hiding the cursor, for a touch screen

elgenath · 11-20-2009, 05:53 AM

Hi,

I have command line access to a computer with a touch screen. It auto boots into full screen Firefox. As it has a touch screen, making the cursor invisible or similar would be very useful. (It's fedora for reference)

I've a little skill with command line linux, but this is beyond me. I've been trying things with Xdefaults, XDefineCursor and cursor.pcf, but so far nothing but frustration.

Ideas anyone?

Thankyou

Agrouf · 11-20-2009, 07:34 AM

Try that:
http://stlouis-shopper.com/cgi-bin/m...ps/TouchScreen

elgenath · 11-20-2009, 07:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Agrouf

Try that:
http://stlouis-shopper.com/cgi-bin/m...ps/TouchScreen

This was the first thing I tried. The replacement cursor.bdf didn't appear to do anything. (Have restarted the system)

I've tried making a blank cursor with 1 set of instructions, but it didn't appear to work either, although I'm less certain of the proper method.

timmeke · 11-20-2009, 10:44 AM

According to http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...cursor-306819/,
the unclutter command should do the trick.
It doesn't seem to come in every distro, so you may need to do a little searching or try your package manager.