stop the idle cursor from disappearing in kde4

[genericmaillists]

Can this be done? I have have looked through the configuration tools. I have searched with Google and found nothing. Is there a way to turn of the disappearing cursor in KDE4? I hate it! I like having the cursor visible.

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genericmaillists posted on Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:42:47 -0400 as excerpted:

> Can this be done? I have have looked through the configuration tools. I
> have searched with Google and found nothing. Is there a way to turn of
> the disappearing cursor in KDE4? I hate it! I like having the cursor
> visible.Can this be done? I have have looked through the configuration
> tools. I have searched with Google and found nothing. Is there a way to
> turn of the disappearing cursor in KDE4? I hate it! I like having the
> cursor visible.

Are you talking about the text cursor, in konsole, perhaps, or kwrite or
whatever, or the mouse pointer?

There's configuration for the text cursor in the various apps, konsole
has blink/no-blink and line/block but I don't see a setting for
disappearing (which it doesn't do here).  Similarly with the mouse
pointer.  There's various config for it but I don't see a setting for
disappear or not.  It does seem to disappear in text apps when I start
typing.  Maybe someone else knows something.

Do note that there *IS* a mouse-locater effect, available under all-
effects in the desktop effects settings applet, but unfortunately, it
/does/ require OpenGL, which isn't possible on some desktops,
particularly with older cards and/or higher resolution displays.  I can
force OpenGL here, but I have to turn off the checks to do so since it's
only on the top 2048 px of the display (I run dual 1920x1200 stacked for
1920x2400, the Radeon r2xx series cards only handle OpenGL within 2k
square) due to my old graphics hardware, and it's buggy/crashy when on,
so I only turned it on long enough to see what effects like the mouse-
locator effect looked like, then back off.  It's pretty if it works...  

Of course, that's not going to help the disappearing pointer, but it'll
help you find it again when it disappears.  But I can see how the
disappearing pointer could bug people, too.  I'd suggest checking for a
bug and adding your vote to it if there, else creating a bug, requesting
that the feature be exposed as a toggleable option.

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[Anne Wilson-5]

On Friday 23 October 2009 08:42:47 genericmaillists@... wrote:
> Can this be done? I have have looked through the configuration tools. I
>  have searched with Google and found nothing. Is there a way to turn of the
>  disappearing cursor in KDE4? I hate it! I like having the cursor visible.
>
It's always useful to know the distro and KDE4 version.  I do seem to recall
long ago seeing this, but the problem disappeared a few days later after an
update.  Are you using a very up-to-date version?

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[genericmaillists]

What I am talking about is the cursor hides if I don't move the mouse for several seconds and then comes right back when I do move the mouse. This happens in the KDE4 desktop and the applications make no difference. It happens no matter what is open or closed. That is probably the reason for the locate mouse in the desktop all effects, which I found. that is just as annoying as the mouse hiding.

On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 5:05 AM, Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@...> wrote:

genericmaillists posted on Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:42:47 -0400 as excerpted:

> Can this be done? I have have looked through the configuration tools. I
> have searched with Google and found nothing. Is there a way to turn of
> the disappearing cursor in KDE4? I hate it! I like having the cursor

> visible.Can this be done? I have have looked through the configuration

> tools. I have searched with Google and found nothing. Is there a way to
> turn of the disappearing cursor in KDE4? I hate it! I like having the
> cursor visible.

Are you talking about the text cursor, in konsole, perhaps, or kwrite or
whatever, or the mouse pointer?

There's configuration for the text cursor in the various apps, konsole
has blink/no-blink and line/block but I don't see a setting for
disappearing (which it doesn't do here).  Similarly with the mouse
pointer.  There's various config for it but I don't see a setting for
disappear or not.  It does seem to disappear in text apps when I start
typing.  Maybe someone else knows something.

