[PATCH] xserver: Enable visible cursor on start without -retro #26798

[Daniel Stone]

On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 10:18:22AM -0400, Adam Jackson wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-10-21 at 14:02 +1100, Daniel Stone wrote:
> > On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 12:43:00PM +1000, Peter Hutterer wrote:
> > > I'd argue for having -retro be the default. Anything that starts up X for
> > > the user can relatively easily apply an extra command line option.
> > > 
> > > Without options, we should IMO clearly indicate whether X is working or not.
> > 
> > I don't think there's any reason to ever see the stipple, but I think at
> > least enabling the cursor by default is entirely reasonable; [gkx]dm and
> > friends can just pass -nocursor or whatever it is.
> 
> Can I get a way to set the cursor to something other than the X?  I can
> see wanting the cursor up as soon as possible, but I'd rather not see
> the transition from X to leftarrow.

Yeah, exactly.  I can't see anything in the protocol compelling us to
use the X rather than leftarrow, either.
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