Re: How to enable larger mouse pointers under X - SOLVED
On Sat, Nov 08, 2014 at 12:15:09PM +0300, Reco wrote:
> 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.
Hmmm. This didn't help, but I got the bright idea to
modify /etc/alternatives/x-cursor-theme as follows:
[Icon Theme]
Inherits=big-cursor
Which makes a difference!
Thanks
Joel
> Reco
>
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