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Hi. Up to date Sid (not that I think that matters)

I'm having a serious problem trying to use an external monitor on my laptop.

Sony Vaio GRT170, with an Nvidia Ge5600 card.

The external video worked in console mode from the start. I discovered
the problem with "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg" where it will not do
anything other than choose a keyboard, by trying to get X to display
correctly. Video timings and modlines! Ouch.

Well, Knoppix displayed correctly, but there was no mouse pointer. As
I wibbled with the touchpad, the icons would get their "mouse-over
effects", so the input was working. It just wasn't being displayed.

The screen on my laptop is dying, but if I flip the lid switch I get
light for some 5-10 seconds. This allows me to see that the LCD _is_
displaying the mouse pointer, even while the external display does
not.

Is this some kind of "feature" for not cluttering an overhead
projector with a mouse cursor when doing presentations?

Anyway, if anyone has a clue how to enable the mouse pointer to be
displayed on an external monitor, I'd appreciate it.

Curt-


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On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 12:45:13PM -0400, Curt Howland wrote:
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> Is this some kind of "feature" for not cluttering an overhead
> projector with a mouse cursor when doing presentations?

Package: unclutter
Description: hides the cursor in X after a period of inactivity
unclutter hides your X mouse cursor when you don't need it, to prevent it
from getting in the way. You have only to move the mouse to restore the
mouse cursor.

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