1 Jun
2017
1 Jun
'17
4:36 a.m.
I have downloaded the Debian package big-cursor (I have sadly given up on
comixcursors for now - I'll try again in Stretch). It is definitely there:
brian@Linux:/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc$ locate big-cursor
/usr/share/doc/big-cursor
/usr/share/doc/big-cursor/README.Debian
/usr/share/doc/big-cursor/changelog.gz
/usr/share/doc/big-cursor/copyright
/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc/big-cursor.pcf.gz
/var/cache/apt/archives/big-cursor_3.9_all.deb
/var/lib/dpkg/info/big-cursor.list
/var/lib/dpkg/info/big-cursor.md5sums
/var/lib/dpkg/info/big-cursor.postinst
/var/lib/dpkg/info/big-cursor.postrm
/var/lib/dpkg/info/big-cursor.preinst
brian@Linux:/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc$
But I cannot find a way of persuading Trinity Control Centre mouse themes to
see it.
Any suggestions? Or any other suggestions as to how I can get a large,
preferably red, cursor (but any large one will do) in Debian 8 and Trinity
14?
Thanks.
Lisi
1 Jun
1 Jun
7:44 a.m.
New subject: [trinity-users] cursor problems (again)
On Thursday 01 of June 2017 06:36:30 Lisi Reisz wrote:
I have downloaded the Debian package big-cursor (I
have sadly given up
on comixcursors for now - I'll try again in Stretch). It is definitely
there:
brian@Linux:/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc$ locate big-cursor
/usr/share/doc/big-cursor
/usr/share/doc/big-cursor/README.Debian
/usr/share/doc/big-cursor/changelog.gz
/usr/share/doc/big-cursor/copyright
/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc/big-cursor.pcf.gz
/var/cache/apt/archives/big-cursor_3.9_all.deb
/var/lib/dpkg/info/big-cursor.list
/var/lib/dpkg/info/big-cursor.md5sums
/var/lib/dpkg/info/big-cursor.postinst
/var/lib/dpkg/info/big-cursor.postrm
/var/lib/dpkg/info/big-cursor.preinst
brian@Linux:/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc$
But I cannot find a way of persuading Trinity Control Centre mouse
themes to see it.
Any suggestions? Or any other suggestions as to how I can get a large,
preferably red, cursor (but any large one will do) in Debian 8 and
Trinity 14?
Thanks.
Lisi
You can install some package with "cursor theme" - for example
crystalcursors, comixcursors-righthanded, xcursor-themes,...
--
Slávek
9:19 a.m.
New subject: [trinity-users] cursor problems (again)
On Thursday 01 June 2017 08:44:55 Slávek Banko wrote:
On Thursday 01 of June 2017 06:36:30 Lisi Reisz
wrote:
Thanks, Slávek.
I have installed both comixcursors (virtual package),
comixcursors-righthanded-opaque, big-cursor and dmz-cursor-theme. At that
point I saw no point in installing any more packages with cursor themes.
comixcursors installs only small cursors in the combination 8 and 14 (cf my
earlier correspondence on this list with Gene), so as I say I am waiting for
Stretch. Meanwhile I was trying to get one of the others going. Since I
have located big-cursor it seemed the most likely to succeed. I know that
dmz is there - it is in the control center list but will not "work" - but I
haven't narrowed its location down yet.
I'll try Nik's suggestion.
Lisi
I have downloaded the Debian package big-cursor
(I have sadly given up
on comixcursors for now - I'll try again in Stretch). It is definitely
there:
brian@Linux:/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc$ locate big-cursor
/usr/share/doc/big-cursor
/usr/share/doc/big-cursor/README.Debian
/usr/share/doc/big-cursor/changelog.gz
/usr/share/doc/big-cursor/copyright
/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc/big-cursor.pcf.gz
/var/cache/apt/archives/big-cursor_3.9_all.deb
/var/lib/dpkg/info/big-cursor.list
/var/lib/dpkg/info/big-cursor.md5sums
/var/lib/dpkg/info/big-cursor.postinst
/var/lib/dpkg/info/big-cursor.postrm
/var/lib/dpkg/info/big-cursor.preinst
brian@Linux:/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc$
But I cannot find a way of persuading Trinity Control Centre mouse
themes to see it.
Any suggestions? Or any other suggestions as to how I can get a large,
preferably red, cursor (but any large one will do) in Debian 8 and
Trinity 14?
Thanks.
Lisi
You can install some package with "cursor theme" - for example
crystalcursors, comixcursors-righthanded, xcursor-themes,...
10:04 a.m.
New subject: [trinity-users] cursor problems (again)
On Thursday 01 June 2017 08:44:55 Slávek Banko wrote:
On Thursday 01 of June 2017 06:36:30 Lisi Reisz
wrote:
I installed two more, oxygen and crystal, and with the correction of PEBKAC (
which was all that was wrong with the dmz cursors :-( ), and Nik's advice I
am, I think, home and dry for now.
It is a pity about comixcursors in Jessie. They are what I used to use. I
have still not got around to that Stretch installation I was going to do.
Other people's projects get priority. :-( I must hurry up and do so and see
if the large comixcursors cursors work again.
Thank you very much for your help. Much appreciated as always.
Lisi
I have downloaded the Debian package big-cursor
(I have sadly given up
on comixcursors for now - I'll try again in Stretch). It is definitely
there:
brian@Linux:/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc$ locate big-cursor
/usr/share/doc/big-cursor
/usr/share/doc/big-cursor/README.Debian
/usr/share/doc/big-cursor/changelog.gz
/usr/share/doc/big-cursor/copyright
/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc/big-cursor.pcf.gz
/var/cache/apt/archives/big-cursor_3.9_all.deb
/var/lib/dpkg/info/big-cursor.list
/var/lib/dpkg/info/big-cursor.md5sums
/var/lib/dpkg/info/big-cursor.postinst
/var/lib/dpkg/info/big-cursor.postrm
/var/lib/dpkg/info/big-cursor.preinst
brian@Linux:/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc$
But I cannot find a way of persuading Trinity Control Centre mouse
themes to see it.
