Re: How do I change cursor/mouse pointer?

["Dennis G. Wicks" <wix@eskimo.com>]

NN_il_Confusionario wrote the following on 05/08/2008 
10:48 AM:
> On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 08:11:26AM -0500, Dennis G. Wicks wrote:
> > NN_il_Confusionario wrote the following on 05/07/2008 09:46 AM:
> > > less /usr/share/doc/big-cursor/README.Debian
> > > (this is a useful general rule)
> > that is nowhere near intuitive!
>
> many debian packages have documentation in /usr/share/doc/$PACKAGENAME
> and often there is a README.Debian (or similar names) with debian 
> specific post-installation instructions.
>
> > new session for a new user and I still have the same 
> > small cursors and mouse pointers.
>
> you do not need a new "session" but a new istance of the X server (or
> possibly not, as the above file explains). If you are using gdm / kdm /
> xdm / wdm ... (as opposed to startx), then a logout does NOT start a new
> istance of the X server, since the display manager ?dm keeps alive the
> old istance of X.
>
> You can restart the display manager 
> /etc/init.d/gdm restart
> and/or kill the X server (and so lose all unsaved data in your session) 
>   from the X server itself (unless disabled in xorg.conf): <alt><ctrl><backspace>
>   with a console command: killall X
> and/or
> log in in console and manually start a new X istance:
> startx -- :1

OK, I started a third instance by logging on a third 
linux user on a console (tty3) and running startx -- :2
and there was no difference in the new session.

I have two other instances(?) of x-session-manager 
running. Do I have to get all of these shutdown for the 
change to take effect?

Thanks for the help! (My head hurts!)
Dennis