On Fri, 2004-07-02 at 20:22, Greg Swallow wrote: > Oh yes, edited xorg.conf just as noted. Even used advanced options > HWCursor "off" and SWCursor "on" as well as others to get rid of the > garbage pointer. Got rid of the garbage pointer, but then the pointer > was only visible when it hanged on the outside edge of an open window. > Ever try using a GUI with an invisible pointer? > > Figure this has got to be a rivafb conflict issue. modprobe -r rivafb > has done nothing for me. The generic Driver "nv" would be fine, but I am > building this four processor workstation (from parts I have about the > house) so that I can do some 3D work with Blender. Having the ability to > use the 3D in the nVidia cards is a necessity. > > Since I also have two iMacs with OS X, I have download ISO images of > FreeBSD. May have to try that instead of Linux. Greg, Perhaps I missed this somewhere in the thread, but did you ever indicate which nVidia card you actually have? Also, before you give up, try posting over at the nVidia Linux forums: http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=14 to see if anyone there has any insight. HTH, Marc
