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Starting X without cursor not working on Tiny Core Linux

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pq5190362:

--- Quote from: curaga on January 08, 2017, 01:35:02 PM ---IIRC unclutter is the app used for that.

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Even with:


--- Code: ---unclutter -idle 0
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the cursor is still showing up occasionally when the cursor is moving.

pq5190362:

--- Quote from: polikuo on January 08, 2017, 09:20:49 AM ---Maybe I didn't make clear, I said:


--- Quote from: polikuo on January 08, 2017, 07:57:56 AM ---However, when I tried tips for "Earlier versions", and create a file named nocursor.conf

--- Code: ---sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d
sudo vi /usr/local/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/nocursor.conf
# in vi
Option "AllowMouseOpenFail"
#:wq
tce-load -i Xorg-7.7
startx

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I don't see the cursor, guess it works.  :)

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It might just works with this configuration.

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Doesn't work here. When doing this, startx actually fails.

Since you invoke -allowMouseOpenFail, I guess you're trying it without having a mouse connected?

I want it to work with a pointer connected, the cursor should just be invisible.

polikuo:

--- Quote from: pq5190362 on January 08, 2017, 05:33:32 PM ---Since you invoke -allowMouseOpenFail, I guess you're trying it without having a mouse connected?

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Nope, I tested it on virtualbox, that's why I said it might works.  :P
Why not trying the "empty cursor" thing ?

curaga:

--- Quote from: pq5190362 on January 08, 2017, 05:05:44 PM ---the cursor is still showing up occasionally when the cursor is moving.

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I'm curious, what's the use case for hiding the cursor but still wanting to move it? Ad platforms and picture frames don't usually have that.

pq5190362:

--- Quote from: curaga on January 09, 2017, 05:14:37 AM ---I'm curious, what's the use case for hiding the cursor but still wanting to move it?
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Use case: Touchscreen.

With a touchscreen, the cursor is still there all the time and it also moves around when moving the finger over the touchscreen.

Obviously, you don't want to see the cursor when using a touchscreen though.

On Ubuntu, this is done even more elegantly than just hiding the cursor permanently. On Ubuntu (on Unity desktop), you can even have a touchscreen and a mouse connected simultaneously and when moving the mouse, the cursor appears and when touching the touchscreen, the cursor disappears, and it reappears again when using the mouse (and so on), so the cursor is being dynamically hidden or shown depending on what kind of input device is currently in use.

That being said: Any idea how this could also be achieved in Tiny Core Linux?

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