Thanks for the answers, it should not be difficult. But I'll try Mark's tip first, to use xsetroot, since I'm gonna write the application myself, so I won't render a cursor from there. On Wednesday 24 March 2004 17:44, Kelvin wrote: > On Wed, Mar 24, 2004 at 09:24:42AM -0300, Jean Krebs Fonseca wrote: > > Does anybody know a way to prevent the cursor of being rendered? > > I've already disabled the mouse and added "AllowMouseOpenFail". The X > > Server starts fine with no mouse movement, but the cursor is still there. > > > > I need this because I'm rendering a non-interactive information display > > system. > > I had a similiar requirement a few weeks ago. Here was Mark Vojkovich's > solution - it work perfectly for me. Basically, you need to hack the X > server. Edit the "CheckForEmptyMask" function located in the > dix/cursor.c file; set the line bits->emptyMask to always evaluate to TRUE. > > Re-compile and install. It's that easy. -- Jean Krebs Fonseca jean (at) vader dot com dot br www.vader.com.br _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
