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Re: mouse pointer disappearing w/ Thunderbird
- From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu>
- To: cygwin-xfree <cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 17:16:03 -0400 (EDT)
- Subject: Re: mouse pointer disappearing w/ Thunderbird
- References: <000d01c5cb75$91477a40$810aa8c0@adexainc.com>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree <cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com>
On Fri, 7 Oct 2005, Rob Siklos wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I don't quite know what to do with this, so I'll just tell you what I'm
> seeing and hopefully you'll be able to tell me what the next steps are.
> I *think* this is a cygwin x bug.
>
> I'm using Mozilla Thunderbird as my e-mail client, and I've noticed that
> if I move the mouse over top of an X window (say, an x-term) during the
> time that the new message notification popus up on my taskbar, my mouse
> pointer will disappear, and won't reappear over any other X window until
> I restart XWin.
>
> Any idea what this could be?
It probably is a Cygwin/X bug -- I've heard it mentioned before. I don't
think there is a fix, but there *is* a workaround -- the X menu (which you
get by right-clicking on the X icon in the system tray) should have a
"Show Cursor" item, which will make the cursor reappear.
HTH,
Igor
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