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#1 2012-02-16 18:36:46

Lockheed
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[solved] Can't change mouse cursor

I downloaded some cursors from gnome-look.org. I placed them where they should be and run
xfce4-mouse-settings

I selected desired cursor but it had no effect. Even after reboot I am still stuck with the default one, even though if I run xfce4-mouse-settings the correct one is still selected.

Last edited by Lockheed (2012-02-17 11:41:50)

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#2 2012-02-16 20:45:12

mariusmeyer
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Re: [solved] Can't change mouse cursor

Since you use xfce, maybe it is related to this? https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=131065

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#3 2012-02-16 20:58:23

Lockheed
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Re: [solved] Can't change mouse cursor

It does look related, although I never see the new cursor since I am running GTK throughout.
However, the solution proposed there did nothing for me.

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#4 2012-02-16 21:08:28

mariusmeyer
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Re: [solved] Can't change mouse cursor

How about cursors from widely-used packages? Can you use them? Do you set the xcursor in xinitrc?

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#5 2012-02-16 22:24:13

Lockheed
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Re: [solved] Can't change mouse cursor

I'm not sure what do you mean. I set the cursor through xfce4-mouse-settings.

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#6 2012-02-17 10:05:19

DSpider
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Re: [solved] Can't change mouse cursor

When you say you placed them where they should be, you mean the icons folder, right?

Here are some cursors:

$ pacman -S xcursor-vanilla-dmz
$ pacman -S xcursor-neutral

They will be installed in /usr/share/icons/ for system-wide availability. If you want them per user, copy their respective folders to ~/.icons (run pacman -Ql foo to find out what they are called).

I don't know about "xfce4-mouse-settings" (because I haven't tried Xfce in a very long time) but changing them using lxappearance works just fine. Give it a shot.

If that doesn't work, you could manually edit ~/.icons/default/default.theme:

nano ~/.icons/default/default.theme
[Icon Theme]
Name=Default
Comment=Default Cursor Theme
Inherits=Neutral

But this should be the last resort. It's usually not recommended because when you use something like lxappearance that also sets the GTK theme, icons, etc., your changes will be replaced by whatever was set last.


PS: Don't forget to add [SOLVED] to the topic.

Last edited by DSpider (2012-02-17 10:51:28)


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#7 2012-02-17 11:19:05

Lockheed
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Re: [solved] Can't change mouse cursor

Thanks, DSpider.  lxapparance did work!

Last edited by Lockheed (2012-02-17 11:41:32)

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