On Sat, Nov 08, 2014 at 03:42:39PM +0000, 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. > > Sid, JWM and no xdm here. > > > > 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. > > Works out of the box here. All the preinst script does is divert > cursor.pcf.gz in /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc, install big-cursor.pcf.gz > to the same directory and run update-fonts-dir. You could check all > this and the time stamps on encodings.dir and fonts.dir. Yes, the time stamps are current.
> > Next I read the technical background[1] for the big-cursor > > package, and as advised, tried putting big-cursor.pcf into > > $HOME/fonts, and putting these lines into .xinitrc: > > > > xset +fp $HOME/fonts > > xset fp rehash > > xsetroot -cursor_name X_cursor > > 1. mkdir $HOME/fonts. > 2. Copy big-cursor.pcf.gz from its package to $HOME/fonts. > 3. mkfontdir $HOME/fonts. > 4. In the ~/.xsession file all sensible Debian users have (no .xinitrc) > put > xset +fp $HOME/fonts I will try this next time. Do you have a reference about .xinitrc vs. .xsession? Thanks, Joel > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: > https://lists.debian.org/08112014152457.3a663351e...@desktop.copernicus.demon.co.uk > -- Joel Roth -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20141108160159.GB23726@sprite
