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Author:  rkremser [ Mon Jun 27, 2005 10:28 am ]
Post subject:  how can i get rid of visable cursor
Fresh install no mouse attached and a cursor appears in the middle of the screen. turns red when watching recordings. How can i get rid of it. x config file has not been changed and i'm running r5v16. I have searched but nothing came up. Maybe i'm a bad searcher and if thats the case please post a similar thread. THanks
Author:  Xsecrets [ Mon Jun 27, 2005 2:12 pm ]
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I doubt that it has anything to do with your search abilities. I have been using mythtv and knoppmyth in particular for probably about 2 years now and I've never once heard that complaint. Quite frankly I wouldn't even know where to begin.
Author:  cesman [ Mon Jun 27, 2005 6:58 pm ]
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If neither Xsecrets nor I have heard of this, you maybe breaking new ground...
Author:  potentato [ Tue Jun 28, 2005 11:02 am ]
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I have the exact same problem. When I go to view video, my mouse cursor becomes visible, right in the middle of the screen. The cursor's unresponsive to mouse movement, otherwise I'd just move it out of the way ;)

The only solution I've been able to come up with is to exit mythtv so I'm at the desktop, move the cursor to the bottom right corner, then restart mythtv.

I'm glad I'm not the only person that couldn't find any mention of it. I just assumed it was something extremely basic and I would get a "OMG WHAT A N00B" response.
Author:  khrusher [ Tue Jun 28, 2005 11:58 am ]
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are there any other windows open 'under' the frontend?

what does the cursor looklike?
Author:  potentato [ Tue Jun 28, 2005 12:04 pm ]
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No windows open under the frontend. This happens even if I just boot to mythtv, and start watching TV. The cursor looks like your normal, point-up-to-the-left arrow.

I can't verify right now since I'm not near my myth box, but I seem to recall that once the cursor appears, it doesn't go away if I go back to the myth frontend.
Author:  crabby [ Tue Jun 28, 2005 6:11 pm ]
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I don't have this problem but I did notice the cursor showing up in MythBrowser sometimes. I found the source for a little app to move the cursor out of the way when mythtv starts.

http://groups-beta.google.com/group/com ... b75e83ab5e

Here is what I did:
- saved the code to file xymouse.c
- compiled with: cc -o xymouse xymouse.c -L/usr/lib/X11R6 -lX11
- copied xymouse to /usr/local/bin/xymouse
- changed /home/mythtv/.fluxbox/apps to call xymouse when fluxbox starts up:

Code:
[startup] {xset -dpms s off}
[startup] {xymouse 0 0}
[startup] {KnoppMyth-run}
[app] (SDL_App)
  [Layer]       {2}
  [Deco]        {NONE}
[end]


This puts the cursor at coordinates 0,0 which is the upper left corner. This is in the overscan on my setup so it isn't visible. You can use two large numbers to shove it in the lower right corner.
Author:  Russ [ Sat Oct 08, 2005 7:09 am ]
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I just upgraded from R4V5 to the latest R5 alpha and encountered this problem also. Moving the cursor off to a corner doesn't work because it's always visible to some extent.

I would really like to investigate this but I have no clue where to start looking. Any ideas as to the root cause of this anomaly and possible fixes?
Author:  mjl [ Sat Oct 08, 2005 8:11 am ]
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Hi,

I have had the cusor appear over the myth screens in the past, I don't recall exactly. Try Settings > Appearance > page 2 (screen settings) as there is / was a check box that says something to the effect "hide the cursor" , maybe give that a go.

Mike
Author:  Russ [ Sat Oct 08, 2005 9:31 am ]
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mjl wrote:
Try Settings > Appearance > page 2 (screen settings) as there is / was a check box that says something to the effect "hide the cursor" , maybe give that a go.


BTDT :(
Author:  tjc [ Sat Oct 08, 2005 10:37 am ]
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Make sure you've got hw_cursor disabled in your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file. You may even need to force the use of sw_cursor.

Oh, and it might help to provide some hardware details. Given 3-4 reports we might already have determined a pattern... :idea:
Author:  Russ [ Sat Oct 08, 2005 12:15 pm ]
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tjc wrote:
Make sure you've got hw_cursor disabled in your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file. You may even need to force the use of sw_cursor.

Oh, and it might help to provide some hardware details. Given 3-4 reports we might already have determined a pattern... :idea:


That was it. Uncommenting sw_cursor fixed the problem:

Code:
Section "Device"
        ### Available Driver options are:-
# sw_cursor is needed for some ati and radeon cards
        Option     "sw_cursor"
        #Option     "hw_cursor"
        #Option     "NoAccel"
        #Option     "ShowCache"
        #Option     "ShadowFB"
        #Option     "UseFBDev"
        #Option     "Rotate"
        Identifier  "Card0"
# The following line is auto-generated by KNOPPIX mkxf86config
        Driver      "savage"
        VendorName  "All"
        BoardName   "All"
#       BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection



Thank you!
Author:  tjc [ Sat Oct 08, 2005 2:10 pm ]
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Please provide the hardware details!!! That way the next poor schmuck who comes along will have a better chance of pattern matching this against their hardware.
Author:  Russ [ Sun Oct 09, 2005 11:54 am ]
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Here is my hardware config. PC is a refurbed HP Pavilion with a 2gHz Athlon XP & two PVR-250 tuners.

Code:
# lspci
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (different version?) (rev c1)
0000:00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 0 (rev c1)
0000:00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 4 (rev c1)
0000:00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 3 (rev c1)
0000:00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 2 (rev c1)
0000:00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 5 (rev c1)
0000:00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 ISA Bridge (rev a4)
0000:00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation nForce2 SMBus (MCP) (rev a2)
0000:00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
0000:00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
0000:00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
0000:00:04.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Ethernet Controller (rev a1)
0000:00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AC97 Audio Controler (MCP) (rev a1)
0000:00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 External PCI Bridge (rev a3)
0000:00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation nForce2 IDE (rev a2)
0000:00:0d.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): nVidia Corporation nForce2 FireWire (IEEE 1394) Controller (rev a3)
0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (rev c1)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. 86C270-294 Savage/IX (rev 13)
0000:02:06.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc iTVC16 (CX23416) MPEG-2 Encoder (rev 01)
0000:02:08.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc iTVC16 (CX23416) MPEG-2 Encoder (rev 01)


From /var/log/XFree86.0.log:
Code:
(II) SAVAGE: driver (version 1.1.27t) for S3 Savage chipsets: Savage4,
        Savage3D, Savage3D-MV, Savage2000, Savage/MX-MV, Savage/MX,
        Savage/IX-MV, Savage/IX, ProSavage PM133, ProSavage KM133,
        ProSavage PN133, ProSavage KN133, SuperSavage/MX 128,
        SuperSavage/MX 64, SuperSavage/MX 64C, SuperSavage/IX 128,
        SuperSavage/IX 128, SuperSavage/IX 64, SuperSavage/IX 64,
        SuperSavage/IXC 64, SuperSavage/IXC 64, ProSavage DDR,
        ProSavage DDR-K
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