[X2go-dev] The vanishing mouse - xming source code

[brian mullan]

xming v 6.9 source is on SourceForge
here<http://sourceforge.net/projects/xming/files/Xming-source/6.9.0.31/Xming_69031_source.tar.bz2/download>

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> Message: 3
> Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2010 09:37:10 -0400
> From: Gerry Reno <greno at verizon.net>
> To: x2go-dev at lists.berlios.de
> Subject: Re: [X2go-dev] The Vanishing Mouse
> Message-ID: <4CADCD06.8040206 at verizon.net>
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> On 10/07/2010 07:25 AM, --[ UxBoD ]-- wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > it was reported on the list a while ago that somebody was having an issue
> where the mouse pointer within the X2GO session would disappear.  Well, I
> finally managed to get the same thing to happen to me this morning while
> running X2GO under Windows XP Pro.  Even suspending the session and
> re-connecting does not resolve the problem.  The issue appears to be the
> version of Xming that is being distributed with X2GO.
> >
> > Why do I think this ? I suspended my session again and then killed of
> Xming via task manager.  This caused the X2GO plugin to fail for which I
> created a new FF tab and reconnected. I connected straight back to the same
> session and X instance as before and my mouse pointer was back in the land
> of the living.
> >
> > The question is though how can we resolve this problem ? The 6.9 version
> of Xming that is shipped with X2GO is ~3 years out of date now, and to get
> the new 7.5 branch one has to subscribe.  Hmmm, this would be fine for a
> couple of users but when we may be handling 100,000 of them it would get a
> bit pricey :(
> >
> > Any thoughts on what can be done ?
> >
>
> Xming has a site license for v7.5 available for ? 250 (125 academic).
> Unlimited users.  So that would not be all that expensive.  The other
> option is to find the source code for v6.9 and then we debug the
> vanishing mouse problem and create a patch.
>
> Regards,
> Gerry
>
>
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