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From: Ian Fink <fink@arlut.utexas.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: invisible mouse pointer?
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1996 12:07:18 -0500
Organization: Applied Research Laboratories - The University of Texas at Austin
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To: John Fleming <fleming@keillr.ogo.dec.com>

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