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The Mishanator

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From: Washington (state)

Registered: 2009-09-08

Posts: 54

Change pointer in gnome

how do i do this? i tried installing a new gnome theme (specifically for the pointer) and it didn't change anything, i also tries installing some xcursor stuff from pacman but still nothing. i've googled this and the only solutions that i've been able to find are the ones i tried. it isnt that big of an issue however it's something i would like to have done as well as know how to do for future reference.

Thanks.

dakiato

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Registered: 2010-11-28

Posts: 7

Re: Change pointer in gnome

GCursor is what you want. Nice and easy GTK Program.

anonymous_user

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Registered: 2009-08-28

Posts: 3,059

Re: Change pointer in gnome

Try using this package to change the cursor:

http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=36585

gnome-fix -c [cursor name]

The Mishanator

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From: Washington (state)

Registered: 2009-09-08

Posts: 54

Re: Change pointer in gnome

GCursor does essentially what the (for lack of a better description) gnome theme manager does... which isn't really what i want.
@anonymous_user, im not sure how to use this. i downloaded the tarball and all it had was the PKGBUILD file

jasonwryan

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From: .nz

Registered: 2009-05-09

Posts: 30,424

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Re: Change pointer in gnome

That's all you need: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AU … g_packages

Please read the excellent documentation the community provides...

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The Mishanator

Member

From: Washington (state)

Registered: 2009-09-08

Posts: 54

Re: Change pointer in gnome

That's all you need: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AU … g_packages

Please read the excellent documentation the community provides...

sorry, i'm not familiar with Arch so much as i'm a fairly recent user (of arch). i'll keep the documentation more in mind as i learn. thanks.