Canadian0812

It would help a whole lot if you gave us the brand, model and specs for your laptop.

Here's the xorg.conf file for my Toshiba A70 laptop. It may be of some use to you.

Section "ServerFlags"

    #DontZap # disable <Crtl><Alt><BS> (server abort)

    #DontZoom # disable <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> (resolution switching)

    AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse doesn't work

EndSection

 

Section "Module"

    Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension

    Load "v4l" # Video for Linux

    Load "extmod"

    Load "type1"

    Load "freetype"

    Load "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.a"

EndSection

 

Section "InputDevice"

    Identifier "Keyboard1"

    Driver "keyboard"

    Option "XkbModel" "pc105"

    Option "XkbLayout" "en_US"

    Option "XkbOptions" ""

EndSection

 

Section "InputDevice"

    Identifier "Mouse1"

    Driver "mouse"

    Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"

    Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"

    Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7"

EndSection

 

Section "Monitor"

    Identifier "monitor1"

    VendorName "Generic"

    ModelName "Flat Panel 1280x800"

    HorizSync 31.5-90

    VertRefresh 60

   

    # Sony Vaio C1(X,XS,VE,VN)?

    # 1024x480 @ 85.6 Hz, 48 kHz hsync

    ModeLine "1024x480"    65.00 1024 1032 1176 1344  480  488  494  563 -hsync -vsync

   

    # Dell D800 and few Inspiron (16/10) 1280x800

    ModeLine "1280x800"  147.89  1280 1376 1512 1744  800 801 804 848

   

    # Dell D800 and few Inspiron (16/10) 1680x1050

    ModeLine "1680x1050"  214.51  1680 1800 1984 2288  1050 1051 1054 1103

   

    # Dell D800 and few Inspiron (16/10) 1920x1200

    ModeLine "1920x1200" 230 1920 1936 2096 2528 1200 1201 1204 1250 +HSync +VSync

   

    # TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output.

    # 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync

    ModeLine "768x576"    50.00  768  832  846 1000  576  590  595  630

   

    # 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync

    ModeLine "768x576"    63.07  768  800  960 1024  576  578  590  616

EndSection

 

Section "Device"

    Identifier "device1"

    VendorName "ATI"

    BoardName "ATI Radeon (fglrx)"

    Driver "radeon"

    Option "DPMS"

EndSection

 

Section "Screen"

    Identifier "screen1"

    Device "device1"

    Monitor "monitor1"

    DefaultColorDepth 24

   

    Subsection "Display"

        Depth 8

        Virtual 1280 800

    EndSubsection

   

    Subsection "Display"

        Depth 15

        Virtual 1280 800

    EndSubsection

   

    Subsection "Display"

        Depth 16

        Virtual 1280 800

    EndSubsection

   

    Subsection "Display"

        Depth 24

        Virtual 1280 800

    EndSubsection

EndSection

 

Section "ServerLayout"

    Identifier "layout1"

    InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"

    InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"

    Screen "screen1"

EndSection

C.

My mother (79 yr. old) got her first computer recently, on which I installed Mandrake 9.2 and selected KDE. She really likes it, however she sometimes has a problem seeing the mouse cursor even when the larger one supplied by KDE is selected. I searched through Google and there are some mentions of editing the .Xresources file, but on closer examination that doesn't seem to make a lot of sense. I also looked in /usr/share/applnk and while the mouse is referenced there are no configuration files that can be edited for effect.

The KDE site was not much help either.

I'm hoping that there is someone on this list that has encountered this problem and can point me in the right direction.

John

There's a patch ( with instructions) available on the errata page of the Mandrake site.

Canadian0812

This really sounds like a cooling problem and that your heatsink / fan is dirty,not powerful enough, or not working. You should open the case and see if the fan is working properly and also clean out any dust or debris that could be clogging the fins of the heat sink. I'd also check that there is a good amount of thermal paste between the cpu and the heatsink.

Canadian0812