On Sat, Nov 08, 2014 at 12:15:09PM +0300, Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Fri, 7 Nov 2014 22:21:27 -1000 > Joel Roth <jo...@pobox.com> wrote: > > > Hi list, > > > > I need larger mouse pointers. > > > > I'm running sid, using i3 and icewm as window managers. > > AIUI cursor images are set through X, and do not belong > > to the window manager. > > > > My first attempt was: > > > > % apt-get install big-cursor > > > > Restarting X brings no change. The docs suggest commenting > > out "Xcursor.theme: whiteglass" in /etc/X11/xdm/Xresources, > > however this didn't help. > > You've selected a correct package, but docs suggested you a wrong way to > configure it (that recommendation applies to xdm only). > > Try adding 'Xcursor.theme: big-cursor' to your user's .Xresources file. > Or, if you need systemwide change - to /etc/X11/Xresources/local.
Hmmm. This didn't help, but I got the bright idea to modify /etc/alternatives/x-cursor-theme as follows: [Icon Theme] Inherits=big-cursor Which makes a difference! Thanks Joel > Reco > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: > https://lists.debian.org/20141108121509.7f4c805bacad0faf7b1fc...@gmail.com > -- Joel Roth -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20141108155558.GA23726@sprite
