Josh Metzler wrote:
What video card is in this box? If the XFree86 video driver supports it,
try setting the software cursor option:
in the device section of /etc/X11/XF86Config-4, put
Option "SWCursor" on
I hope this helps,
Josh
yes this fixes the problem - thanks :)
the video card is integrated with the motherboard (ASUS P4S800-MX)
the manual describes the video as
SiS Real256E integrated graphics
from /proc/pci
PCI devices found:
Bus 0, device 0, function 0:
Host bridge: PCI device 1039:0661 (Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS])
VGA compatible controller: PCI device 1039:6330 (Silicon Integrated
Systems [SiS]) (rev 0).
IRQ 11.
Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf0000000 [0xf7ffffff].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe7800000 [0xe781ffff].
I/O at 0xd800 [0xd87f].