Fedora 14 - can't change pointer theme

[Neil Bird]

I updated from Fedora 12 to Fedora 14 over the weekend, and now I can't 
change my pointer theme.  I'm stuck using dmz-aa.

The pointer preferences still show my custom pointer choice, it's just 
not being used.  Well, mostly.  Within Firefox and Thunderbird windows, my 
custom pointer is showing up.  But window borders, the desktop and most apps 
only show the dmz-aa pointer.

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).

Any ideas where to look?  I've seen mention of this elsewhere, but only 
WRT compiz (I use openbox), and it involved changing the system default, 
which I don't want to have to do.

[mike cloaked]

On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 9:24 AM, Neil Bird  wrote:
> I updated from Fedora 12 to Fedora 14 over the weekend, and now I can't
> change my pointer theme.  I'm stuck using dmz-aa.
>
> The pointer preferences still show my custom pointer choice, it's just
> not being used.  Well, mostly.  Within Firefox and Thunderbird windows, my
> custom pointer is showing up.  But window borders, the desktop and most apps
> only show the dmz-aa pointer.
>
> 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).
>
> Any ideas where to look?  I'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.

[Neil Bird]

Around about 28/02/11 14:46, mike cloaked typed ...
> What I do is yum install bluecurve-cursor-theme gnome-themes-extras
> oxygen-cursor-themes oxygen-icon-theme

I have bluecurve, but it won't let me change to that either.

[mike cloaked]

On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 3:55 PM, Neil Bird  wrote:
> Around about 28/02/11 14:46, mike cloaked typed ...
> > What I do is yum install bluecurve-cursor-theme gnome-themes-extras
> > oxygen-cursor-themes oxygen-icon-theme
>
> I have bluecurve, but it won't let me change to that either.

Well I have done this on 7 machines and no problems changing it in the
settings menu under gnome - if you are using KDE that may behave
differently of course.

[Neil Bird]

Around about 28/02/11 16:03, mike cloaked typed ...
> Well I have done this on 7 machines and no problems changing it in the
> settings menu under gnome - if you are using KDE that may behave
> differently of course.

I think it may be something to do with my running openbox.  If I kill 
openbox ans run metacity, the theme selector changes the mouse pointer 
properly.  When I go back to openbox, it reverts to dmz-aa.

I wonder if GNOME have pushed the 'change-pointer' functionality down 
into the window manager?  It would seem an odd thing to do, but then so are 
a lot of GNOME-shell's ideas.

I shall ask on the openbox list.

[dexter]

On 28 February 2011 14:46, mike cloaked  wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 9:24 AM, Neil Bird  wrote:
> > I updated from Fedora 12 to Fedora 14 over the weekend, and now I can't
> > change my pointer theme.  I'm stuck using dmz-aa.
> >
> > The pointer preferences still show my custom pointer choice, it's just
> > not being used.  Well, mostly.  Within Firefox and Thunderbird windows, my
> > custom pointer is showing up.  But window borders, the desktop and most apps
> > only show the dmz-aa pointer.
> >
> > 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).
> >
> > Any ideas where to look?  I'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