On 28 February 2011 14:46, mike cloaked <mike.cloaked@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 9:24 AM, Neil Bird <neil@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Â I updated from Fedora 12 to Fedora 14 over the weekend, and now I can't >> change my pointer theme. ÂI'm stuck using dmz-aa. >> >> Â The pointer preferences still show my custom pointer choice, it's just >> not being used. ÂWell, mostly. ÂWithin Firefox and Thunderbird windows, my >> custom pointer is showing up. ÂBut window borders, the desktop and most apps >> only show the dmz-aa pointer. >> >> >> Â I can't find a ref. to dmx under ~/.gconf (but I can find my custom >> pointer selection: /desktop/gnome/peripherals/mouse/cursor_theme I think). >> >> >> Â Any ideas where to look? ÂI've seen mention of this elsewhere, but only > > What I do is yum install bluecurve-cursor-theme gnome-themes-extras > oxygen-cursor-themes oxygen-icon-theme > > Then you will find you can change the cursor from dmz-aa to clearlooks > or one of the others you may prefer. > -- > mike c What I did was a bit more radical/technical. I went over to kde-look.org & picked a cursor theme which didn't make my eyes bleed, Polar-cursor-themes is what I finally settled on. Now dmz* is pulled in by libXcursor so I rebuilt it and put the dependency on my new cursors job done. Next time I respin my desktop dmz* is never involved :-) I can fpaste specfiles for those who want to follow at home. ...dex -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
