Re: xfree86-4.6.0 on sparc solaris

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On Tue, 18 Jul 2006 02:13:32 +0100
Raymond Meyer <raymond.meyer@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Mon, 17 Jul 2006 19:00:07 -0600 (MDT)
> Marc Aurele La France <tsi@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 17 Jul 2006, Raymond Meyer wrote:
> > > On Mon, 17 Jul 2006 11:16:57 +0100
> > > Raymond Meyer <raymond.meyer@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 
> > >> Hi, I've built 4.6.0 version from scratch on Sparc Solaris, also I've
> > >> downloaded pre-built binaries from xfree86.org ftp server. Both
> > >> installations have the following problem:
> > 
> > >> There is no mouse pointer, the mouse seems to function OK, i.e. I can
> > >> click on menus, select text, drag windows around, etc, I just can't see
> > >> the pointer itself, which makes it very difficult to use the mouse. Could
> > >> anyone suggest where the problem might be and how to fix it?
> > 
> > Without what hardware you have, I can't say.
> > 
> > > OK, I solved the problem by adding the following line to the Device
> > > section in XF86Config:
> > 
> > > 	Option     "SWcursor" "True"
> > 
> > Could you post a log?
> > 
> > Thanks.
> > 
> > Marc.
> 
> This is Sun Ultra10 with Creator3D UPA graphics card. I've attached a log
> file. What's the difference between SWcursor and HWcursor? Does SWcursor
> emulate a cursor and is slower than HWcursor?
> 
> Thanks.
> 

I forgot to mention, the sunffb driver in the log file is not the one that came
with XFree86-4.6.0, I'm actually using a modified driver, taken from NetBSD's
X11 source tree. However the cursor problem occurs with this driver and the
original driver.
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