[newbie] cursors - global
Hi All, I was finally able to figure out how to change my cursors (didn't really care for the black arrow). However It only works when I am logged in as me. How can I get it to work globally? When someone else is logged in or when I am logged in as root (never do unless I am told I have to to finish an instillation). Thanks Russ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] cursors - global
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 September 26, 2003 09:28 pm, Russ wrote: Hi All, I was finally able to figure out how to change my cursors (didn't really care for the black arrow). However It only works when I am logged in as me. How can I get it to work globally? When someone else is logged in or when I am logged in as root (never do unless I am told I have to to finish an instillation). Thanks Russ Bit of background would probably be helpful but I'll take a swing at it. How did you change your cursors? I installed cursor_themes as soon as Buchan Milne announced it on the cooker list and have been using it since. Close everything you have open in any of the virtual desktops. In a terminal as super user type choose_cursor enter pick the global cursor setting you want accept the offer to restart the X-server and just to be certain, log out and log back in. All users (including root) should now have the same cursor. To set the cursors to be the same for all users may not be a good idea. If you have multiple users on the system some may not want to use the animated penguin as a cursor, or a flaming red one or g Hey, it's your system. Best of luck; Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User 244963 at http://counter.li.org Cooker on kernel 2.4.22-10mdk 09:45:45 up 6 days, 23:05, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.03, 0.06 For the first time we have a weapon that nobody has used for thirty years. This gives me great hope for the human race. -- Harlan Ellison -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/dbL7G11CaRuZZSIRAqNmAKCm1tWK3N5Wx0NzDW4Y3gbarKYXQACfTk08 acS8prapKzu57yeGdaWxbCo= =phFA -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] cursors - global
On Friday 26 September 2003 11:28 pm, Russ wrote: Hi All, I was finally able to figure out how to change my cursors (didn't really care for the black arrow). However It only works when I am logged in as me. How can I get it to work globally? When someone else is logged in or when I am logged in as root (never do unless I am told I have to to finish an instillation). Thanks Russ As root extract the cursor files in directory to /usr/share/icons/cursor_them_name. Edit /usr/share/icons/default/index.theme. Add following: [Icon Theme] Inherits=cursor_them_name -- Yankl Tiny IT guy. 100 % Micro$oft free. Registered linux users 181086 URL: http://yankele.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] cursors - global
Hi Charlie, This was actually my third attempt at trying to change the cursors. This computer is totally Linux now and I donot miss Win at all. However, even though I love Linux, I really didn't care for the black cursor. I found the flat white ones (ya, the ones from Win) on kdelook.org and followed the install instructions (extract the zip, then navigated to the source folder and typed make install). With Yankl's post: As root extract the cursor files in directory to /usr/share/icons/cursor_them_name. Edit /usr/share/icons/default/index.theme. Add following: [Icon Theme] Inherits=cursor_them_name (Thanks Yankl) I now have global white cursors (even in the login screen - cool). As an added benefit here, I like using both, Konquere and Mozilla (Mozilla seems to do better on some pages) but I didn't like the little hand that mozilla used when passing over a link. Now it uses the same hand as Konquerer (I know, trivial, but hey - eye candy :-) Charlie M. wrote: Bit of background would probably be helpful but I'll take a swing at it. How did you change your cursors? I installed cursor_themes as soon as Buchan Milne announced it on the cooker list and have been using it since. Close everything you have open in any of the virtual desktops. In a terminal as super user type choose_cursor enter pick the global cursor setting you want accept the offer to restart the X-server and just to be certain, log out and log back in. All users (including root) should now have the same cursor. To set the cursors to be the same for all users may not be a good idea. If you have multiple users on the system some may not want to use the animated penguin as a cursor, or a flaming red one or g Hey, it's your system. Best of luck; Charlie Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] cursors - global
On Saturday 27 September 2003 03:55 am, Russ wrote: Hi Charlie, This was actually my third attempt at trying to change the cursors. This computer is totally Linux now and I donot miss Win at all. However, even though I love Linux, I really didn't care for the black cursor. I found the flat white ones (ya, the ones from Win) on kdelook.org and followed the install instructions (extract the zip, then navigated to the source folder and typed make install). With Yankl's post: As root extract the cursor files in directory to /usr/share/icons/cursor_them_name. Edit /usr/share/icons/default/index.theme. Add following: [Icon Theme] Inherits=cursor_them_name (Thanks Yankl) I now have global white cursors (even in the login screen - cool). As an added benefit here, I like using both, Konquere and Mozilla (Mozilla seems to do better on some pages) but I didn't like the little hand that mozilla used when passing over a link. Now it uses the same hand as Konquerer (I know, trivial, but hey - eye candy :-) Charlie M. wrote: Bit of background would probably be helpful but I'll take a swing at it. How did you change your cursors? I installed cursor_themes as soon as Buchan Milne announced it on the cooker list and have been using it since. Close everything you have open in any of the virtual desktops. In a terminal as super user type choose_cursor enter pick the global cursor setting you want accept the offer to restart the X-server and just to be certain, log out and log back in. All users (including root) should now have the same cursor. To set the cursors to be the same for all users may not be a good idea. If you have multiple users on the system some may not want to use the animated penguin as a cursor, or a flaming red one or g Hey, it's your system. Best of luck; Charlie Ah :-) the power of manually changing the script. I love linux for that. -- Yankl Tiny IT guy. 100 % Micro$oft free. Registered linux users 181086 URL: http://yankele.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] cursors - global
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 September 27, 2003 01:55 am, Russ wrote: [..] Hi Charlie, This was actually my third attempt at trying to change the cursors. This computer is totally Linux now and I donot miss Win at all. However, even though I love Linux, I really didn't care for the black cursor. I found the flat white ones (ya, the ones from Win) on kdelook.org and followed the install instructions (extract the zip, then navigated to the source folder and typed make install). With Yankl's post: As root extract the cursor files in directory to /usr/share/icons/cursor_them_name. Edit /usr/share/icons/default/index.theme. Add following: [Icon Theme] Inherits=cursor_them_name (Thanks Yankl) I now have global white cursors (even in the login screen - cool). As an added benefit here, I like using both, Konquere and Mozilla (Mozilla seems to do better on some pages) but I didn't like the little hand that mozilla used when passing over a link. Now it uses the same hand as Konquerer (I know, trivial, but hey - eye candy :-) Cool. Happy that you got what you were after and learned something in the process. Thanks for letting the list know you got it done and how Russ. Cheers; Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User 244963 at http://counter.li.org Cooker on kernel 2.4.22-10mdk 14:03:51 up 7 days, 3:24, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.08, 0.14 When the bosses talk about improving productivity, they are never talking about themselves. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/de2XG11CaRuZZSIRAoWIAKCDE95B2JJIoudVL79upsuDgrhGcQCgmKHx uuf43d6kpmgzU/bKgfaT07I= =oRRJ -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
