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thechosen0ne
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 Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2004 5:40 am Post subject: Changing Cursor Theme in XFCE4 |
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OK, check this out, it's easy.
do an | Code: | | #ls /usr/share/cursors/xfree/ |
and decide on a theme you like. Say for this example that you decide to use the "whiteglass" theme.
open /etc/xfce4/xinitrc and add these lines in BEFORE the line that says EOF:
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Xcursor.theme: whiteglass
Xcursor.size: 32 (or whatever size if you want to change it from the default)
EOF
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This will change the xfce4 cursor for all users. To change it for one user, copy the xinitrc file into the ~/.xfce4/ folder and change accordingly.
You might want to emerge -s xcursors to see some available cursors besides the defaults. |
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Celtis
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| Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2004 5:49 am Post subject: |
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| Or you can always change it in "/usr/share/cursors/xfree/default/index.theme" to have it apply to any windows manager for all users, or in "~/.Xdefaults" to have it apply to individual users |
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thechosen0ne
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| Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2004 10:28 pm Post subject: |
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OK two things through.
I like the /usr/share/cursors/default/index.theme thing, as it changes my cursor for kdm too. HOWEVER, can I change the size of the cursor using this same file?
Also, the new versions of XFCE4 for some reason, unlike kde and gnome, don't read the ~/.Xdefaults file, which is why I wrote this tip. |
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sgt scrub
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I know this thread is old but...
I'm using xorg and xfce4. In order to change the cursors I did the following.
For the system wide cursor, I edited the /usr/share/cursors/xorg-x11/default/index.theme and set it to use the blueglass-xcursors
It was changed from:
[Icon Theme]
Inherits=core
To:
[Icon Theme]
Inherits=Blue
For my user account, I copied the cursors directory to /home/myuser/.icons then edited ~/.icons/default/index.theme
To:
[Icon Theme]
Inherits=whiteglass |
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