Re: How do I change cursor/mouse pointer?

["H.S." <hs.samix@gmail.com>]

Dennis G. Wicks wrote:
> Then aptitude install big-cursor
>
> Nothing changed so I went searching through Gnome menus for anything to 
> do with mouse or cursor and found nothing that would give me any choices 
> to change cursors or mouse pointers.
>
> Then per per other response from Manu:
>
> > update-alternatives --config x-cursor-theme
>
> Chose a couple different ones and again nothing changed. Again I could 
> find nothing in Gnome that allowed me to change cursors or mouse pointers.
>
> Is there something else I need to do?
>
> Thanks!
> Dennis


hmm .. I haven't tried it, but after installing these large cursor 
themes, did you try to poke around appearance related preferences of 
your desktop env. and try to find if you need to actually change the 
theme of the cursor as an option? Could be worth looking. I say this 
because I have in the past installed different mouse cursor themes and I 
needed to change those myself for the change to take effect (just like 
one changes desktop fonts, window decorations, etc.).

And, not sure about this, you may need to relogin into your desktop for 
changes to take effect.

->HS