Hi.

On Fri, 7 Nov 2014 22:21:27 -1000
Joel Roth <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi list,
> 
> I need larger mouse pointers.
> 
> I'm running sid, using i3 and icewm as window managers.
> AIUI cursor images are set through X, and do not belong
> to the window manager.
> 
> My first attempt was:
> 
> % apt-get install big-cursor
> 
> Restarting X brings no change. The docs suggest commenting
> out "Xcursor.theme: whiteglass" in /etc/X11/xdm/Xresources,
> however this didn't help.

You've selected a correct package, but docs suggested you a wrong way to
configure it (that recommendation applies to xdm only).

Try adding 'Xcursor.theme: big-cursor' to your user's .Xresources file.
Or, if you need systemwide change - to /etc/X11/Xresources/local.

Reco


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