diff --git a/src/display.c b/src/display.c
index d1d8ad3..a542a51 100644
--- a/src/display.c
+++ b/src/display.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include "xcursorint.h"
 #include <X11/Xlibint.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
+#include <unistd.h>		/* for getpid */
 
 static XcursorDisplayInfo *_XcursorDisplayInfo;
 
@@ -138,6 +139,14 @@ _XcursorGetDisplayInfo (Display *dpy)
     }
     (void) XESetCloseDisplay (dpy, info->codes->extension, _XcursorCloseDisplay);
 
+    /*
+     * The debugging-trace for new info-blocks begins here.
+     * As a reminder that multiple processes/threads use this library,
+     * the current process-id is logged.
+     */
+    traceOpts((T_CALLED(_XcursorGetDisplayInfo) " info %p, pid %d\n",
+	      (void*)info, getpid()));
+
     /*
      * Check whether the display supports the Render CreateCursor request
      */
@@ -154,6 +163,7 @@ _XcursorGetDisplayInfo (Display *dpy)
 		v = XGetDefault (dpy, "Xcursor", "core");
 	    if (v && _XcursorDefaultParseBool (v) == 1)
 		info->has_render_cursor = XcursorFalse;
+	    traceOpts((T_OPTION(XCURSOR_CORE) ": %d\n", info->has_render_cursor));
 	}
 	if (info->has_render_cursor && (major > 0 || minor >= 8))
 	{
@@ -163,6 +173,7 @@ _XcursorGetDisplayInfo (Display *dpy)
 		v = XGetDefault (dpy, "Xcursor", "anim");
 	    if (v && _XcursorDefaultParseBool (v) == 0)
 		info->has_anim_cursor = XcursorFalse;
+	    traceOpts((T_OPTION(XCURSOR_ANIM) ": %d\n", info->has_anim_cursor));
 	}
     }
 
@@ -176,6 +187,7 @@ _XcursorGetDisplayInfo (Display *dpy)
 	v = XGetDefault (dpy, "Xcursor", "size");
     if (v)
 	info->size = atoi (v);
+    traceOpts((T_OPTION(XCURSOR_SIZE) ": %d\n", info->size));
 
     /*
      * Use the Xft size to guess a size; make cursors 16 "points" tall
@@ -188,6 +200,7 @@ _XcursorGetDisplayInfo (Display *dpy)
 	    dpi = atoi (v);
 	if (dpi)
 	    info->size = dpi * 16 / 72;
+	traceOpts((T_OPTION(XCURSOR_SIZE) ": %d\n", info->size));
     }
 
     /*
@@ -206,6 +219,7 @@ _XcursorGetDisplayInfo (Display *dpy)
 	 * 16 pixels on a display of dimension 768
 	 */
 	info->size = dim / 48;
+	traceOpts((T_OPTION(XCURSOR_SIZE) ": %d\n", info->size));
     }
 
     info->theme = NULL;
@@ -224,6 +238,7 @@ _XcursorGetDisplayInfo (Display *dpy)
 	if (i >= 0)
 	    info->resized_cursors = i;
     }
+    traceOpts((T_OPTION(XCURSOR_RESIZED) ": %d\n", info->resized_cursors));
 
     /*
      * Get the desired theme
@@ -236,6 +251,7 @@ _XcursorGetDisplayInfo (Display *dpy)
 	info->theme = strdup (v);
 	info->theme_from_config = strdup (v);
     }
+    traceOpts((T_OPTION(XCURSOR_THEME) ": %s\n", NonNull(info->theme)));
 
     /*
      * Get the desired dither
@@ -255,6 +271,7 @@ _XcursorGetDisplayInfo (Display *dpy)
 	if (!strcmp (v, "diffuse"))
 	    info->dither = XcursorDitherDiffuse;
     }
+    traceOpts((T_OPTION(XCURSOR_DITHER) ": %d\n", info->dither));
 
     info->theme_core = False;
     /*
@@ -270,6 +287,7 @@ _XcursorGetDisplayInfo (Display *dpy)
 	if (i >= 0)
 	    info->theme_core = i;
     }
+    traceOpts((T_OPTION(XCURSOR_THEME_CORE) ": %d\n", info->theme_core));
 
     info->fonts = NULL;
     for (i = 0; i < NUM_BITMAPS; i++)
@@ -296,7 +314,7 @@ _XcursorGetDisplayInfo (Display *dpy)
     }
     _XUnlockMutex (_Xglobal_lock);
 
-    return info;
+    returnAddr(info);
 }
 
 XcursorBool
diff --git a/src/library.c b/src/library.c
index d483aff..85c5006 100644
--- a/src/library.c
+++ b/src/library.c
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ XcursorLibraryPath (void)
 	path = getenv ("XCURSOR_PATH");
 	if (!path)
 	    path = XCURSORPATH;
+	traceOpts((T_OPTION(XCURSOR_PATH) ": %s\n", NonNull(path)));
     }
     return path;
 }
diff --git a/src/xcursorint.h b/src/xcursorint.h
index 36e4698..5fca76e 100644
--- a/src/xcursorint.h
+++ b/src/xcursorint.h
@@ -136,8 +136,10 @@ unsigned long _XcursorReturnLong(unsigned long code);
 unsigned _XcursorReturnUint(unsigned code);
 void     _XcursorReturnVoid(void);
 #define T_CALLED(func) "called: { " #func
+#define T_OPTION(opts) "option: : " #opts
 #define T_RETURN(form) "return: } %" #form "\n"
 #define enterFunc(params) _XcursorTrace params
+#define traceOpts(params) _XcursorTrace params
 #define returnAddr(addr) return _XcursorReturnAddr(addr)
 #define returnCode(code) return _XcursorReturnCode(code)
 #define returnLong(code) return _XcursorReturnLong(code)
@@ -145,6 +147,7 @@ void     _XcursorReturnVoid(void);
 #define returnVoid()     do { _XcursorReturnVoid(); return; } while (0)
 #else
 #define enterFunc(params) /* nothing */
+#define traceOpts(params) /* nothing */
 #define returnAddr(addr) return (addr)
 #define returnCode(code) return (code)
 #define returnLong(code) return (code)
diff --git a/src/xlib.c b/src/xlib.c
index 0d83770..79a31f3 100644
--- a/src/xlib.c
+++ b/src/xlib.c
@@ -324,6 +324,7 @@ _XcursorLogDiscover (void)
 
 	if (getenv ("XCURSOR_DISCOVER"))
 	    log = True;
+	traceOpts((T_OPTION(XCURSOR_DISCOVER) ": %d\n", log));
     }
     return log;
 }