Re: How to enable larger mouse pointers under X
Hi.
On Fri, 7 Nov 2014 22:21:27 -1000
Joel Roth <joelz@pobox.com> wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> I need larger mouse pointers.
>
> I'm running sid, using i3 and icewm as window managers.
> AIUI cursor images are set through X, and do not belong
> to the window manager.
>
> My first attempt was:
>
> % apt-get install big-cursor
>
> Restarting X brings no change. The docs suggest commenting
> out "Xcursor.theme: whiteglass" in /etc/X11/xdm/Xresources,
> however this didn't help.
You've selected a correct package, but docs suggested you a wrong way to
configure it (that recommendation applies to xdm only).
Try adding 'Xcursor.theme: big-cursor' to your user's .Xresources file.
Or, if you need systemwide change - to /etc/X11/Xresources/local.
Reco
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