[ icewm-Bugs-2887838 ] Mouse cursor invisible at start

Bugs item #2887838, was opened at 2009-10-28 11:49
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Category: icewm-1.2
Group: behavior
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 7
Private: No
Submitted By: Bernd Eggink (monoped)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Mouse cursor invisible at start

Initial Comment:
Under xorg 7.4 (xorg server 1.7.1) and intel video driver i915, the mouse cursor is invisible right after icewm starts. This happens with both 1.2.38pre1 and 1.3.4pre2. The only way I found to make it visible is starting an xterm, pressing <enter> several times, and closing the xterm again. Hardware is a Vaio Z notebook, running Crux 2.6, with latest drivers, all self-compiled. No such problem with the Nvidia graphic on the same system. Other WMs under Intel show the mouse cursor immediately, and I didn't have the problem with former xorg versions, so I guess it has to do with the specific icewm / xorg-server combination.

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Comment By: Bernd Eggink (monoped)
Date: 2010-01-02 14:03

Message:
The bug seems to be related to the vesafb graphics driver. After changing
to intelfb, the problem disappeared.

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Comment By: Bernd Eggink (monoped)
Date: 2009-11-11 16:25

Message:
Problem persists in 1.3.5. 
Here is a workaround:
1. Install xdotool. Create a script 'mousebug' containing
    #!/bin/bash
    xdotool mousemove 10 50 
    xdotool type "




   "
2. Add this line to ~/.icewm/startup:
    xterm -e mousebug


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