Do note that there *IS* a mouse-locater effect, available under all-
effects in the desktop effects settings applet, but unfortunately, it
/does/ require OpenGL, which isn't possible on some desktops,
particularly with older cards and/or higher resolution displays.  I can
force OpenGL here, but I have to turn off the checks to do so since it's
only on the top 2048 px of the display (I run dual 1920x1200 stacked for
1920x2400, the Radeon r2xx series cards only handle OpenGL within 2k
square) due to my old graphics hardware, and it's buggy/crashy when on,
so I only turned it on long enough to see what effects like the mouse-
locator effect looked like, then back off.  It's pretty if it works...

Of course, that's not going to help the disappearing pointer, but it'll
help you find it again when it disappears.  But I can see how the
disappearing pointer could bug people, too.  I'd suggest checking for a
bug and adding your vote to it if there, else creating a bug, requesting
that the feature be exposed as a toggleable option.

--
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and if you use the program, he is your master."  Richard Stallman

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[genericmaillists]

PCLinuxOS 2010 kde 4.3.2 I update my box every night. So my box is as up-to-date as the packages available in the distro's repo. This distro uses a lot of mandrake tool apps and synaptic as the GUI for apt-get.

On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 5:19 AM, Anne Wilson <cannewilson@...> wrote:

On Friday 23 October 2009 08:42:47 genericmaillists@... wrote:
> Can this be done? I have have looked through the configuration tools. I
>  have searched with Google and found nothing. Is there a way to turn of the
>  disappearing cursor in KDE4? I hate it! I like having the cursor visible.
>

It's always useful to know the distro and KDE4 version.  I do seem to recall
long ago seeing this, but the problem disappeared a few days later after an
update.  Are you using a very up-to-date version?

Anne
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[Carl-Valentin Schmitt]

Hello Anne ?!

Depends where you are working in KDE4. If you have a Terminal window,
you can adjust it locally there in "settings". Depends where you are.

2009/10/23 <genericmaillists@...>

Can this be done? I have have looked through the configuration tools. I have searched with Google and found nothing. Is there a way to turn of the disappearing cursor in KDE4? I hate it! I like having the cursor visible.

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I have a video of the cursor disappearing and re-appearing if any one wants to see it. I probably can't send it to this mailing list.

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[genericmaillists]

Anne,

What version of kde were you using and did you actually see what I described? 3.5 or 4?

On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 5:19 AM, Anne Wilson <cannewilson@...> wrote:

I do seem to recall

long ago seeing this, but the problem disappeared a few days later after an
update.

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[Anne Wilson-5]

On Sunday 25 October 2009 07:44:46 genericmaillists@... wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 5:19 AM, Anne Wilson
<cannewilson@...>wrote:
> > I do seem to recall
> > long ago seeing this, but the problem disappeared a few days later after
> > an update.
> >
>
Please don't top-post.  It makes reading the archives very difficult.

> What version of kde were you using and did you actually see what I
> described? 3.5 or 4?
>
Sorry, I can't be very specific.  It was a long time ago.  I think it was
probably in 4.0 or 4.1.  I can't even recall whether it was on the Mandriva
install or the Fedora one.  Your description does sound the same as I saw, but
as I said, it didn't stay around for long, so I assumed that a bugfix had come
in with an update.

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[Bogus Zaba-4]

genericmaillists@... wrote:

