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bhadotia

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From: Karnal, India

Registered: 2008-12-09

Posts: 87

[SOLVED]How to change the mouse cursor theme in KDM?

I'm unable to find the setting for changing the default cursor theme in KDM. KDE uses the oxygen-black theme by default and I want to use the same for KDM (I don't know why this is not the case by default). I scanned through the /usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc file but did not find any key relating to cursor theme. I also tried searching the web but only found how they do it in debain (there they have update-alternative command).

So at last I came here to find some help. It would be great if someone could tell  me how to change the mouse cursor theme in KDM.

Many thanks for any help.:D

Last edited by bhadotia (2009-08-29 13:22:34)

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sHyLoCk

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Registered: 2009-06-19

Posts: 1,197

Re: [SOLVED]How to change the mouse cursor theme in KDM?

System settings -> Keyboard and Mouse ?

Last edited by sHyLoCk (2009-08-29 11:58:01)

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bhadotia

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From: Karnal, India

Registered: 2008-12-09

Posts: 87

Re: [SOLVED]How to change the mouse cursor theme in KDM?

System settings -> Keyboard and Mouse ?

That's how you change the theme for kde, and I said KDM, remember?:/

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sHyLoCk

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Re: [SOLVED]How to change the mouse cursor theme in KDM?

Well I don't know if this will work but try to create a file called :
/usr/share/icons/default/index.theme
and use this:

[Icon Theme]
Name = Ecliz_Full
Comment = Default icon theme
Inherits = Ecliz_Full

Replace "Ecliz_Full" with your cursor name.

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PurplePerson

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Registered: 2007-05-06

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Re: [SOLVED]How to change the mouse cursor theme in KDM?

Stick this line in your /usr/share/icons/default/index.theme (create if necessary).

[icon theme]
Inherits=$THEME_NAME

This isn't KDM specific and should work with any login manager.

The name to enter for the theme is the name of the directory that the cursor themes are in, which can be found under /usr/share/icons.

Hope this sorts you out.

edit: Just beaten to it

Last edited by PurplePerson (2009-08-29 12:21:54)

sHyLoCk

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Re: [SOLVED]How to change the mouse cursor theme in KDM?

edit: Just beaten to it

Yeah by like 5minutes..lol

Last edited by sHyLoCk (2009-08-29 12:41:59)

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PurplePerson

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Re: [SOLVED]How to change the mouse cursor theme in KDM?

Yeah by like 5minutes..lol

I was just, like... distracted, yeah... distracted.

bhadotia

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From: Karnal, India

Registered: 2008-12-09

Posts: 87

Re: [SOLVED]How to change the mouse cursor theme in KDM?

Well I don't know if this will work but try to create a file called :
/usr/share/icons/default/index.theme
and use this:

[Icon Theme]
Name = Ecliz_Full
Comment = Default icon theme
Inherits = Ecliz_Full

Replace "Ecliz_Full" with your cursor name.

Stick this line in your /usr/share/icons/default/index.theme (create if necessary).
Code:

[icon theme]
Inherits=$THEME_NAME

This isn't KDM specific and should work with any login manager.

The name to enter for the theme is the name of the directory that the cursor themes are in, which can be found under /usr/share/icons.

Hope this sorts you out.

edit: Just beaten to it sad

Thanks guys.

I did not have the 'default' directory in /usr/share/icons/, so created it and in there created the index.themes file with the following content:

[Icon Theme]
Name = Oxygen Black
Comment = Default icon theme.(Oxygen mouse theme. Oxygenize your desktop!)
Inherits = Oxygen_Black

and now I have a uniform cursor theme in kdm and KDE.

!Thanks!

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