Default Mouse Pointer is Wrong

[Harold L Hunt II]

Ricky,

Ricky Boone wrote:

> This may just be an idiotic question, but I couldn't seem to find an
> answer in the archives.
> 
> I am trying to connect to remote applications in X (in -multiwindow
> mode) through ssh on cygwin.  When I open the remote application, the
> default mouse pointer (cursor, whatever) is an 'X'.  Some special areas
> in the application, such as text fields, change the cursor successfully
> to a text selection pointer, but the 'X' pointer remains the default
> nearly everywhere else.

The default mouse pointer in X is an X.  You are describing the correct 
scenario.

> Previously I had been using the default window manager with Cygwin by
> running startx, then remoting inside of it.  That was a little
> roundabout, but it worked.  All cursors and pointers looked okay.
> 
> I've just done a complete reinstall of Cygwin on my WinXP box, since I
> thought perhaps either something was screwed up with the previous
> installation, or something new had fixed the problem.  The remote system
> I'm connecting to is Fedora Core Test 3 running the latest packages,
> though I'm willing to bet if I find another machine to test this on it
> will do the same; it's got to be something on my end, whether it's a
> misconfiguration or something I'm forgetting to do.
> 
> Here's a quick example of exactly what I'm doing:
> 
> * Open Cygwin shell (cygwin.bat)
> * startxwin.sh
> * Inside the xterm window:  ssh -XC me@somebox.domain.tld
> * Once logged into remote box:  evolution &
> * Everything loads okay, but mouse pointer is an 'X' instead of the
> usual Windows arrow, or the default pointer on the remote box.

The mouse pointer should not be a Windows arrow.

The mouse pointer will not be the default pointer that you have under 
Gnome or KDE on the remote system because you are not running Gnome or 
KDE on the remote system... you are running only a single application 
with a local (not remote) window manager (a.k.a. MultiWindow mode, 
a.k.a. -multiwindow command-line parameter).  Thus, the mouse pointer 
will be either a) the default mouse pointer (an X), or b) whatever an 
application sets it to (e.g. a text insertion cursor).

Does that make sense?  Everything seems to be functioning normally.

Harold