On Wed, 2 Jun 2004, Kris Thielemans wrote: > > > Using the current Cygwin X Server in multiwindow mode (i.e. Windows > > > native window manager), I get the X pointer when the mouse is in the > > > menu, toolbar and scrollbar areas of Gnome applications. The problem > > > goes away when I switch to rootless mode and run another window manager, > > > such as metacity. > > > > Window managers normally set a default cursor for a newly created window > > if the application does not provide one. It seem the internal window > > manager does not. > > > > > this is a bit a different problem from mine. > As I already mentioned, occassionally my mouse pointer does not display > anymore. This then happens for all open and new X-windows. I cannot give > explicit instructions how to reproduce this, but for example, yesterday it > happened as follows: > - start new X server using startxwin.bat (Xwin -multiwindow -clipboard) > - in the xterm, I typed "cd somedir; emacs&" > > that's it. emacs came up and my (X) pointer disappeared. However, this is > not reproducible though. > > I have this both on NT 4.0sp6a and XP sp1. > > cygwin-setup says that all my packages are up-to-date, except that I'm still > using cygwin.dll version 1.5.9-1.
you can run XWin with -logverbose 3 parameter. This will print some debugging information to the logfile which may help figuring out why the cursor disappears. If you encounter the problem another time, please send me your /tmp/XWin.log bye ago -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gotti.org ICQ: 126018723