Somehow when I start typing any text into xterm-231 my mouse cursor changes to a dot. I tried to dongrade to all available x11-drivers/xf86-input-mouse versions (from 1.1.1 to 1.2.3) but the problem is still the same. Maybe someone has a clue? The problem does appear also with xorg-server-1.4.0.90-r2, but currently have downgraded back to 1.3 series (with sys-apps/hal-0.5.9.1-r3 instead of 0.5.10). Thus, I do not believe this is an incompatibility between 1.3 and 1.4 series. anyway, at the moment I do have installed the following and am not going to loose another day upgrading to broken 1.4 series. :(( # qlist -I -C -v x11-base x11-base/opengl-update-3.0.0 x11-base/x11-drm-20071019 x11-base/xorg-server-1.3.0.0-r4 x11-base/xorg-x11-7.3 # qlist -I -C -v x11-libs x11-libs/Xaw3d-1.5-r1 x11-libs/cairo-1.4.14 x11-libs/fltk-1.1.7-r3 x11-libs/gksu-2.0.0 x11-libs/gtk+-1.2.10-r12 x11-libs/gtk+-2.12.5-r1 x11-libs/gtk+extra-2.1.1-r1 x11-libs/gtkDPS-0.3.4 x11-libs/gtkglarea-1.99.0 x11-libs/gtkglext-1.2.0 x11-libs/lesstif-0.95.0 x11-libs/libFS-1.0.0 x11-libs/libICE-1.0.4 x11-libs/libSM-1.0.3 x11-libs/libX11-1.1.3 x11-libs/libXScrnSaver-1.1.2 x11-libs/libXTrap-1.0.0 x11-libs/libXau-1.0.3 x11-libs/libXaw-1.0.4 x11-libs/libXcomposite-0.4.0 x11-libs/libXcursor-1.1.9 x11-libs/libXdamage-1.1.1 x11-libs/libXdmcp-1.0.2 x11-libs/libXevie-1.0.2 x11-libs/libXext-1.0.3 x11-libs/libXfixes-4.0.3 x11-libs/libXfont-1.3.1-r1 x11-libs/libXfontcache-1.0.4 x11-libs/libXft-2.1.12 x11-libs/libXi-1.1.3 x11-libs/libXinerama-1.0.2 x11-libs/libXmu-1.0.3 x11-libs/libXp-1.0.0 x11-libs/libXpm-3.5.7 x11-libs/libXprintAppUtil-1.0.1 x11-libs/libXprintUtil-1.0.1 x11-libs/libXrandr-1.2.2 x11-libs/libXrender-0.9.2 x11-libs/libXres-1.0.3 x11-libs/libXt-1.0.5 x11-libs/libXtst-1.0.3 x11-libs/libXv-1.0.3 x11-libs/libXvMC-1.0.4 x11-libs/libXxf86dga-1.0.2 x11-libs/libXxf86misc-1.0.1 x11-libs/libXxf86vm-1.0.1 x11-libs/libdrm-2.3.0 x11-libs/libfontenc-1.0.4 x11-libs/libgksu-2.0.5 x11-libs/liblbxutil-1.0.1 x11-libs/libnotify-0.4.4 x11-libs/liboldX-1.0.1 x11-libs/libsexy-0.1.11 x11-libs/libsvg-cairo-0.1.6 x11-libs/libwnck-2.20.3 x11-libs/libxcb-1.1 x11-libs/libxkbfile-1.0.4 x11-libs/libxkbui-1.0.2 x11-libs/libxsettings-client-0.10 x11-libs/libzvt-2.0.1-r2 x11-libs/pango-1.18.4 x11-libs/pixman-0.9.6 x11-libs/qscintilla-2.1-r1 x11-libs/qt-4.3.3 x11-libs/startup-notification-0.9 x11-libs/wxGTK-2.8.7.1-r1 x11-libs/xcb-util-0.2 x11-libs/xtrans-1.0.4 # qlist -I -C -v x11-misc x11-misc/driconf-0.9.1 x11-misc/emacs-desktop-0.3 x11-misc/gccmakedep-1.0.2 x11-misc/habak-0.2.5 x11-misc/icon-naming-utils-0.8.2 x11-misc/imake-1.0.2 x11-misc/makedepend-1.0.1 x11-misc/notification-daemon-0.3.7 x11-misc/shared-mime-info-0.23 x11-misc/slock-0.7 x11-misc/trayer-1.0 x11-misc/util-macros-1.1.5 x11-misc/xbitmaps-1.0.1 x11-misc/xdg-utils-1.0.2 x11-misc/xdialog-2.2.1-r1 x11-misc/xkeyboard-config-1.1 x11-misc/xnview-1.70-r2 x11-misc/xorg-cf-files-1.0.2 x11-misc/xsetleds-0.1.3 x11-misc/xtrlock-2.0-r2 x11-misc/xvkbd-2.8 # emerge --info Portage 2.1.4 (default-linux/x86/2007.0/desktop, gcc-4.2.2, glibc-2.7-r1, 2.6.23.12 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.23.12 i686 Mobile Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 - M CPU 1.80GHz Timestamp of tree: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:30:07 +0000 app-shells/bash: 3.2_p33 dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.1.3 dev-lang/python: 2.3.6-r3, 2.4.4-r8, 2.5.1-r5 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r6 sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.11.1 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.18.1-r2 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.61-r1 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10.1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.18-r1 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.0-r4 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.24 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.23-r3 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium4 -mmmx -msse -msse2 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /var/bind /var/qmail/alias /var/qmail/control /var/spool/torque /var/vpopmail/etc" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/web2c /etc/udev/rules.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium4 -mmmx -msse -msse2 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans userfetch" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo" LINGUAS="en cs cz" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages --filter=H_**/files/digest-*" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="7zip R X Xaw3d a52 aac aalib ace acl acpi alsa amr amrnb amrwb apache2 audacious audiofile bash-completion bcmath berkdb bitmap-fonts blas boost bzip2 cairo cblas cddb cdparanoia cdr clamav cli colordiff compress cpio cracklib crypt cscope css ctype cups curl curlwrappers cxx dbus dga dia directfb djbfft dri dts dv dvb dvd dvdr dvdread eds emacs emboss emf enblend encode enscript exif expat fam fame fat fbcon ffmpeg fftw firefox flac flash foomaticdb fortran fpx ftp gcj gd gdbm ggi gif gimp gimpprint glibc-compat20 glibc-omitfp glitz glut gmp gnuplot gnutls gpgme gphoto2 gpm graphviz gs gsl gstreamer gtk gtkhtml hal hdf hdf5 