diff -uwrN microwindows-0.90/src/engine/devmouse.c mw-dev/src/engine/devmouse.c
--- microwindows-0.90/src/engine/devmouse.c	2005-07-26 16:00:34.000000000 +0200
+++ mw-dev/src/engine/devmouse.c	2005-08-29 14:29:17.000000000 +0200
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@
 static int filter_absrotate(int, int *xpos, int *ypos);
 #endif
 
+/* if TRUE -> load null mouse driver though mouse is compiled in */
+int no_mouse = FALSE;
+
 /**
  * Initialize the mouse.
  * This sets its position to (0, 0) with no boundaries and no buttons pressed.
@@ -93,8 +96,15 @@
 	curmaxx = curminx + MWMAX_CURSOR_SIZE - 1;
 	curmaxy = curminy + MWMAX_CURSOR_SIZE - 1;
 
+	/* startup nano-X with null mouse driver */
+	if ( no_mouse ) {
+		fd = -2;
+	}
+	/* open mouse device */
+	else {
 	if ((fd = mousedev.Open(&mousedev)) == -1)
 		return -1;
+	}
 
 	/* get default acceleration settings*/
 	mousedev.GetDefaultAccel(&scale, &thresh);
diff -uwrN microwindows-0.90/src/nanox/serv.h mw-dev/src/nanox/serv.h
--- microwindows-0.90/src/nanox/serv.h	2003-05-18 07:58:50.000000000 +0200
+++ mw-dev/src/nanox/serv.h	2005-08-29 13:43:59.000000000 +0200
@@ -560,6 +560,7 @@
 extern  int		autoportrait;		/* auto portrait mode switching*/
 extern  MWCOORD		nxres;			/* requested server x res*/
 extern  MWCOORD		nyres;			/* requested server y res*/
+extern  int no_mouse; /* if TRUE, load null mouse driver in any case */
 
 /*
  * The filename to use for the named socket.  The environment variable
diff -uwrN microwindows-0.90/src/nanox/srvmain.c mw-dev/src/nanox/srvmain.c
--- microwindows-0.90/src/nanox/srvmain.c	2003-05-18 07:58:42.000000000 +0200
+++ mw-dev/src/nanox/srvmain.c	2005-08-29 14:29:42.000000000 +0200
@@ -102,6 +102,9 @@
 static int	persistent_mode = FALSE;
 static int	portraitmode = MWPORTRAIT_NONE;
 
+/* if TRUE -> load null mouse driver though mouse is compiled in */
+int no_mouse; 
+
 SERVER_LOCK_DECLARE /* Mutex for all public functions (only if NONETWORK and THREADSAFE) */
 
 #if !NONETWORK
@@ -110,7 +113,7 @@
 static void
 usage(void)
 {
-	printf("Usage: %s [-e] [-p] [-A] [-NLRD] [-x#] [-y#] [-c <fontconfig-file> ...]\n",
+	printf("Usage: %s [-e] [-p] [-A] [--no-mouse] [-NLRD] [-x#] [-y#] [-c <fontconfig-file> ...]\n",
 		progname);
 	exit(1);
 }
@@ -128,6 +131,12 @@
 
 	t = 1;
 	while ( t < argc ) {
+		/*load nano-X with null mouse driver though mouse is compiled in */
+		if ( !strcmp("--no-mouse",argv[t]) ) {
+			no_mouse = TRUE;
+			++t;
+			continue;
+		}
 		if ( !strcmp("-e",argv[t])) {
 			escape_quits = FALSE;
 			++t;