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11-29-2009, 10:50 AM	#1
_ON LQ Newbie Registered: Nov 2009 Posts: 9 Rep:	Hiding a mouse cursor Hi. Is any way to hide a mouse cursor in GNOME either after certain amount of time or by a keyboard shortcut? Debian 5.0.3; GNOME 2.22.3; Compiz 0.7.6. Thanks. Last edited by _ON; 11-29-2009 at 11:50 AM.

11-29-2009, 12:28 PM	#2
David the H. Bash Guru Registered: Jun 2004 Location: Osaka, Japan Distribution: Arch + Xfce Posts: 6,852 Rep:	You're looking for unclutter.

11-29-2009, 12:55 PM	#3
_ON LQ Newbie Registered: Nov 2009 Posts: 9 Original Poster Rep:	That is exactly what I want. Thanks a lot.

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