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Why does the mouse arrow just stay in one corner in my vncviewer, whereas my cursor (that does move) is just a dot?

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Why does the mouse arrow just stay in one corner in my vncviewer, whereas my cursor (that does move) is just a dot?

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This default takes advantage of a tightvnc extension (CursorShapeUpdates) that allows specifying a cursor image shape for the local VNC viewer. You may disable it with the -nocursor option to x11vnc if your viewer does not have this extension. Note: as of Aug/2004 this should be fixed: the default for non-tightvnc viewers (or ones that do not support CursorShapeUpdates) will be to draw the moving cursor into the x11vnc framebuffer. This can also be disabled via -nocursor. Q-84: Can I take advantage of the TightVNC extension to the VNC protocol where Cursor Positions Updates are sent back to all connected clients (i.e. passive viewers can see the mouse cursor being moved around by another viewer)? Use the -cursorpos option when starting x11vnc. A VNC viewer must support the Cursor Positions Updates for the user to see the mouse motions (the TightVNC viewers support this.) As of Aug/2004 -cursorpos is the default. See also -nocursorpos and -nocursorshape.