[64studio-devel] firefox cursor annoyance

[Steve A]

Perfect, thank you very much Susan.

best wishes
steve~


>From: Susan Dridi <sdridi at greens.org>
>To: Steve A <parkland99 at hotmail.com>
>CC: 64studio-devel at 64studio.com
>Subject: Re: [64studio-devel] firefox cursor annoyance
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>Steve A wrote:
>>amd64 / 1.4.0
>>
>>Iceweasel cursor leaves a trail when using the arrows.
>>
>>
>>When moving over existing text the cursor leaves a trail at each position 
>>which makes it difficult to see where the cursor actually is.
>>
>>
>>I've tried installing the binary nvidia package, and messed around with 
>>the firefox preferences, but no luck so far.
>>
>>
>>I kinow this is a firefox problem, but does anyone have the problem or has 
>>solved the problem ?
>
>Hi Steve,
>
>I had the same problem, but it affected other apps too, Thunderbird and 
>some others. I looked on the Firefox forum and happily, they had a link to 
>the solution:
>
>https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-driver-nv/+bug/57466
>
>It's a Nvidia video card driver problem, but is fixed when you add this:
>
>Option "XaaNoSolidFillRect"
>
>to the device section for the nv driver in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.
>
>I don't know if that will fix the problem if you have something other than 
>nv loaded. I haven't tried any of the other Nvidia drivers.
>
>One weird thing I've noticed is that a trail of rectangles get drawn on the 
>screen when I minimize applications. The rectangles go away though. I 
>didn't spend too much on my video card, since I don't have any need for 3D 
>and I couldn't find a good 2D card. Maybe down the line I'll get a better 
>card. Though I want to try firewire audio first! Priorities:)
>
>Take care,
>
>-Susan

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