On Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 10:41:26AM -0500, Robert C. Thyberg wrote: > I put this on the debian-laptop list but got no response. Have tried the > Debian support pages but found no help there. I was advised to try this > list by Tapio Lehtonen. > > > What: > SONY VAIO F490 > 650Mhz Intel, 18GB HDD > Debian 3.0 rev2 "woody", new install > > Problem: > Can't get arrow shaped cursor in GUI or block in console. > Cursor is a three quarter inch square of vertical lines or hash in both GUI > and in console. . Top left corner of square is the point which works but is > very hard on the eyes. "gpm" is installed > > Square cursor in KDE and GNOME and Konqueror and all GUI stuff. > Same kind of cursor on the console
I had a similar problem, but only in X, and on entirely different hardware. You can try my solution, and if it doesn't work, no harm done. In the section of your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file that talks about your video card (should be a "Device" section), add the line: Option "SWCursor" "on" HTH, Paul -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
