[SOLVED] Changing default mouse cursor under Fluxbox

cccc · 07-28-2011, 06:30 PM

hi

I have wheezy with Fluxbox installed.
Howto change default mouse cursor colour from black to white?

frankbell · 07-28-2011, 08:18 PM

Using Gnome, you open the Gnome Control Center, go to Personal-->Appearance, and click "Customize" at the bottom of the dialog. One of the tabs allows you to change your mouse pointer.

jim_p · 07-29-2011, 02:16 AM

Since he is on fluxbox, he obviously lacks gnome control center :P

One way is to add something like this to ~/.Xdefaults

Code:

Xcursor.theme:   Vanilla-DMZ-AA

This will make the change to be DE independant though.

The other way is to install lxappearence > 0.50 (only available in unstable for now) and change it from there.

cccc · 07-29-2011, 07:17 PM

Thx a lot, but I solved in another way:

Code:

# apt-get install dmz-cursor-theme
# update-alternatives --config x-cursor-theme
There are 2 choices for the alternative x-cursor-theme (providing /usr/share/icons/default/index.theme).

  Selection    Path                                     Priority   Status
------------------------------------------------------------
* 0            /usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursor.theme   90        auto mode
  1            /usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursor.theme   30        manual mode
  2            /usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursor.theme   90        manual mode

Press enter to keep the current choice[*], or type selection number: 2

greetings
cccc

jim_p · 07-30-2011, 03:39 PM

Lol, it seems there is an update-alternatives option for everything :P

frankbell · 07-30-2011, 09:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jim_p

Since he is on fluxbox, he obviously lacks gnome control center :P

Debian comes with Gnome by default. I also user Fluxbox with Debian. You can run it from the command line or put it in the Fluxbox menu or both.

widget · 07-31-2011, 09:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by frankbell

Debian comes with Gnome by default. I also user Fluxbox with Debian. You can run it from the command line or put it in the Fluxbox menu or both.

While this is true, many of us install with the netinstall disc to have a system more to our liking and with less "stuff" on it. If you just go with the minimum that you can use Gnome is not installed. You can build it from the tty login when you reboot to be anything you want.

FluxBox by itself would be easy and fast to install. Sounds neat to me.

I do have a Gnome/OpenBox install myself.

frankbell · 07-31-2011, 08:11 PM

OP's signature says

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Debian Wheezy Gnome

widget · 08-01-2011, 02:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by frankbell

OP's signature says

One of these days I really need to take the time to learn to read.