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orzetto
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 Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2003 11:29 pm Post subject: Tuxcursor in gentoo, which directory? |
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Hi all!
I just found this set of cursors for X which looks pretty cool, it's the highest rated thing in kde-look.org by the way.
Well, the installation procedure described in that page reads about a /usr/lib/X11/icons directory, which happens not to exist in my gentoo install. I tried making one and installing as suggested, then restarting X, but to no avail.
Has anyone any ideas about how to install? Do you know which directory is the corresponding one in gentoo?
Please help me! I just can't live without seeing that psychotic Tux anytime I launch Xkill! 
Cheers,
-Federico
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bsolar
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| Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2003 11:34 pm Post subject: |
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Try in "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/icons/"
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| Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2003 12:18 am Post subject: |
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| bsolar wrote: | | Try in "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/icons/" |
...That's actually where I tried, as /usr/lib/X11 is actually a simlink to ../X11R6/lib/X11/.
...and, it does not work. 
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Damasz
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| Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2003 12:29 am Post subject: |
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I install my cursors in ~/.icons, but you can also try /usr/share/icons.
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orzetto
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| Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2003 1:58 am Post subject: |
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| Damasz wrote: | | I install my cursors in ~/.icons, but you can also try /usr/share/icons. |
Ok, here comes a stupid question:
How do you tell X to use those cursors in <wherever it is>/.icons? A line in a config file?
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-Federico
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bsolar
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| Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2003 2:15 am Post subject: |
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in "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/icons/default" edit "index.theme".
| Code: | [Icon Theme]
Inherits=yourtheme |
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| Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2003 12:56 pm Post subject: |
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| bsolar wrote: | in "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/icons/default" edit "index.theme".
| Code: | [Icon Theme]
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That's what I did... it actually comes with the installation process.
Do you think I have to edit other things around? That /icons directory did not exist in the first place, there are some index.theme files lurking around in icon-file directories...
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Damasz
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| Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2003 1:45 pm Post subject: |
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Ok, try this.
Put the tuxcursors dir from the archive in your ~/.icons directory (not the default dir) and make a soft link to the tuxcursors dir named "default".
# ln -s ~/.icons/tuxcursor ~/.icons/default
That's how I installed my jimmac cursors.
Now maybe a stupid question, but you are running XFree 4.3 aren't you?
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| Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2003 2:36 pm Post subject: |
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| Damasz wrote: |
Now maybe a stupid question, but you are running XFree 4.3 aren't you? |
<homer>
Doh!
</homer>
...I thought I had it up-to-date since I installed gentoo a few weeks ago... I double-checked and, well, mr. 4.2 is still there.
launching an "emerge -p /usr/portage/blablablah/xfree-4.3.0.ebuild" returns only an error message about missing dependencies.
Oh the humanity, sorry for all this bullshit... Should have checked beforehand. Rats.
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ethos
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Using custom cursors freeze X when I use the selection marquee to select multiple items. I'm tempted to try emerging nautilus-2.2.2.
Does anyone else notice this behavior? |
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