s sigspec | -n signum | -sigspec] [pid | job]... or kill -l [sigspec]

GLib-WARNING **: P

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#8 Post by tazoc »

Hi, thank you for the /tmp/xerrs.log and update. Can you select and paste the following lines into a terminal window, please?

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cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf | grep 'Name'
cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf | grep 'Driver' | grep -v '###'
The resulting lines from /etc/X11/xorg.conf should indicate what display adapter and display driver is installed.

Let me sum up what I think you've found so far:
Lost mouse pointer, PS/2 mouse, usually after restarting X. Sometimes a reboot helps, sometimes not. Observed on one PC in Puppy 2.15CE, LighthousePup 215 Beta4 and Puppy 2.17.

This line seems to coincide with lost pointer:

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GLib-WARNING **: P
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#9 Post by tazoc »

sometimes the screen that pops up at start leaves a little blue box behind about the size of an icon. this has only happened in lighthouse.
ihaveacomputer,
The blue box is wmfire, an icedock cpu monitor that sometimes refuses to dock. When docked it shows flames relative to CPU activity. Usually Start Menu|Desktop|Muppy-icedock will restart Icedock and temporarily fix wmfire.

Here's how to enable/disable any of the dockapps, including wmfire:

Start Menu|Desktop|LookAndFeel|Muppy-icedock-wizard|dockapps|choose dockapps. De-select wmfire. OK to apply, Muppy Icedock will stop and after some time, restart with the new configuration. When finished, click cancel.
Note: wmtemp and wmpower aren't supported on some systems, so you may want to de-select those as well.
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#10 Post by ps »

This is what I found in the KDE Linux list:.

"On Friday 26 January 2007 10:27, Marcelo Magno T. Sales wrote:
> Is your video card an nvidia one? If so, there's a bug in nvidia driver
> that causes exactly this problem with some nvidia cards (not all). The
> workaround is to disable hardware cursor in xorg.conf.
> Add the following line in the device section for your video card:
> Option "HWCursor" "off"

I added that line and have not had the problem since

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