Thanks for everyones replies. I'm going to use Mark's hack
to guarentee no cursors.

Barry

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf
> Of Mark Vojkovich
> Sent: 04 November 2004 18:16
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: How can I get rid of the cursor for the Xserver?
> 
> 
> On Thu, 4 Nov 2004, Barry Scott wrote:
> 
> > I need to get rid of the cursor from the Xserver.
> >
> > There are a number of X client programs on screen and
> > I cannot modify all of them to hide the cursor. What I want
> > is a way to globally hide the cursor.
> >
> > Is there a configuration option to get rid of the cursor?
> > Can I change the cursor to a total invisible one?
> >
> > Barry
> 
>    There is no way to globally hide the cursor aside from hacking
> the X-server.  In xc/programs/Xserver/dix/cursor.c have
> CheckForEmptyMask() always set bits->emptyMask = TRUE.  This
> will force all cursors to be transparent.
> 
> 
>                       Mark.
> 
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