[SOLVED] Default cursor - again

Marcin · 2016-08-26 23:04:49

Before anybody puts my post into the bin please read it carefully.

I do not need to know how to change cursor. I need to know how to make installed cursor default one. The one which starts with my system before logging in.

Have spent enough time to find the answer. Nothing helpful has been found. That is why I am asking you if you can possibly advise.

Many thanks.

Last edited by Marcin (2016-08-29 23:26:32)

graysky · 2016-08-26 23:06:23

Marcin wrote:

I need to know how to make installed cursor default one. The one which starts with my system before logging in.

Which greeter are you using?

Last edited by graysky (2016-08-26 23:06:47)

Marcin · 2016-08-26 23:09:07

I am using LightDM

Marcin · 2016-08-26 23:10:00

Could not find any option in LightDM for changing cursor.

graysky · 2016-08-26 23:12:38

My thought was the greeter package would supply a cursor or depend on another package that would so you could identify what it is and then use it within your DE. I don't see anything obvious in the package itself... are you using the qt version?

https://git.archlinux.org/svntogit/pack … es/lightdm

Last edited by graysky (2016-08-26 23:13:37)

Marcin · 2016-08-26 23:25:22

I currently use Adwaita cursor. And I have Adwaita every time when clicking on "default" I was thinking about Breeze but it is GTK one.

jasonwryan · 2016-08-26 23:31:55

Paste your lightdm conf file.

Marcin · 2016-08-26 23:41:28

Lightdm conf as requested:

#
# General configuration
#
# start-default-seat = True to always start one seat if none are defined in the configuration
# greeter-user = User to run greeter as
# minimum-display-number = Minimum display number to use for X servers
# minimum-vt = First VT to run displays on
# lock-memory = True to prevent memory from being paged to disk
# user-authority-in-system-dir = True if session authority should be in the system location
# guest-account-script = Script to be run to setup guest account
# logind-check-graphical = True to on start seats that are marked as graphical by logind
# log-directory = Directory to log information to
# run-directory = Directory to put running state in
# cache-directory = Directory to cache to
# sessions-directory = Directory to find sessions
# remote-sessions-directory = Directory to find remote sessions
# greeters-directory = Directory to find greeters
# backup-logs = True to move add a .old suffix to old log files when opening new ones
#
[LightDM]
#start-default-seat=true
#greeter-user=lightdm
#minimum-display-number=0
#minimum-vt=7 # Setting this to a value < 7 implies security issues, see FS#46799
#lock-memory=true
#user-authority-in-system-dir=false
#guest-account-script=guest-account
#logind-check-graphical=false
#log-directory=/var/log/lightdm
run-directory=/run/lightdm
#cache-directory=/var/cache/lightdm
#sessions-directory=/usr/share/lightdm/sessions:/usr/share/xsessions:/usr/share/wayland-sessions
#remote-sessions-directory=/usr/share/lightdm/remote-sessions
#greeters-directory=/usr/share/lightdm/greeters:/usr/share/xgreeters
#backup-logs=true

#
# Seat configuration
#
# Seat configuration is matched against the seat name glob in the section, for example:
# [Seat:*] matches all seats and is applied first.
# [Seat:seat0] matches the seat named "seat0".
# [Seat:seat-thin-client*] matches all seats that have names that start with "seat-thin-client".
#
# type = Seat type (xlocal, xremote, unity)
# pam-service = PAM service to use for login
# pam-autologin-service = PAM service to use for autologin
# pam-greeter-service = PAM service to use for greeters
# xserver-command = X server command to run (can also contain arguments e.g. X -special-option)
# xmir-command = Xmir server command to run (can also contain arguments e.g. Xmir -special-option)
# xserver-config = Config file to pass to X server
# xserver-layout = Layout to pass to X server
# xserver-allow-tcp = True if TCP/IP connections are allowed to this X server
# xserver-share = True if the X server is shared for both greeter and session
# xserver-hostname = Hostname of X server (only for type=xremote)
# xserver-display-number = Display number of X server (only for type=xremote)
# xdmcp-manager = XDMCP manager to connect to (implies xserver-allow-tcp=true)
# xdmcp-port = XDMCP UDP/IP port to communicate on
# xdmcp-key = Authentication key to use for XDM-AUTHENTICATION-1 (stored in keys.conf)
# unity-compositor-command = Unity compositor command to run (can also contain arguments e.g. unity-system-compositor -special-option)
# unity-compositor-timeout = Number of seconds to wait for compositor to start
# greeter-session = Session to load for greeter
# greeter-hide-users = True to hide the user list
# greeter-allow-guest = True if the greeter should show a guest login option
# greeter-show-manual-login = True if the greeter should offer a manual login option
# greeter-show-remote-login = True if the greeter should offer a remote login option
# user-session = Session to load for users
# allow-user-switching = True if allowed to switch users
# allow-guest = True if guest login is allowed
# guest-session = Session to load for guests (overrides user-session)
# session-wrapper = Wrapper script to run session with
# greeter-wrapper = Wrapper script to run greeter with
# guest-wrapper = Wrapper script to run guest sessions with
# display-setup-script = Script to run when starting a greeter session (runs as root)
# display-stopped-script = Script to run after stopping the display server (runs as root)
# greeter-setup-script = Script to run when starting a greeter (runs as root)
# session-setup-script = Script to run when starting a user session (runs as root)
# session-cleanup-script = Script to run when quitting a user session (runs as root)
# autologin-guest = True to log in as guest by default
# autologin-user = User to log in with by default (overrides autologin-guest)
# autologin-user-timeout = Number of seconds to wait before loading default user
# autologin-session = Session to load for automatic login (overrides user-session)
# autologin-in-background = True if autologin session should not be immediately activated
# exit-on-failure = True if the daemon should exit if this seat fails
#
[Seat:*]
#type=xlocal
#pam-service=lightdm
#pam-autologin-service=lightdm-autologin
#pam-greeter-service=lightdm-greeter
#xserver-command=X
#xmir-command=Xmir
#xserver-config=
#xserver-layout=
#xserver-allow-tcp=false
#xserver-share=true
#xserver-hostname=
#xserver-display-number=
#xdmcp-manager=
#xdmcp-port=177
#xdmcp-key=
#unity-compositor-command=unity-system-compositor
#unity-compositor-timeout=60
#greeter-session=example-gtk-gnome
#greeter-hide-users=false
#greeter-allow-guest=true
#greeter-show-manual-login=false
#greeter-show-remote-login=true
#user-session=default
#allow-user-switching=true
#allow-guest=true
#guest-session=
session-wrapper=/etc/lightdm/Xsession
#greeter-wrapper=
#guest-wrapper=
#display-setup-script=
#display-stopped-script=
#greeter-setup-script=
#session-setup-script=
#session-cleanup-script=
#autologin-guest=false
#autologin-user=
#autologin-user-timeout=0
#autologin-in-background=false
#autologin-session=
#exit-on-failure=false

