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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!news-stk-200.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-stk-11.sprintlink.net!ralph.vnet.net!news From: Edwin Burley <khan@vnet.net> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: invisible mouse pointer? Date: Thu, 27 Jun 1996 21:03:47 -0400 Organization: Artist Lines: 22 Message-ID: <31D32F73.446B9B3D@vnet.net> References: <4qp6ri$729@peavax.eng.pko.dec.com> <31D16E46.6FDB@arlut.utexas.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: artist.vnet.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0b3 (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2-CURRENT i386) Ian Fink wrote: > > 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 Also what if you are not using the .Xdefaults file ?????? can't you change the background color