Fluxbox cursor

zoran119 · 09-10-2008, 06:06 AM

Hi,

Can anyone tell me how to change the cursor in fluxbox? Cannot find anything on the net...

I did read a little bit about xsetroot but not sure how to use it (-cursor <cursor file> <mask file>, not sure what cursor file and mask file are) and if it is the right thing to use.

Thanks

keefaz · 09-10-2008, 08:02 AM

There are 3 cursor themes installed with the xcursor-themes-1.0.1-noarch-1 packages in /usr/share/icons:

- whiteglass
- handhelds
- redglass

I think the way to use them is create a .icons directory in your home directory if is does not exist
mkdir ~/.icons

And then, do a symlink of the cursor theme into this directory and name it 'default', for example with redglass:
ln -s /usr/share/icons/redglass ~/.icons/default

zoran119 · 09-10-2008, 08:59 AM

Excellent!!! Thank you!!!

Now off to find some cursors....

keefaz · 09-10-2008, 09:38 AM

try: http://kde-look.org
Yes, I found the xcursor themes not very exciting too

zoran119 · 09-11-2008, 06:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by keefaz

try: http://kde-look.org
Yes, I found the xcursor themes not very exciting too

Have you found that most of the themes there have very large cursors? Is there a way to resize them? I tried using ~/.Xdefaults but it seems to have no effect (I'm not even sure if you can resize all the cursors)

keefaz · 09-11-2008, 07:13 AM

I don't know, I use the Redhat's Bluecurve Theme for my part, cursor size seems to be standard, I mean it is the same as my Macintosh (OSX)