How to change mouse cursor theme @ gdm login window [Solved]

[hakerdefo]

It's not a problem but curiosity. Salix 14 is so stable and comes with almost everything i need. So far i didn't have to install anything, nor did i have to do any system maintenance. Some might call it boring but it's a good boredom. So with not much to do i started to change the look and feel of salix and here i stumbled upon a block. I changed the mouse cursor theme but noticed that mouse cursor theme was different at login screen. I looked at gdm settings but wasn't able to figure it out. Any ideas?!?

[hakerdefo]

Some clarification. I changed the default mouse cursor theme to DMZ and it works fine but whenever i logoff or reboot the cursor theme at gdm screen is not DMZ but the one that came as default with salix. Once i login to the system the cursor theme changes to DMZ. Waiting for some ideas from you guys!

[drlove]

The default cursor is pretty cool, but yeah I'd like to know how to change that too.

[knome]

The system-wide cursor theme is set with the symlink /usr/share/icons/default; mine targets the folder /usr/share/icons/Vanilla-DMZ.

As root, recreate the symlink to target your preferred cursor theme folder.

[jayseye]

Thanks knome, nice to know that. Any idea how to preview the cursors? Have yet to find anything that works under Fluxbox: tested GIMP, pcmanfm, and viewnoir so far.

[knome]

Thanks knome, nice to know that. Any idea how to preview the cursors? Have yet to find anything that works under Fluxbox: tested GIMP, pcmanfm, and viewnoir so far.

Hmm... scratches head...

Ahh... Copy a cursor theme to somewhere in user Home. Append .png to the filenames and GIMP will then open them.

[Tim CowChip]

lxappearance

[jayseye]

Sorry knome, they fail to open as .png images when renamed that way. Tested in all available image programs mentioned above, plus gthumb. BTW pcmanfm lists their properties as X11 cursor (image/x-xcursor).

I could Quack that format as easily as you; just thought you might happen to know. Appreciate the feedback; please let me know if a bright solution happens to pop up

[Tim CowChip]

[hakerdefo]

The system-wide cursor theme is set with the symlink /usr/share/icons/default; mine targets the folder /usr/share/icons/Vanilla-DMZ.

As root, recreate the symlink to target your preferred cursor theme folder.

Thanks Knome! That should do it. A stupid question, how do i recreate the symlink to target Vanilla-DMZ directory? Do i have to remove the old symlink first?