thanks a lot danns, that problem wasn`t happening on my machine, it was an install i did on a cousin`s pc. it`s getting a little harder to gain access to that machine right now, and my cousin is not pretty interested in using an os that doesn`t even shows a decent cursor... i`ll try that the first chance i get, also, i`ll try your advice on my machine too, that runs `x without desktops`...
i`d like to change the default cursor for the `x` one. anyway, thanks a lot, i`ll let you know how that turns out.