#1 2016-01-29 00:06:48

Kaokao

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From: The Netherlands

Registered: 2015-12-04

Posts: 6

HowTo: get a regular white mouse pointer instead of the default black

Changing icon, Openbox and GTK themes, but can't find that regular white mouse pointer that's default on most other distro's and just looks better with your preferred themes? Looking in lxappearance (that's Menu > Preferences > Appearance) at the Mouse Cursor tab and it only lists Adwaita?

That's exactly where I found myself tonight! But not to worry, the solution is very simple:

1. Open a terminal

2. Run

    sudo apt-get install dmz-cursor-theme 

3. Run

   lxappearance

4. On the Mouse Cursor tab choose DMZ (White) and click Apply

5. Log out and back in

Voila, you now have a white mouse pointer, and eternal peace of mind

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Gaucho

From: High in the Custerdome

Registered: 2015-09-17

Posts: 16,138

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Re: HowTo: get a regular white mouse pointer instead of the default black

Thanks for the post!

dmz-cursor-theme will be on our rc2 ISO (due by the end of this month), we added it to the package list weeks ago. I think we set the color in BL to white by default, not sure though.

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johnraff

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From: Nagoya, Japan

Registered: 2015-09-09

Posts: 12,652

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Re: HowTo: get a regular white mouse pointer instead of the default black

^Yes, it's set to "DMZ-White" in ~/.gtkrc-2.0 and ~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini

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Gaucho

From: High in the Custerdome

Registered: 2015-09-17

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Re: HowTo: get a regular white mouse pointer instead of the default black

^Nice.

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