Any suggestions? Or any other suggestions as to how I can get a large,
preferably red, cursor (but any large one will do) in Debian 8 and
Trinity 14?
Thanks.
Lisi
You can install some package with "cursor theme" - for example
crystalcursors, comixcursors-righthanded, xcursor-themes,... 
8:05 a.m.
New subject: [trinity-users] cursor problems (again)
Hi Lisi!
Am Donnerstag, 1. Juni 2017 schrieb Lisi Reisz:
I have downloaded the Debian package big-cursor (I
have sadly given up on
comixcursors for now - I'll try again in Stretch). It is definitely there:
brian@Linux:/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc$ locate big-cursor
/usr/share/doc/big-cursor
/usr/share/doc/big-cursor/README.Debian
/usr/share/doc/big-cursor/changelog.gz
/usr/share/doc/big-cursor/copyright
/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc/big-cursor.pcf.gz
/var/cache/apt/archives/big-cursor_3.9_all.deb
/var/lib/dpkg/info/big-cursor.list
/var/lib/dpkg/info/big-cursor.md5sums
/var/lib/dpkg/info/big-cursor.postinst
/var/lib/dpkg/info/big-cursor.postrm
/var/lib/dpkg/info/big-cursor.preinst
brian@Linux:/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc$
But I cannot find a way of persuading Trinity Control Centre mouse themes to
see it.
Any suggestions? Or any other suggestions as to how I can get a large,
preferably red, cursor (but any large one will do) in Debian 8 and Trinity
14?
The "big-cursor"-package does not work out of the box (any more), I'm
afraid.
Please install "xcursor-themes" and this line to your ~/.Xresources:
Xcursor.size: 48
When you restart TDE, the ~/.Xresources are usually loaded automaticly.
When you restart TDE, all good X11 apps have a 48 pixel cursor. That implies, all GNOME
and GTK based stuff does not! So let's try to fix GNOME ingenuity:
Install "dconf-cli" and "lxappearance", set the cursor size for GTK3
apps (you could also edit ~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini my hand):
$ dconf write /org/gnome/desktop/interface/cursor-size 48
this will not fix things like terminator/firefox/..., some apps like zim will partly work.
Let's fix some GTK2 stuff:
$ lxappearance
Select whatever you like, but you cannot set the cursor size there. This has to be done
manually:
$ kate ~/.gtkrc-2.0
Edit the line with gtk-cursor-theme-size:
gtk-cursor-theme-size=48
Now you know why I hate GNOMEs so much ... Anyway, restart TDE and everything should use
48 pixel cursor.
Nik
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10 a.m.
New subject: [trinity-users] cursor problems (again)
On Thursday 01 June 2017 09:05:16 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote:
Hi Lisi!
Am Donnerstag, 1. Juni 2017 schrieb Lisi Reisz:
Wonderful! I edited .Xresources (or rather, created it) with 48 and we are
almost home and dry. I haven't bothered with the gnome stuff for this
particular application, since I don't think he will be using any (I'll cross
that bridge if I have to do so!) but I may use it for myself. ;-) Thank you
very much, Nik.
I assume that if that is still not big enough for him, I can use, say, 72?
Lisi
I have downloaded the Debian package big-cursor
(I have sadly given up on
comixcursors for now - I'll try again in Stretch). It is definitely
there:
brian@Linux:/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc$ locate big-cursor
/usr/share/doc/big-cursor
/usr/share/doc/big-cursor/README.Debian
/usr/share/doc/big-cursor/changelog.gz
/usr/share/doc/big-cursor/copyright
/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc/big-cursor.pcf.gz
/var/cache/apt/archives/big-cursor_3.9_all.deb
/var/lib/dpkg/info/big-cursor.list
/var/lib/dpkg/info/big-cursor.md5sums
/var/lib/dpkg/info/big-cursor.postinst
/var/lib/dpkg/info/big-cursor.postrm
/var/lib/dpkg/info/big-cursor.preinst
brian@Linux:/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc$
But I cannot find a way of persuading Trinity Control Centre mouse themes
to see it.
Any suggestions? Or any other suggestions as to how I can get a large,
preferably red, cursor (but any large one will do) in Debian 8 and
Trinity 14?
The "big-cursor"-package does not work out of the box (any more), I'm
afraid.
Please install "xcursor-themes" and this line to your ~/.Xresources:
Xcursor.size: 48
When you restart TDE, the ~/.Xresources are usually loaded automaticly.
When you restart TDE, all good X11 apps have a 48 pixel cursor. That
implies, all GNOME and GTK based stuff does not! So let's try to fix GNOME
ingenuity:
Install "dconf-cli" and "lxappearance", set the cursor size for GTK3
apps
(you could also edit ~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini my hand):
$ dconf write /org/gnome/desktop/interface/cursor-size 48
this will not fix things like terminator/firefox/..., some apps like zim
will partly work. Let's fix some GTK2 stuff:
$ lxappearance
Select whatever you like, but you cannot set the cursor size there. This
has to be done manually:
$ kate ~/.gtkrc-2.0
Edit the line with gtk-cursor-theme-size:
gtk-cursor-theme-size=48
Now you know why I hate GNOMEs so much ... Anyway, restart TDE and
everything should use 48 pixel cursor.
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