On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 8:50 AM, Dennis G. Wicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> H.S. wrote the following on 05/07/2008 12:26 AM:
>
> > Dennis G. Wicks wrote:
> >
> > > Manu Hack wrote the following on 05/06/2008 01:11 PM:
> > >
> > > Sorry, I tried both suggestions and I don't see any changes of
> > > differences in anything.
> > >
> > > Dennis
> > >
> >
> >
> > Could you list the steps and actions you tried?
> >
>
> As per your previous:
>
> On debian Lenny:
> >
> > {~}$> apt-cache search cursors
> > big-cursor - larger mouse cursors for X
> > comixcursors - X11 mouse theme with a comic feeling
> > crystalcursors - X11 mouse theme with the crystal look&feel
> > dmz-cursor-theme - Style neutral, scalable cursor theme
> > icoutils - Create and extract MS Windows icons and cursors
> > libxcursor1 - X cursor management library
> > oxygencursors - Oxygen mouse cursor theme
> > python-psycopg2 - Python module for PostgreSQL
> > uqm - The Ur-Quan Masters - An inter-galatic adventure game
> > uqm-russian - Russian addon for 'The Ur-Quan Masters' game
> > uqm-content - The Ur-Quan Masters - Game data files
> >
>
> Then aptitude install big-cursor
>
> Nothing changed so I went searching through Gnome menus for anything to do
> with mouse or cursor and found nothing that would give me any choices to
> change cursors or mouse pointers.
>
> Then per per other response from Manu:
>
> update-alternatives --config x-cursor-theme
> >
>
> Chose a couple different ones and again nothing changed. Again I could
> find nothing in Gnome that allowed me to change cursors or mouse pointers.
>
> Is there something else I need to do?
>
I'm using openbox, and it works for me. But note that the change is not
immediate. While it's not necessary to restart X, did you try restarting X
and see if it changes after that?
Manu
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