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Artix Linux => Installation / Migration / Configuration => Topic started by: Edgar486 on 10 February 2021, 06:28:17

Title: Changing Mouse Cursor Icon from Adwaita to Classic X11 Mouse Cursor
Post by: Edgar486 on 10 February 2021, 06:28:17
Hello there folks! Are there some ways to change my mouse cursor icon from Adwaita to the classic one that's still pre-included in Slackware & some BSD distros as examples?

I tried looking for various of webpages to teach myself how to get the classic X11 mouse cursor, except I don't see any webpages showing me how to do it. Can somebody who is viewing this forum page help me find a guide to get the classic X11 mouse cursor on Artix Linux if they are able to do so?

I wish my best regards to have someone give me the solution on how to get the classic X11 mouse cursor.
Title: Re: Changing Mouse Cursor Icon from Adwaita to Classic X11 Mouse Cursor
Post by: alium on 10 February 2021, 07:57:28
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Cursor_themes
Title: Re: Changing Mouse Cursor Icon from Adwaita to Classic X11 Mouse Cursor
Post by: Edgar486 on 10 February 2021, 16:05:50
What I am trying to mean is that I technically know how to change my mouse cursor icon in general on Linux, but my point out is that I'm having a hard time looking for the classic black xcursor (no shadows included) theme.
Title: Re: Changing Mouse Cursor Icon from Adwaita to Classic X11 Mouse Cursor
Post by: alium on 10 February 2021, 17:22:07
ok, so look here https://store.kde.org/browse/cat/107/ord/rating/ lot of cursors here, maybe you will like ;-)

maybe some as this https://store.kde.org/p/999964/
Title: Re: Changing Mouse Cursor Icon from Adwaita to Classic X11 Mouse Cursor
Post by: Edgar486 on 11 February 2021, 14:00:18
ok, so look here https://store.kde.org/browse/cat/107/ord/rating/ lot of cursors here, maybe you will like ;-)

maybe some as this https://store.kde.org/p/999964/
I'm specifically looking for the classic default X11 mouse cursor.

I saw these three as attempts of looking for the default X11 mouse cursor theme before making this forum post.
https://store.kde.org/p/1290398/ (not the cursor theme I was looking for)
https://www.gnome-look.org/p/1339462/ (I thought that was the default classic X11 mouse cursor (it looks pretty exactly like it) used in Slackware and FreeBSD. The shadows makes the conclusion otherwise.).
Title: Re: Changing Mouse Cursor Icon from Adwaita to Classic X11 Mouse Cursor
Post by: conky60 on 11 February 2021, 22:12:07
@Edgar486, how about this old redhat cursor theme?


https://www.opendesktop.org/p/999428

Best regards.
Title: Re: Changing Mouse Cursor Icon from Adwaita to Classic X11 Mouse Cursor
Post by: Edgar486 on 12 February 2021, 02:19:06
@Edgar486, how about this old redhat cursor theme?


https://www.opendesktop.org/p/999428

Best regards.
That's not the cursor theme I was looking for. While it is the similar to the mouse cursor theme I was looking for, it still has shadows, and the inline color is dark blueish if you look closely enough.
Title: Re: Changing Mouse Cursor Icon from Adwaita to Classic X11 Mouse Cursor
Post by: conky60 on 12 February 2021, 09:23:00
Ok....how about xcursor-retrosmart found in aur here: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/xcursor-retrosmart/

It contains black or white versions with no shadows and no color. :-)

Best regards.