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pressh

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From: Netherlands

Registered: 2005-08-14

Posts: 1,719

Setting cursor theme [solved]

How do I manually set the cursor theme (either system wide or in fvwm config) ?

All of fvwm and gtk apps use the standard Xorg cursor, whereas kde applications use the default kde cursor, so it is a bit annoying that the cursor changes shape all the time.

Last edited by pressh (2007-11-14 20:56:33)

Ramses de Norre

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From: Leuven - Belgium

Registered: 2007-03-27

Posts: 1,289

Re: Setting cursor theme [solved]

I've got this in my ~/.Xdefaults for my cursor:

Xcursor*theme:  redglass
Xcursor.size:   16

fwojciec

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Registered: 2007-05-20

Posts: 1,411

Re: Setting cursor theme [solved]

What Ramses de Norre describes will change the cursor for your user only, you might, however, want to change it system-wide (that way whatever login manager you use will have the same cursor theme as your desktop, for example).

1. Make sure that the cursor theme you want to use is in /usr/share/icons
2. mkdir /usr/share/icons/default (if it doesn't exist)
3. inside that directory create a file called "index.theme" which has the following contents:

[icon theme]
Inherits=neutral

(change "neutral" to whatever the cursor theme you want to use is called)

pressh

Developer/TU

From: Netherlands

Registered: 2005-08-14

Posts: 1,719

Re: Setting cursor theme [solved]

Thanks a lot guys !