#
# XDMCP Server configuration
#
# enabled = True if XDMCP connections should be allowed
# port = UDP/IP port to listen for connections on
# listen-address = Host/address to listen for XDMCP connections (use all addresses if not present)
# key = Authentication key to use for XDM-AUTHENTICATION-1 or blank to not use authentication (stored in keys.conf)
# hostname = Hostname to report to XDMCP clients (defaults to system hostname if unset)
#
# The authentication key is a 56 bit DES key specified in hex as 0xnnnnnnnnnnnnnn.  Alternatively
# it can be a word and the first 7 characters are used as the key.
#
[XDMCPServer]
#enabled=false
#port=177
#listen-address=
#key=
#hostname=

#
# VNC Server configuration
#
# enabled = True if VNC connections should be allowed
# command = Command to run Xvnc server with
# port = TCP/IP port to listen for connections on
# listen-address = Host/address to listen for VNC connections (use all addresses if not present)
# width = Width of display to use
# height = Height of display to use
# depth = Color depth of display to use
#
[VNCServer]
#enabled=false
#command=Xvnc
#port=5900
#listen-address=
#width=1024
#height=768
#depth=8

Sorry I made alteration in this post. I did not use code tag.

Last edited by Marcin (2016-08-27 08:07:03)

jasonwryan · 2016-08-26 23:50:20

Use code tags when pasting to the boards: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Co … s_and_code

So, your conf is completely commented out. What about the greeter conf?

Marcin · 2016-08-27 08:03:31

Sorry about the code. Hope it will work this time.
This is greeter conf

[greeter]
theme-name = Vertex-Dark
icon-theme-name = Yltra-Flat-Arch-Blue
default-user-image = /var/lib/AccountsService/icons/marcin.png
clock-format = %A, %Y-%m-%d, %H:%M
user-background = false
background = /usr/share/backgrounds/xfce/time_zone_map-wallpaper-1920x1080_1.jpg

Marcin · 2016-08-27 08:15:37

Thanks jasonwryan.

I have analised those two files but still can not see anything what could change my default cursor.
Should I make any line uncommented?

jasonwryan · 2016-08-27 08:18:39

In the greeter conf, just declare it:

cursor-name = blah

Marcin · 2016-08-27 09:34:29

By declare it I understand add line. Is this OK?

[greeter]
theme-name = Vertex-Dark
icon-theme-name = Yltra-Flat-Arch-Blue
default-user-image = /var/lib/AccountsService/icons/marcin.png
clock-format = %A, %Y-%m-%d, %H:%M
user-background = false
background = /usr/share/backgrounds/xfce/time_zone_map-wallpaper-1920x1080_1.jpg
cursor-name = name

Unfortunately it does not work. Every time I start system or lock my screen or reboot system, and have greeter displayed, my cursor changes for Adwaita which is default cursor in settings. I can only change cursor for logged in user.

I think it should be some global (not for one user) cursor setting/conf file and perhaps there is nothing to do with LightDM. But this is just my guess.

shulamy · 2016-08-27 15:24:52

i think you have to give the name of the cursor you want.

ezik

glavin · 2016-08-27 15:48:47

Try this https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Cu … cification

Marcin · 2016-08-29 23:25:43

Thank you glavin. This instruction solved my problem. I had to be careful. The name of cursor is not a name of package. It is the name of a folder - directory in /usr/share/icons/

Many thanks also for shulamy, jasonwryan and graysky.

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