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Hi guys, I used to change my cursor theme modifying /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/icons/default/.? (I don't remember the name of that file), what about Xorg 7.0?, where should I put my cursor theme, and where make it default?
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/usr/share/icons/default/index.theme
Mine contains:
[Icon Theme]
Inherits=justblue
and my cursors are in /usr/share/icons/justblue/cursors
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Thanxs vacant
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that's strange, it didn't work for me. i didn't even have a /usr/share/icons/default directory. i made one and created the index.theme file, moved the jimmac icons into /usr/share/icons, but no go.
where is it even reading the default icons from if there was no default directory? i searched my system, but there was no other index.theme file, either. wtf? :?:
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I don't have that folder, 2. Creating one and adding the files had no effects at all. Btw the mixture of xorg mouse cursors and themes, icons in one folder is really ugly.
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I don't have that folder, 2. Creating one and adding the files had no effects at all. Btw the mixture of xorg mouse cursors and themes, icons in one folder is really ugly.
i totally agree. and although strictly speaking i guess they *are* icons, wouldn't it have been better for X to specify them as cursors, e.g. in the index.theme, etc.?
>>edit: i put the icons in ~/.icons and added them to ~/.Xdefaults, and i get the right "busy" cursor while the desktop is loading. but then once it's loaded, they've reverted to the X default cursors again. so apparently something in xorg 7.0 is even overriding ~/.Xdefaults.
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I forgot to say that I'm using KDM and KDE. Perhaps other WMs override the X default?
I get neat cursors on the KDM login screen as well as by default for all users.
When I went to xorg 7, I too spent some time looking for the default monochrome X cursors in order to put the "justblue" folder in the right place, but couldn't find them so gave up.
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it must be an xfce4 thing. i looked through the ~/.config/xfce4, but i didn't notice anything related to icons. i wonder where it's getting overrided? :?:
>>edit: nope, i just loaded kde and i get the default cursors there, too. it's quite an annoyance, but i'm just too busy to deal with these kinds of small (though maddening ) things now. i'll post back if i find the solution, thanks.
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I created /usr/share/icons/default/ directory and index.theme inside and it works perfectly
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I created /usr/share/icons/default/ directory and index.theme inside and it works perfectly
out of curiosity, what desktop/wm?
>> the ~/.Xdefaults method works for me with fluxbox, but not xfce4 or kde. when i comment out the line in ~/.Xdefaults, fluxbox reverts to the default cursors, even if i have something else in the index.theme file.
wtf???
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I created /usr/share/icons/default/ directory and index.theme inside and it works perfectly
Same here using e16.8
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I'm still on xorg6.8 here, and the index.theme is executable (755). You might want to try that (FWIW )
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shame for me if it was a thing of permission. I created the file as root, so I doubt it is 755. Will check it out soon!
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shame for me if it was a thing of permission. I created the file as root, so I doubt it is 755. Will check it out soon!
i already tried that, it wasn't it. sorry, i should have mentioned that. :oops:
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out of curiosity, what desktop/wm?
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Moo-Crumpus wrote:shame for me if it was a thing of permission. I created the file as root, so I doubt it is 755. Will check it out soon!
i already tried that, it wasn't it. sorry, i should have mentioned that. :oops:
'twas just a thought. guess I'll be running into this issue soon enough...
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OMG - you guys aren't going to believe this -- i feel so dumb.
the "I" in "Inherits" in the index.theme file is case-sensitive! :shock: i tried switching it to upper-case and now it works.
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DOH!
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Ha, nearly the same here. Inherit != Inherits. REALLY STUPID.
Ok, depending wether one can read and type it really works.
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Nooo Way....
Same thing for me... i created a "/usr/share/icons/Default" folder while it's supposed to be "default", and same with "[Icon Theme]".
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thanks,i created both the folder and the file,and it worked
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