Re: How to use colored cursors?

[Santiago Otero <santiago@atlas.uvigo.es>]

> Since I switched from xfree-4.3.0-ds4, I do not have the colored cursors
> any more (I use experimental packages instead).
> 
> I do have a ~/.icons/default/index.theme:
> [Icon Theme]
> Inherits=whiteglass
> 
> I have the whiteglass files (locate whiteglass returns many results)
> 
> My XF86Config-4 uses HWCursor false:
> 
> Section "Device"
> 	Identifier	"Matrox G550"
> 	Driver		"mga"
> 	BusID		"PCI:1:0:0"
> 	Option		"HWCursor" "false"
> 	Option		"SWCursor" "true"
> 	Option "AGPMode" "4" 
> EndSection
> 
> I even tried to add a few Xresources:
> xrdb -query -all
> *customization: -color
> Xcursor.core:   false
> Xcursor.size:   48
> Xcursor.theme:  whiteglass
> Xcursor.theme_core:     whiteglass
> Xft.antialias:  1
> Xft.dpi:        100,000000
> Xft.hinting:    1
> Xft.hintstyle:  hintmedium
> Xft.rgba:       rgb
> 
> Nothing. I get the standard black with white border cursor.
> 
> Any hint?
> 
I had the same problem. Try installing libxcursor-dev or "ln -s
/usr/lib/libXcursor.so.1.0.1 /usr/lib/libXcursor.so".