[Xmonad] incorrect mouse cursor in some apps

Wagner Ferenc wferi at niif.hu
Fri Oct 26 14:53:47 EDT 2007


Trevor Elliott <trevor at galois.com> writes:

> On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 19:59:55 +0200
> Wagner Ferenc <wferi at niif.hu> wrote:
>
>> Andrew Sackville-West <andrew at swclan.homelinux.org> writes:
>> 
>>> the problem: some apps, a blank workspace and the border around
>>> windows all show the default "X" mouse cursor.
>> 
>> It's the same for me, but on Debian Etch.  I've never considered this
>> a bug, but maybe it is?!
>
> It's not a bug, you just have to set your cursor at start up :)

That's exactly what I expected.

> /usr/bin/xsetroot -cursor_name left_ptr
>
> Which looks worlds better than the bit X  :)

Thanks for the tip, I feel more at home now!
-- 
Feri.


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