Question with mouse pointer

[Jim Stapleton]

Thanks, that is what I was looking for/thinking of.

On 10/19/06, Norberto Meijome <freebsd at meijome.net> wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Oct 2006 20:16:16 -0400
> "Jim Stapleton" <stapleton.41 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > What's the best way to get a larger pointer on my comptuer? I'm
> > running Xorg/KDE. I tried to look, but the only thing I could find was
> > cursor profiles, and I'd rather not have to figure out how to create a
> > new profile...
> >
> > Sorry for the lack of specifics and details, but I'm not what else to
> > put here.  Lowering the resolution isn't really an option either...
>
> Hi Jim,
> usually (in my experience) this is done by changing the cursors you actually
> use (rather than 'enlarge' the current by some software method).
>
> On my 6.2-PRERELEASE system X cursors are located in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/icons/
>
> you can download packages and extract them in folders there, or simply install
> them from ports (search for 'cursor' in the  name). To change the default
> setting (so it affects your login manager too, you need to edit
>
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/icons/default/index.theme
>
> For example, I have the following cursor packages installed:
>
> $ pkg_info | grep curso
> cursor-bluecurve-theme-0.234_2 The Bluecurve X cursor themes
>
> and my index.theme is:
>
> [betom at ayiin] [Fri Oct 20 10:59:07 2006]
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/icons/default
> $ cat index.theme
> [Icon Theme]
> Inherits=Bluecurve-inverse
> #Inherits=core
>
>
> There may be some way for your desktop manager to modify the cursor... but
> this works, and I use XFCE, so i don't know those details about KDE or GNOME. I
> think Enlightment has some mouse-pointer related settings, but it's been a
> while since I tried it.
>
> HIH,
> B
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