Re: How to enable larger mouse pointers under X - SOLVED

2014-11-09 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Am Samstag, 8. November 2014, 07:24:04 schrieb Joel Roth: > On Sat, Nov 08, 2014 at 05:58:38PM +0100, Martin Steigerwald wrote: > > Am Samstag, 8. November 2014, 05:55:58 schrieb Joel Roth: > > > On Sat, Nov 08, 2014 at 12:15:09PM +0300, Reco wrote: > > > > Hi. > > > > > > > > On Fri, 7 Nov 2014

Re: How to enable larger mouse pointers under X

2014-11-09 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 08 Nov 2014, Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Fri, 7 Nov 2014 22:21:27 -1000 > Joel Roth 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

Re: .xinit vs. .xsession summary (was: Re: How to enable larger mouse pointers under X)

2014-11-08 Thread Brian
On Sat 08 Nov 2014 at 07:16:41 -1000, Joel Roth wrote: > On Sat, Nov 08, 2014 at 04:17:21PM +, Brian wrote: > > On Sat 08 Nov 2014 at 06:02:00 -1000, Joel Roth wrote: > > > > > Do you have a reference about .xinitrc vs. .xsession? > > > > Lots. :). Fortunately, startx(1) has now been altered

Re: How to enable larger mouse pointers under X - SOLVED

2014-11-08 Thread Joel Roth
On Sat, Nov 08, 2014 at 05:58:38PM +0100, Martin Steigerwald wrote: > Am Samstag, 8. November 2014, 05:55:58 schrieb Joel Roth: > > On Sat, Nov 08, 2014 at 12:15:09PM +0300, Reco wrote: > > > Hi. > > > > > > On Fri, 7 Nov 2014 22:21:27 -1000 > > > > > > Joel Roth wrote: > > > > Hi list, > > > >

.xinit vs. .xsession summary (was: Re: How to enable larger mouse pointers under X)

2014-11-08 Thread Joel Roth
On Sat, Nov 08, 2014 at 04:17:21PM +, Brian wrote: > On Sat 08 Nov 2014 at 06:02:00 -1000, Joel Roth wrote: > > > Do you have a reference about .xinitrc vs. .xsession? > > Lots. :). Fortunately, startx(1) has now been altered to read: > > Note that in the Debian system, what many people tr

Re: How to enable larger mouse pointers under X - SOLVED

2014-11-08 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Am Samstag, 8. November 2014, 05:55:58 schrieb Joel Roth: > On Sat, Nov 08, 2014 at 12:15:09PM +0300, Reco wrote: > > Hi. > > > > On Fri, 7 Nov 2014 22:21:27 -1000 > > > > Joel Roth wrote: > > > Hi list, > > > > > > I need larger mouse pointers. > > > > > > I'm running sid, using i3 and icewm

Re: How to enable larger mouse pointers under X

2014-11-08 Thread Brian
On Sat 08 Nov 2014 at 06:02:00 -1000, Joel Roth wrote: > Do you have a reference about .xinitrc vs. .xsession? Lots. :). Fortunately, startx(1) has now been altered to read: Note that in the Debian system, what many people traditionally put in the .xini‐ trc file should go in .xsession inst

Re: How to enable larger mouse pointers under X

2014-11-08 Thread Joel Roth
On Sat, Nov 08, 2014 at 03:42:39PM +, Brian wrote: > On Fri 07 Nov 2014 at 22:21:27 -1000, Joel Roth wrote: > > > 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

Re: How to enable larger mouse pointers under X - SOLVED

2014-11-08 Thread Joel Roth
On Sat, Nov 08, 2014 at 12:15:09PM +0300, Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Fri, 7 Nov 2014 22:21:27 -1000 > Joel Roth 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

Re: How to enable larger mouse pointers under X

2014-11-08 Thread Brian
On Fri 07 Nov 2014 at 22:21:27 -1000, Joel Roth wrote: > 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. Sid, JWM and no xdm here. > > My first attempt was: > > % apt-ge

Re: How to enable larger mouse pointers under X

2014-11-08 Thread Reco
Hi. On Fri, 7 Nov 2014 22:21:27 -1000 Joel Roth 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

Re: How to enable larger mouse pointers under X

2014-11-08 Thread Joel Roth
Martin Steigerwald wrote: > Am Freitag, 7. November 2014, 22:21:27 schrieb Joel Roth: > > Hi list, > > Hi Joel, > > > 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 manage

Re: How to enable larger mouse pointers under X

2014-11-08 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Am Freitag, 7. November 2014, 22:21:27 schrieb Joel Roth: > Hi list, Hi Joel, > 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: Wow, what a cha

How to enable larger mouse pointers under X

2014-11-08 Thread Joel Roth
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 "Xcurs