> What I am talking about is the cursor hides if I don't move the mouse
> for several seconds and then comes right back when I do move the
> mouse. This happens in the KDE4 desktop and the applications make no
> difference. It happens no matter what is open or closed. That is
> probably the reason for the locate mouse in the desktop all effects,
> which I found. that is just as annoying as the mouse hiding.
>
> On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 5:05 AM, Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@...
> <mailto:1i5t5.duncan@...>> wrote:
>
>     genericmaillists posted on Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:42:47 -0400 as
>     excerpted:
>
>     > Can this be done? I have have looked through the configuration
>     tools. I
>     > have searched with Google and found nothing. Is there a way to
>     turn of
>     > the disappearing cursor in KDE4? I hate it! I like having the cursor
>     > visible.Can this be done? I have have looked through the
>     configuration
>     > tools. I have searched with Google and found nothing. Is there a
>     way to
>     > turn of the disappearing cursor in KDE4? I hate it! I like
>     having the
>     > cursor visible.
>
>     Are you talking about the text cursor, in konsole, perhaps, or
>     kwrite or
>     whatever, or the mouse pointer?
>
>     There's configuration for the text cursor in the various apps, konsole
>     has blink/no-blink and line/block but I don't see a setting for
>     disappearing (which it doesn't do here).  Similarly with the mouse
>     pointer.  There's various config for it but I don't see a setting for
>     disappear or not.  It does seem to disappear in text apps when I start
>     typing.  Maybe someone else knows something.
>
>     Do note that there *IS* a mouse-locater effect, available under all-
>     effects in the desktop effects settings applet, but unfortunately, it
>     /does/ require OpenGL, which isn't possible on some desktops,
>     particularly with older cards and/or higher resolution displays.
>      I can
>     force OpenGL here, but I have to turn off the checks to do so
>     since it's
>     only on the top 2048 px of the display (I run dual 1920x1200
>     stacked for
>     1920x2400, the Radeon r2xx series cards only handle OpenGL within 2k
>     square) due to my old graphics hardware, and it's buggy/crashy
>     when on,
>     so I only turned it on long enough to see what effects like the mouse-
>     locator effect looked like, then back off.  It's pretty if it works...
>
>     Of course, that's not going to help the disappearing pointer, but
>     it'll
>     help you find it again when it disappears.  But I can see how the
>     disappearing pointer could bug people, too.  I'd suggest checking
>     for a
>     bug and adding your vote to it if there, else creating a bug,
>     requesting
>     that the feature be exposed as a toggleable option.
>
>     --
>     Duncan - List replies preferred.   No HTML msgs.
>     "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master --
>     and if you use the program, he is your master."  Richard Stallman
>
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This sounds a bit like the mouse cursor behaves (correctly I think) in
applications like video viewers. You con't want to see the mouse cursor
when the video is playing, but when you want to adjust the volume or
picture size or something you want it to come back as soon as you move
the mouse or press a key. Could your cursor be "stuck" in that mode?
Might be worth entering a video player and exiting nicely to see if that
returns it to normal mode.

Bogus
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On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 10:58 AM, Bogus Zaba <bogsub@...> wrote:

genericmaillists@... wrote:
> What I am talking about is the cursor hides if I don't move the mouse
> for several seconds and then comes right back when I do move the
> mouse. This happens in the KDE4 desktop and the applications make no
> difference. It happens no matter what is open or closed. That is
> probably the reason for the locate mouse in the desktop all effects,
> which I found. that is just as annoying as the mouse hiding.
>
> On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 5:05 AM, Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@...

> <mailto:1i5t5.duncan@...>> wrote:
>
>     genericmaillists posted on Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:42:47 -0400 as
>     excerpted:
>
>     > Can this be done? I have have looked through the configuration
>     tools. I
>     > have searched with Google and found nothing. Is there a way to
>     turn of
>     > the disappearing cursor in KDE4? I hate it! I like having the cursor
>     > visible.Can this be done? I have have looked through the
>     configuration
>     > tools. I have searched with Google and found nothing. Is there a
>     way to
>     > turn of the disappearing cursor in KDE4? I hate it! I like
>     having the
>     > cursor visible.This sounds a bit like the mouse cursor behaves (correctly I think) in

applications like video viewers. You con't want to see the mouse cursor
when the video is playing, but when you want to adjust the volume or
picture size or something you want it to come back as soon as you move
the mouse or press a key. Could your cursor be "stuck" in that mode?
Might be worth entering a video player and exiting nicely to see if that
returns it to normal mode.

I would think a re-boot would clear a problem like that.

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