Re: GDM puts a semi-persistent "X" in the middle of the screen.

From: Cameron Hutchison (camh+dl_at_xdna.net)
Date: 10/06/04

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    Once upon a time Adam Funk said...
    > When I log out of xfce4, the gdm login box appears normally. Not long
    > afterwards, an "X" (like the multiplication symbol rather than the
    > letter) appears right in the middle of the screen. When I log back in,
    > it stays on the screen until I run kmail or knode, either of which
    > makes it disappear.

    That's the default X11 cursor when it starts up.

    I had a similar problem on my Toshiba laptop, using the "savage" X11
    driver. I had to turn off the hardware cursor to get it fixed. I looked
    in the man page for my X11 video driver to find the option. (man savage
    in my case). 

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