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ProzacR

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Registered: 2007-04-29

Posts: 272

Mouse cursor themes

Add this to ~/.Xdefaults:
Xcursor*theme:   [name-of-cursor-theme]

Where I can find some? And where I have to place them after download?

T.y. I am asking more info in page:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Openbox and part 3.6.

vacant

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From: downstairs

Registered: 2004-11-05

Posts: 816

Re: Mouse cursor themes

Kdelook has a section "X11 Mouse Themes".

Unpack them to /usr/share/icons.

e.g. I have a folder in there called "justblue" and another folder called "default". In the default folder I have one text file called "index.theme":

$ cat index.theme
[icon theme]
Inherits=justblue

The method means the justblue mouse cursors are the system-wide default, even on the KDM login screen

ProzacR

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Registered: 2007-04-29

Posts: 272

Re: Mouse cursor themes

Ty

fwojciec

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Registered: 2007-05-20

Posts: 1,411

Re: Mouse cursor themes

Mouse icon themes go in the same folder as regular icons (~/.icons for example).  After they're there they can be set via .Xdefaults like the wiki page says.  The name of the icon set is the name of the folder in ~/.icons. 

As far as finding some is concerned - try gnome-look.org for example ("X11 Mouse Themes" section).