Cannonfodder Posted January 20, 2003 Report Share Posted January 20, 2003 Does anybody know how to get rid of the cursor shadowing? I'm not even sure how I got it in the first place. I am running NVIDIA drivers (installed again last week) and tried running this config program where I specified no cursor shadowing, but it didn't work. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul Posted January 20, 2003 Report Share Posted January 20, 2003 was the config prog called yanc? cos thats what I got ... and altho' I haven't tried turning off cursor shadow ... the prog says that it can be turned off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted January 20, 2003 Report Share Posted January 20, 2003 edit /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 from /usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/README Option "CursorShadow" "boolean" Enable or disable use of a shadow with the hardware accelerated cursor; this is a black translucent replica of your cursor shape at a given offset from the real cursor. This option is only available on GeForce2 or better hardware (ie everything but TNT/TNT2, GeForce 256, GeForce DDR and Quadro). Default: no cursor shadow. Option "CursorShadowAlpha" "integer" The alpha value to use for the cursor shadow; only applicable if CursorShadow is enabled. This value must be in the range [0, 255] -- 0 is completely transparent; 255 is completely opaque. Default: 64. Option "CursorShadowXOffset" "integer" The offset, in pixels, that the shadow image will be shifted to the right from the real cursor image; only applicable if CursorShadow is enabled. This value must be in the range [0, 32]. Default: 4. Option "CursorShadowYOffset" "integer" The offset, in pixels, that the shadow image will be shifted down from the real cursor image; only applicable if CursorShadow is enabled. This value must be in the range [0, 32]. Default: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannonfodder Posted January 22, 2003 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2003 Actually I was using NVOption, gonna look for yanc though.. The docs above said my cursor shadowing shouldn't be valid for GeoForce 256 whifch is what I have... lets see if I can fix it.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest anon Posted January 22, 2003 Report Share Posted January 22, 2003 Sort of related, the 9.1 beta with kde rcxx has cursor shadowing, don't like it, can't turn it off either......yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannonfodder Posted January 22, 2003 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2003 I'm using 9 with gnome.. not sure its a desktop manager issue.. I can't turn it off though. I've tried a yanc, I've tried both software and hardware cursors, tried editing the XF86Config-4 file to put in a specific Option "CursorShadowing" "0" command even though the docs say it is not supported, just gets ignored. This is pretty annoying as I find it hard to see the cursor. Did my googling too but nothing so far.. It wasn't there initially, somehow it slipped in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted January 22, 2003 Report Share Posted January 22, 2003 try CursorShadow instead of CursorShadowing (unless post was a typo), and try off instead of 0. Or # it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannonfodder Posted January 22, 2003 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2003 It was a typo. I did try the off but it didn't make a difference. I've also removed the entry. Pretty much being ignored anyways. I k?ow my changes are being processed as I can turn on/off the NVIDIA logo. You should see what the I bar looks like with a shadow. Someone's "Great" idea of 3d cursor's but the result looks like a fuzzy I bar. Shouldn't of released it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezroller Posted January 23, 2003 Report Share Posted January 23, 2003 I think this cursor shadowing is the shit!!! buty I was getting tired of that black pointer and no way to change it. I'm using that cooker release of XFree86 that they have on rpmfind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted January 23, 2003 Report Share Posted January 23, 2003 and no way to change itDOlson has had a tut for a long time on changing the cursor. I had a cool arrowhead shaped yellow/red/black one in ML8.1. Been too lazy in 9.0 to change it though :wink: I like the CursorShadow to. Does the XFree86 cooker version have the new alpha real transparency enabled? (not transucency). I heard the next release was going to. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezroller Posted January 23, 2003 Report Share Posted January 23, 2003 I honestly couldn't tell you what kind of transparency it has, but it looks sweet. and I guess its time to dig up that tutorial of his. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dbezona Posted January 24, 2003 Report Share Posted January 24, 2003 Do you, perchance, have the new beta X server installed? (XFree86 4.2.99) The transparent, shadowed cursor is new, and on by default. If you want it to go away, edit: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/icons/default/index.theme The line that says Inherits=<whatever> simply change it to either: Inherits=default or Inherits= Restart X and you should have the old plain cursors back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezroller Posted January 25, 2003 Report Share Posted January 25, 2003 yup thats the version I'm running. I haven't had a single hickup from it. even if it is a beta release. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dbezona Posted January 26, 2003 Report Share Posted January 26, 2003 It has been rock solid for me as well - and I think the new cursors are rather cool. Hopefully they document the new cursors feature well in the final 4.3 release - a README, or a solid FAQ item though since it seems to be a love it or hate it sort of thing. They expect to have some improved cursor themes for the 4.3 release as well, which should be interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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