#2071·noVNC

Renders mouse cursor wrong on Firefox

Author: jepstCreated Jul 8, 2026Updated Aug 16, 2026
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Describe the bug The mouse cursor in NoVNC is rendered as a square, rather than as a typical arrow-shaped cursor as expected.

To reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior: Use NoVNC to connect to an x11vnc host. The cursor will be rendered as a noisy square. This happens only on Firefox; confirmed not a bug in Chrome/Chromium.

Expected behavior I expected to see an arrow-shaped cursor, or some other cursor specified by the configuration of the X11 application.

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Client (please complete the following information):

  • OS: tested on Debian Trixie
  • Browser: Firefox
  • Browser version: 140.12.0esr

Server (please complete the following information):

  • noVNC version: 1.4.0
  • VNC server: x11vnc
  • WebSocket proxy: websockify