On Tue, 1 Jun 2010, Jonathan Ryshpan wrote:
> Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2010 19:55:19 -0700
> From: Jonathan Ryshpan <jonrysh(a)pacbell.net>
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> 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.
Steven P. Ulrick