Re: Cursor Size

http://www.gnome-look.org/index
.php?xsortmode=down&page=0&xcontentmode=36

unpacking them to ~/.icons or /usr/share/icons should work.



On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 3:22 PM, Paul Gress <pgressoptonline.net> wrote:
>
> Alan Coopersmith wrote:
>  > Paul Gress wrote:
>  >
>  >> Alan Coopersmith wrote:
>  >>
>  >>> Paul Gress wrote:
>  >>>
>  >>>> Hi,
>  >>>>
>  >>>> I've installed B84 on my laptop and
set it up to my liking.  The
>  >>>> screen on is a 17 inch widescreen at
1920 x 1200.  Very sharp at
>  >>>> approx 150 dpi.  All is fine except
for one thing, the size of the
>  >>>> cursor, to small.  I'd like to
increase its size.  On one of my
>  >>>> Solaris 10 computers it would simply
be go to the "Preferences >
>  >>>> Desktop Preferences > Mouse"
and one of the properties is "Cursors".
>  >>>> This is missing in Solaris Express. 
How would I change the size in
>  >>>> Solaris Express?
>  >>>>
>  >>> It's now in the Appearance preferences
panel.
>  >>>
>  >>>
>  >> Just went to the Appearance Preferences
Panel, not there.  Maybe b85 or
>  >> b86?  I tried a different setting using
gconf-editor,  under
>  >> /desktop/gnome/peripherals/mouse" is a
setting for cursor size.  That
>  >> didn't work also.  I saw you also blogged
about xcursor.theme.  Is there
>  >> a listing of all the different possible
settings?
>  >>
>  >
>  > Sorry - it's well hidden - just checked on a
machine running b79b (SXDE 1/08),
>  > and under Appearance, choose the Theme tab, then
click Customize, and then the
>  > Pointer tab, and then choose something other than
Default Pointer for the Size
>  > options to become selectable.   I don't know why
the GNOME people thought this
>  > was such a dangerous option to hide it this deep
so no mortal user could find
>  > it.
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  Thanks Alan, it helps a lot.  Is there a way to
install more pointer
>  themes?  Basically I'd like to get the default pointer
larger.
>
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