[PATCH] xserver: Enable visible cursor on start without -retro #26798

Adam Jackson ajax at nwnk.net
Thu Oct 21 07:18:22 PDT 2010


On Thu, 2010-10-21 at 14:02 +1100, Daniel Stone wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 12:43:00PM +1000, Peter Hutterer wrote:
> > I'd argue for having -retro be the default. Anything that starts up X for
> > the user can relatively easily apply an extra command line option.
> > 
> > Without options, we should IMO clearly indicate whether X is working or not.
> 
> I don't think there's any reason to ever see the stipple, but I think at
> least enabling the cursor by default is entirely reasonable; [gkx]dm and
> friends can just pass -nocursor or whatever it is.

Can I get a way to set the cursor to something other than the X?  I can
see wanting the cursor up as soon as possible, but I'd rather not see
the transition from X to leftarrow.

- ajax
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