> > On Tue, 1 Jun 2010, Jonathan Ryshpan wrote:
> > 
> > > Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2010 19:55:19 -0700
> > > From: Jonathan Ryshpan <jonr...@pacbell.net>
> > > To: Fedora List <fedora-l...@redhat.com>
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> > >     UNPARSEABLE_RELAY autolearn=unavailable version=3.2.5
> > > Subject: Ugly little hand
> > >
> > > The cursor that displays over desktop icons and links in Firefox, among
> > > other places -- a little black hand pointing up -- is really ugly.  (At
> > > least I think so.)  How can it be changed?
> > >         Appearance Preferences->Theme->Customize Theme
> > > allows changing the default cursor but not others.
> > >
> > > Same question for the whirling circle that displays when the system is
> > > busy.
> > 
> > Well, you can switch back to Bluecurve (as I did).
> > Just edit:
> > 
> >     /usr/share/icons/default/index.theme
> > 
> > and replace
> > 
> >     Inherits=dmz-aa
> > 
> > with
> > 
> >     Inherits=Bluecurve
> > 
> > Be sure you have bluecurve-cursor-theme installed (yum install
> > bluecurve-cursor-theme).
> > 
> > Restart X. That's all.
> 
> I would love to get rid of it completely.  I changed my mouse pointer theme 
> to 
> Oxygen Black in KDE's System Settings.  That worked fine except in Firefox 
> and 
> Google Chrome.  There I still have the ugly hand.  I even changed 
> "/usr/share/icons/default/index.theme" to read as follows:
> [Icon Theme]
> Inherits=Oxygen_Black
> 
> After logging out and logging back in, I still have that ugly hand.
> 
> What I would also love to get rid of is the little animation that takes place 
by 
> the cursor when it is waiting for something to complete.  I looked through 
> the 
> mouse pointer themes in System Settings for one that did not have that 
> animation, or just some way to shut it off, all to no avail...  Yes, I have 
> Launch Feedback set to "No Busy Cursor."
> 
> Anyway, any wisdom you can give me is greatly appreciated. 

Perhaps "System Settings | Look & Feel | Desktop | Common Settings | Various 
Animations"?  I'm trying that to see what happens.  I wonder, what other 
animations fall under the heading "Various Animations"?

Steven P. Ulrick
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