Mouse shadow

[Boboz]

Hi
after a lot of experiments (i'm slightly a newbie ) i've obtained the effect i was searching for...shadows under all windows/menus.
But i cant obtain shadow under cursor. I've installed nvidia drivers with envy, set cursor drop shadow with nvidia-settings but nothing.....
Someone has a workaround for this?

Tnx
RR

[MoonRise]

Re: Mouse shadow

have you tried System Settings --> Keyboard and Mouse. Click on mouse and change the TAB selection to Cursor Theme. At least on mine there is a cursor theme that has shadows called Whiteglass.

[rbrown3rd]

Re: Mouse shadow

I am also a slightly newbie user. How did you get shadows under your windows?

[MoonRise]

Re: Mouse shadow

System Settings --> Appearance

Click on Style then change the TAB to Effects and turn on GUI Effects.

Click on Windows Decorations and turn on Use Shadowed Text.

[Boboz]

Re: Mouse shadow

have you tried System Settings --> Keyboard and Mouse. Click on mouse and change the TAB selection to Cursor Theme. At least on mine there is a cursor theme that has shadows called Whiteglass.

I've seen that...but i want cursor shadows from nvidia settings. A lot of time ago in a slack distro i was able to obtain this...why on this wonderful kubuntu i cant?

[MoonRise]

Re: Mouse shadow

Do you have "nvidia-settings" installed? I start that up and go to Cursor Shadow and enable it with no issue.

[Boboz]

Re: Mouse shadow

I've made the same, but the cursor still have no shadow. Seems like enabling cursor shadow with nvidia-settings has no effect.
There is a manual parameter to set (in xorg.conf or whatever) ?

RR

[MoonRise]

Re: Mouse shadow

None that I've ever seen. I'll see if I can find anything.

[Boboz]

Re: Mouse shadow

Someone has cursor shadow functioning and can post xorg.conf or whatever?


Tnx

RR

[Boboz]

Re: Mouse shadow

Hey, c'mon.
I ask for a xorg.conf from someone that have cursor shadow OK and a nvidia card....there is someone?



RR

[rbrown3rd]

Re: Mouse shadow

I have cursor shadowing turned on in my Nvidia settings but no shadow shows up under my cursor.

[aged hippy]

Re: Mouse shadow

I think that you need to select a cursor theme which has shadows, which appears (on this setup) to be either Contrast Large, DMZ Black, Handhelds, Redglass, or Whiteglass.

[rbrown3rd]

Re: Mouse shadow

Great. Thanks for that tip. That was it. I have shadow.

[aged hippy]

Re: Mouse shadow

You're Welcome.

[Boboz]

Re: Mouse shadow

What i need is the xorg.conf file of someone that has cursor shadow working......is this too much? I dont think so...
It's my xorg.conf

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Section "ServerLayout"

# Uncomment if you have a wacom tablet
# InputDevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
# InputDevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
# InputDevice "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen 0 "Default Screen" 0 0
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "glx"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "it"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "stylus"
Driver "wacom"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
Option "Type" "stylus"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"# Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "eraser"
Driver "wacom"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
Option "Type" "eraser"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"# Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "cursor"
Driver "wacom"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
Option "Type" "cursor"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"# Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Generic Monitor"
ModelName "Custom 1"
Gamma 1
ModeLine "640x480@60" 25.2 640 656 752 800 480 490 492 525 -hsync -vsync
ModeLine "800x600@56" 36.0 800 824 896 1024 600 601 603 625 +hsync +vsync
ModeLine "800x600@60" 40.0 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync
ModeLine "1024x768@60" 65.0 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync
ModeLine "1280x960@60" 102.1 1280 1360 1496 1712 960 961 964 994 -hsync +vsync
ModeLine "1280x1024@60" 108.0 1280 1328 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync
EndSection

Section "Monitor"

#
Identifier "monitor1"
Gamma 1
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "nVidia Corporation NV40 [GeForce 6800 Ultra]"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA"
BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce 6800 (generic)"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Screen 0
EndSection

Section "Device"

#
Identifier "device1"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA"
BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce 6800 (generic)"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Screen 1
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "nVidia Corporation NV40 [GeForce 6800 Ultra]"
Monitor "Generic Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "CursorShadow" "1"
Option "CursorShadowXOffset" "4"
Option "CursorShadowYOffset" "4"
Option "CursorShadowAlpha" "64"
Option "NvAGP" "3"
Option "NoLogo" "True"
SubSection "Display"
Virtual 1280 1024
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024@60" "1280x960@60" "1024x768@60" "800x600@60" "800x600@56" "640x480@60"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"

#
Identifier "screen1"
Device "device1"
Monitor "monitor1"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

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There is something incorrect?
Please help

RR