From aa747dcc858aaab3355bad6ddade2e40cd2a67f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Henrik Muehe <henrik.muehe@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 3 May 2026 11:47:05 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Hide X cursor on kiosk (touchscreen)

Pass -nocursor to startx so the mouse pointer never appears on the\nOnefinity touchscreen. Patched in all three boot paths: rc.local.fast\n(active), legacy rc.local, and the setup_rpi.sh bootstrap.
---
 scripts/rc.local      | 2 +-
 scripts/rc.local.fast | 4 +++-
 scripts/setup_rpi.sh  | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/rc.local b/scripts/rc.local
index 43e549a..1ea5f46 100644
--- a/scripts/rc.local
+++ b/scripts/rc.local
@@ -28,4 +28,4 @@ plymouth quit
 
 # Start X in /home/pi
 cd /home/pi
-sudo -u pi startx
+sudo -u pi startx -- -nocursor
diff --git a/scripts/rc.local.fast b/scripts/rc.local.fast
index 182dde2..1f4de03 100644
--- a/scripts/rc.local.fast
+++ b/scripts/rc.local.fast
@@ -34,7 +34,9 @@ plymouth quit 2>/dev/null || true
 # late-boot units (bbctrl logrotate, etc.) don't block on it. Output
 # is redirected so the journal doesn't fill up with X warnings.
 cd /home/pi
-nohup sudo -u pi startx >/var/log/onefin-x.log 2>&1 &
+# `-- -nocursor` hides the X pointer; this is a touchscreen kiosk and
+# the mouse cursor only gets in the way.
+nohup sudo -u pi startx -- -nocursor >/var/log/onefin-x.log 2>&1 &
 disown
 
 exit 0
diff --git a/scripts/setup_rpi.sh b/scripts/setup_rpi.sh
index 11f4db7..3b92211 100644
--- a/scripts/setup_rpi.sh
+++ b/scripts/setup_rpi.sh
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ sed -i 's/^PARTUUID=.*\//\/dev\/mmcblk0p2 \//' /etc/fstab
 
 # Enable browser in xorg
 sed -i 's/allowed_users=console/allowed_users=anybody/' /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config
-echo "sudo -u pi startx" >> /etc/rc.local
+echo "sudo -u pi startx -- -nocursor" >> /etc/rc.local
 cp /mnt/host/xinitrc /home/pi/.xinitrc
 cp /mnt/host/ratpoisonrc /home/pi/.ratpoisonrc
 cp /mnt/host/xorg.conf /etc/X11/