xfce4 and cursors

foxcub · Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2003 7:09 pm Post subject: xfce4 and cursors

I have set my mouse pointer to gentoo-blue (or actually any other theme for that matter) by changing the index.theme under /usr/share/cursors/xfree/default/. When I'm in kdm or log into KDE, the cursor is fine (small gentoo-blue just as it should be), but if I log into XFCE4, the pointer becomes gigantic. Why does that happen and how can I change that?

Thanks.

guilc · Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2003 12:21 am Post subject:

In fact, Xfce seem not to use the same resolution as the others WM.
So you can correct this :
in /etc/xfce4/xinitrc there is a line "Xft.dpi: 96". Change it to "Xft.dpi: 72"
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foxcub · Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2003 1:43 am Post subject:

Ah, thanks a lot. That's exactly what it was.

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How do I change at what dpi other WMs start? without

Bash[DevNull] · Guru Joined: 10 Oct 2003 Posts: 333

But if dpi set to 72 (insted 96) XFCE look terrible :( All fonts look like in fog ... How to make only cursors smaller, and do not change DPI ?
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Neo_0815 · l33t Joined: 24 Feb 2003 Posts: 815 Location: Leipzig

Yes u are able to do that.

Just add to your /.Xdefaults:

Xcursor.theme: whiteglass
Xcursor.size: 20

The Size is the important thing, then u can use 96dpi and have a small cursor.
Use a good Cursor Theme, whiteglass for example dont support the Size parameter correctly for all cursor forms, industrial theme works fine for me.

best regards