Just an idea but wouldn't setting the cursor after finding root work? Code: root = DefaultRootWindow(display); // line 111 Cursor cursor=XCreateFontCursor(display,XC_arrow); XDefineCursor(display,root,cursor);
root = DefaultRootWindow(display); // line 111 Cursor cursor=XCreateFontCursor(display,XC_arrow); XDefineCursor(display,root,cursor);