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Brushstroke

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Registered: 2010-08-15

Posts: 8

Change default mouse cursor?

This isn't a very major problem, but it's kind of annoying when I use some applications, and it switches the cursor from the one I'm currently using (DMZ) to an ugly black one that is set as default. So how do I set the DMZ (or any other cursor for that matter) cursor to be the default?

Last edited by Brushstroke (2010-08-17 21:24:43)

fsckd

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Registered: 2009-06-15

Posts: 4,173

Re: Change default mouse cursor?

What sort of applications are these (gtk, etc)? What is your DE/WM?

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Brushstroke

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Registered: 2010-08-15

Posts: 8

Re: Change default mouse cursor?

To my knowledge it only appears to happen when I'm using FrostWire or Last.fm.

And my DE is Gnome.

berbae

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From: France

Registered: 2007-02-12

Posts: 1,302

Re: Change default mouse cursor?

See http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/X11 … sor_Themes
Personally I use the system wide option :
I have a /usr/share/icons/default/index.theme file containing :

[icon theme] 
Inherits=Oxygen_Blue

This take the inherited theme as default in place of the ugly black default theme.

Brushstroke

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Registered: 2010-08-15

Posts: 8

Re: Change default mouse cursor?

Okay. I should know this, but how do I make a .theme file?

hokasch

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Registered: 2007-09-23

Posts: 1,461

Re: Change default mouse cursor?

just create it with your editor of choice. 
gnome-fix does the same, but it is a lot easier to just insert the two lines.

jasonwryan

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Registered: 2009-05-09

Posts: 30,424

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Re: Change default mouse cursor?

The link berbae provided to the wiki answers your question. Please read it before posting.

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/For … way_Street

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