On 25 June 2012 14:48, Mag. Dr. Nikolaus Klepp <office@klepp.biz> wrote:
Am Montag, 25. Juni 2012 schrieb Calvin Morrison:
> On 25 June 2012 13:44, Mag. Dr. Nikolaus Klepp <office@klepp.biz> wrote:
> > Am Montag, 25. Juni 2012 schrieb Calvin Morrison:
> > > Hi All,
> > >
> > > I use my laptop at work via X11 forwarding (to my main desktop which is
> > > a mac). I usually initiate a ssh session and then run:
> > >
> > > /opt/trinity/bin/kdeinit -no-kded
> > >
> > > This starts a kde session without the kded daemon (which launches
> > > kicker and kdesktop and so). For some reason however my X cursor isn't
> > > set properly, and instead it's the very ugly default one (which drives
> > > me insane), instead of the one I set in kcontrol. This only happens on
> > > x11 forwarding and not on my local sessions.
> > >
> > > Anyone have any ideas?
> > >
> > > Calvin
> >
> > just for clearification:
> >
> > You are running X11 locally, use xterm (or someting simillar) and ssh to
> > the
> > target computer, there you do "/opt/trinity/bin/kdeinit -no-kded"? If
> > yes, what is the initial cursor theme? Is it the default cursor?
>
> I am not running it locally. I ssh into the my laptop from my mac and run
> that. The default cursor is the default trinity cursor.
>
> Calvin

Does the xserver of your mac honor X11 cursor themes?

Nik


I think it must because it is getting set somehow. by default it uses the regular mac one until set otherwise