*************** THIS PROGRAM IS NO LONGER MAINTAINED BY X.ORG *************** xsetpointer sets an input device as the core pointer. This dates back to when an extension device could not be a core device at the same time and is obsolete since server 1.4 (released September 2007). The request always fails now (96e32805d12fc36f0fa0926dbfb0dd8a5cadb739). xinput set-pointer is the equivalent of xsetpointer, but still doesn't do anything, this app is truly dead. ***************************************************************************** All questions regarding this software should be directed at the Xorg mailing list: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg