I found a workaround: Switching from a hardware cursor to a software
cursor.
/etc/X11/XF86Config-4
Section "Device"
Driver "ati"
Option "SWCursor"
The file /usr/share/doc/xserver-xfree86/README.ati.gz
(ver. 2001 April 10), section 5.10, cautions that a software cursor is
"much slower", however I vaguely remember reading some other source
that said the difference was minor. Experience will tell.
If it is a performance hit, I'll need to look into solving the hardware
cursor problem. Is the bug *necessarily* with the graphics adapter's
firmware? Or is it more likely in the driver? i.e. Should I first
pursue looking into a firmware upgrade or looking into the xserver
driver?
Thanks!
--Neil
On Monday 31 March 2003 20:51, N M wrote:
> If I let my battery get too low, the BIOS brings up a "BAT LOW"
> warning. After that happens, my mouse cursor gets changed to be the
> words "BAT LOW". There does not seem to be a way to disable this
> feature of the BIOS. If I switch to a virtual console and then back
> to X, the mouse reverts to being an arrow, but shrunken down,
> repeated an inch to the right (so there are two arrows), and has a
> bunch of garbage below the two. Sometimes, restarting X restores the
> cursor, but often it doesn't.
>
> How do I prevent this from happening? Any leads for what
> documentation to look at? (found nothing in the howto's or on
> tuxmobil)
>
> I'm running a Gateway Solo 9150. Upgrading to the latest BIOS
> (12.03) did not solve the problem. The graphics chip is an ATI 3D
> Rage LT Pro AGP-133.
>
> TIA
>
> Regards,
> Neil
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