i8x0 icc iconv icu id3 ieee1394 ifc imagemagick imlib inifile innodb isdnlog ithreads jack java javascript jbig jikes jpeg jpeg2k kdtree kerberos lame lapack lcms leim libcaca libedit libwww live lzo lzw mad maildir matroska mhash midi mikmod mime ming mjpeg mmap mmx mng mod_python modperl modplug motif mozilla moznoirc mp2 mp3 mp4 mpeg mpi mpi_njtree mplayer mudflap mule musepack mxdatetime mysql mysqli ncurses netcdf netpbm network nls nntp nptl nptlonly nsplugin ntfs numeric ogg opengl openmp oss pam pango pcmcia pcntl pcre pdf perl plotutils plugin png pnm postproc postscript ppds pppd procmail pymol python qt3 qt3support qt4 quicktime rar raw readline real recode reflection reiserfs rpm rtc samba sasl scanner scp seamonkey server session sftp sift slp smime sndfile soap sockets spell spl sqlite srt sse sse2 ssl subtitles subversion svg svgz sysfs sysvipc t1lib tcl tcpd tetex theora threads tidy tiff tk transcode truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode urandom usb userlocales uuencode v4l v4l2 vcd vim-syntax vim-with-x vorbis wifi win32codecs wmf wxwindows x264 x86 xanim xcb xcf xfs xft xinetd xml xorg xpm xprint xsl xslt xv xvid xvmc yv12 zip zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1 emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic auth_digest authn_anon authn_dbd authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache dbd deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers ident imagemap include info log_config mem_cache mime mime_magic rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias negotiation" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="en cs cz" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="radeon" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, MAKEOPTS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS # emerge -pv xorg-server xf86-input-mouse xf86-input-evdev These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild R ] x11-base/xorg-server-1.3.0.0-r4 USE="dri xorg xprint -3dfx -debug -dmx -ipv6 -kdrive -minimal -nptl -sdl" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev keyboard mouse -acecad -aiptek -calcomp -citron -digitaledge -dmc -dynapro -elo2300 -elographics -fpit -hyperpen -jamstudio -joystick -magellan -microtouch -mutouch -palmax -penmount -spaceorb -summa -synaptics -tek4957 -ur98 -vmmouse -void -wacom" VIDEO_CARDS="radeon -apm -ark -chips -cirrus -cyrix -dummy -epson -fbdev -fglrx -glint -i128 -i740 -i810 (-impact) -imstt -mach64 -mga -neomagic (-newport) -nsc -nv -nvidia -r128 -rendition -s3 -s3virge -savage -siliconmotion -sis -sisusb (-sunbw2) (-suncg14) (-suncg3) (-suncg6) (-sunffb) (-sunleo) (-suntcx) -tdfx -tga -trident -tseng -v4l -vesa -vga -via -vmware -voodoo" 0 kB [ebuild R ] x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev-1.1.5-r2 USE="-debug" 0 kB [ebuild R ] x11-drivers/xf86-input-mouse-1.2.3 USE="-debug" 0 kB Total: 3 packages (3 reinstalls), Size of downloads: 0 kB # from xorg.conf: Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2" # NetMouse PS/2 Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Screen "ScreenBelineaLCD" InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard" EndSection
I've tested it on various linux distros and it looks like it is expected behaviour. I think that it is for better readability... If you think that is a problem for you, abuse xterm devs and their bugzilla :)
> Hi Thomas, > can you please tell me whether this behaviour is expected and whether > I can revert to the previous one? ;-) > http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=207072 It wasn't supposed to be a visible dot. Patch #234 improves it, making it entirely invisible. (In #234, the feature also can be disabled ;-) -- Thomas E. Dickey
How's it work in 234? I just added it.
234 is fixed, no dot appears there. The cursor disappears while typing into the window, I think that is tha old behaviour I was used to.
Marking this bug fixed then, thanks!
Please push xterm-234 into x86_64. Currently I get offered: [ebuild U ] x11-terms/xterm-232 [229] USE="Xaw3d unicode -paste64 -toolbar -truetype" 834 kB # emerge --info Portage 2.1.4.4 (default-linux/amd64/2007.0/server, gcc-4.1.2, glibc-2.6.1-r0, 2.6.24.2-default x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.24.2-default x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz Timestamp of tree: Mon, 07 Apr 2008 07:34:01 +0000 app-shells/bash: 3.2_p17-r1 dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.1.4 dev-lang/python: 2.4.4-r9 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r6 sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.11.1 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.18.1-r2 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.61-r1 sys-devel/automake: 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10 sys-devel/binutils: 2.18-r1 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.0-r4 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.26 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.23-r3 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64"
(In reply to comment #6) > Please push xterm-234 into x86_64. Could you ping back in another week? It hasn't been in the tree for a month yet.
