Am Samstag, 8. November 2014, 07:24:04 schrieb Joel Roth: > On Sat, Nov 08, 2014 at 05:58:38PM +0100, Martin Steigerwald wrote: > > Am Samstag, 8. November 2014, 05:55:58 schrieb Joel Roth: > > > 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! > > > > update-alternatives --config x-cursor-theme > > > > shows a lot of cursor themes to choose from here. > > > > And these are stored in /etc/X11/cursors > > In my system, they are in /usr/share/icons.
Well then you edit a non config file in /usr. I try to avoid this, but heck, if it works for you. Interesting, I have KDE and comix cursor themes and these install to /etc/X11/cursors: martin@merkaba:~> LANG=C dpkg -S /etc/X11/cursors/oxy-steel.theme oxygencursors: /etc/X11/cursors/oxy-steel.theme martin@merkaba:~> LANG=C dpkg -S /etc/X11/cursors/ComixCursors-White.theme comixcursors-righthanded: /etc/X11/cursors/ComixCursors-White.theme I actually love the big fat colorful comixcursors. Its abolutely impossible to miss this one on the screen :) > > The alternative mechanism just seems for selecting one. > > However, it doesn't list big-cursor as an alternative. I never used this one. -- Martin 'Helios' Steigerwald - http://www.Lichtvoll.de GPG: 03B0 0D6C 0040 0710 4AFA B82F 991B EAAC A599 84C7 -- 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/5426368.LP0I1TVt9Z@merkaba
