Problem with cursor disappearing

["Robert Pang" <robert_pang at hotmail dot com>]

Hi

I also run into the same problem after upgrading to the XWin 6.7.0.0-7
recently. I am using VirtuaWin (multi-desktop for Windows) on Windows 2000
Workstation and for a few times the cursor disappeared after I switched from
one destop to another. I can't reliable reproduce it. When I say the cursor
disappeared, I mean the cursor wouldn't disappear if I moved it inside any
of the X windows. I ended up having to restart X. This is quite
inconvenient.

Thanks.

Rob
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Remote Desktop, MultiWindow & Cursors
From: "Wilks, Dan" <Dan_Wilks at intuit dot com>
To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 13:22:36 -0600
Subject: Remote Desktop, MultiWindow & Cursors
Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com



Looks like the newer versions of XWin are having cursor problems when
coming out of remote desktop (XP Pro).  After a remote desktop session
the cursor completely disappears in the X window client area.

Here's what I'm seeing:

- Run a cygwin bash shell
- XWin -multiwindow -clipboard
- Run xterm on a Linux box w/ PuTTY tunneling X.
- Move the cursor around the xterm.  Nice I-Beam.
- Go to another machine, remote desktop in.
- xterm is still active app but cursor is now outside the xterm
  window over the windows desktop but with X's X cursor.
- Move cursor around.  It remains the X cursor wherever you
  move it.  Verify.
- Activate a Windows app (IE) and then back to xterm.  Cursor
  returns to I-Beam and proper behavior.
- Shut down remote desktop.  Return to tty.
- Now when the mouse moves over any X window it completely
  disappears.

Also, at this point, copying anything will completely crash XWin.  I'm in
the
process of looking into it.  My debug build of current sources doesn't
exhibit this behavior.  I'll try a non-debug build next.  Hey, is there a
safe, automated, way to do a full, clean build of just Xserver?

Dan