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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!samba.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!news.PBI.net!decwrl!enews.sgi.com!sgigate.sgi.com!news.tamu.edu!cs.utexas.edu!geraldo.cc.utexas.edu!arlut.utexas.edu!usenet From: Ian Fink <fink@arlut.utexas.edu> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: invisible mouse pointer? Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 12:18:42 -0500 Organization: Applied Research Laboratories - The University of Texas at Austin Lines: 46 Message-ID: <31D413F2.7726@arlut.utexas.edu> References: <4qp6ri$729@peavax.eng.pko.dec.com> <31D16E46.6FDB@arlut.utexas.edu> <31D32F73.446B9B3D@vnet.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: seadevil.arlut.utexas.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (X11; I; HP-UX A.09.05 9000/730) Edwin Burley wrote: > > Ian Fink wrote: > > > > John Fleming wrote: > > > > > > I recently installed BSDI on an i486. When X starts > > > everything looks fine and everything works fine except > > > the mouse pointer is invisible. It's working, you just > > > can't see it. I had FreeBSD on the system before this > > > and you could see the pointer just fine there. > > > Any ideas on where to look? > > > Thanks... > > > > Try putting this in your ``.Xdefaults'' file: > > > > xterm*foreground: red > > xterm*cursorColor: red > > xterm*pointerColor: red > > > > Ian Fink > > fink@arlut.utexas.edu > Also what if you are not using the .Xdefaults file ?????? > can't you change the background color I don't know of any self-respecting X user that does not have his or her own .Xdefaults or .Xresources file. If you want to put the background color in your .Xdefaults file: xterm*background: black is an example. If you want to load another file while running X: xrdb -load .Xdefaults For more information, please consult: X WINDOW SYSTEM USER'S GUIDE volume 3 from O'Reilly and Associates, Inc. Ian Fink fink@arlut.utexas.edu