can you change the cursors?

[mrt75]

hello i'm a linux newbie and i was just wondering if you can change the mouse cursors in ubuntu linux so that they can match the theme i'm using.

[ykpaiha]

you can easely manage that by yourself
There is plenty cursor thems around (gnome or kde art)
you just have to put them in an ~/.icons folder and then reboot Xserver then it works as simply as that

[crun]

Hi Mrt. This page show you how to install a default cursor theme: http://www.kde-look.org/help/index.php?type=36

You can get cursor themes here: http://www.gnome-look.org/index.php?xcontentmode=36

edit: drat, beaten to it

[mrt75]

thanks :mrgreen:

[bvc]

http://www.gnomefiles.org/app.php?soft_id=125

[ctt1wbw]

I have some cursors that I want to use but I'm a bit confused as to where I would put them... Is there already a cursors folder?

[senectus]

There is a neat trick in windows where you can set the cursor to change to what ever colour is the opposite of what is under it..

so if I move the mouse over a whit patch the mouse goes black etc.. is there a way to do that in Gnome?

[Rotarychainsaw]

Theres a little program in the universe repository called gcursor. So you dont have to go around messing with hidden folders. Also shows a preview of the cursor. You can only add .tar cursor themes with it I think. Whatever file-roller's defualt compression method is.

[John McClane]

Theres a little program in the universe repository called gcursor. So you dont have to go around messing with hidden folders. Also shows a preview of the cursor. You can only add .tar cursor themes with it I think. Whatever file-roller's defualt compression method is.

in synaptic, i don't find it :???:

ps: i have this repository:
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu warty main restricted universe
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu warty main restricted univers

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu warty-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu warty-security main restricted

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ warty multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ warty multiverse

deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ stable main
deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ unstable main
deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ testing main

deb http://ubuntu-bp.sourceforge.net/ubuntu/ warty-backports main universe

[Rotarychainsaw]

Doh, Maybe its only for hoary?? Sorry.