[ale] X on a laptop

[esoteric at denali.atlnet.com (Wandered Inn)]

That was it.  Adding the sw_cursor option did the trick.  Thanks.

Stephan Uphoff wrote:
> 
> >> So, the visual presentation of the cursor
> >> and the actual placement of where X 'thinks' the cursor is do not match.
> 
> Looks like your hardware cursor is having problems.
> (Disclaimer: uninformed guess)
> 
> Try to disable it by setting the option
> 
>         Option          "sw_cursor"
> 
> in the "Device" section of /etc/X11/XF86Config
> ( Hope the option is supported on all chipsets)

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