[mythtv-users] Cursor disappears with MythTV 0.14 and Redhat 9

[John Harvey]

Sure turning it off for the window is fine but I don't understand why it
needs to be off for the rest of the screen around the window. Presumably
most people run with the window full screen so you would never see the
cursor. Unless of course there is some sort of leakage from around the edge
of the window that would cause the cursor to show up some of the time
In the message I sent to the dev list I suggested also just doing this if we
run with no window frame. 
Presumably if you enable the frame are running a desktop session and would
probably prefer to have the cursor displayed?
Anyway I'll submit the fix for restoring it on exit over the next couple of
days to the dev list in any case.

John

-----Original Message-----
From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Boyd II, Willy
Sent: 26 March 2004 22:27
To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] Cursor disappears with MythTV 0.14 and Redhat 9


>-----Original Message-----
>From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org 
>[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] 
>Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 4:07 PM
>To: 'Discussion about mythtv'
>Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] Cursor disappears with MythTV 0.14 
>and Redhat 9
>
>
>I have just been looking at this and I know why it happens. I 
>have a fix that restores the cursor when myth exits but I 
>don't understand why the code that's in there that turns the 
>cursor off is there in the first place so I will ask some 
>questions on the dev list before submitting a patch.

Mouse cursor, right?  Turning it off was intentional.  It's done that
way to the cursor doesn't distract the video viewing or anything else --
afterall, many (most?) of us are using myth only on our tv's and with a
remote.

But turning it back on when mythfrontend exits *would* be very nice..
not having it that way is causing me to run a completely separate X
session for other apps.  Which isn't *that* much of a problem, because I
like running at a high-res then anyway.

>
>John
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org 
>[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On >Behalf Of Jeff 
>Mottishaw
>Sent: 25 March 2004 04:47
>To: 'Discussion about mythtv'
>Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] Cursor disappears with MythTV 0.14 
>and Redhat 9
>
>I have the exact same problem and I am running the latest 
>version of Myth (from cvs) on Gentoo (using fluxbox as my WM)
>
>jeff 
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org 
>[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On >Behalf Of Mike 
>Smith
>Sent: March 24, 2004 8:29 PM
>To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
>Subject: [mythtv-users] Cursor disappears with MythTV 0.14 and Redhat 9
>
>Hi,
>
>I'm just upgraded MythTV to the 0.14 version and just started 
>having this problem on a mythfrontend only system.
>
>Redhat 9
>Gnome User Interface
>MythTV 0.14
>
>I log in and I have a cursor.  I bring up MythTV in a window 
>that takes up 1/4 of the screen.  The cursor disappears if it 
>is over the background image, over the MythTV window, on the 
>hidden lower panel that pops up, or the top of any window 
>frame ( the bar with the lower, maximize, and exit buttons on 
>the top right of the frame).  If the cursor is over the main 
>part of the window, or on the command line ( File, Edit, View, 
>Go, etc ) it appears as normal.
>
>This did not behave this was in MythTV 0.13.  Even after I 
>close the MythTV window,  I still see this problem.  I have to 
>restart the Xserver to bring it back.  When I execute 
>mythfrontend,  it breaks again.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Mike
>
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