> > On Tue, 1 Jun 2010, Jonathan Ryshpan wrote: > > > > > Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2010 19:55:19 -0700 > > > From: Jonathan Ryshpan <jonrysh@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > > To: Fedora List <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, > > > UNPARSEABLE_RELAY autolearn=unavailable version=3.2.5 > > > Subject: Ugly little hand > > > > > > The cursor that displays over desktop icons and links in Firefox, among > > > other places -- a little black hand pointing up -- is really ugly. (At > > > least I think so.) How can it be changed? > > > Appearance Preferences->Theme->Customize Theme > > > allows changing the default cursor but not others. > > > > > > Same question for the whirling circle that displays when the system is > > > busy. > > > > Well, you can switch back to Bluecurve (as I did). > > Just edit: > > > > /usr/share/icons/default/index.theme > > > > and replace > > > > Inherits=dmz-aa > > > > with > > > > Inherits=Bluecurve > > > > Be sure you have bluecurve-cursor-theme installed (yum install > > bluecurve-cursor-theme). > > > > Restart X. That's all. > > I would love to get rid of it completely. I changed my mouse pointer theme to > Oxygen Black in KDE's System Settings. That worked fine except in Firefox and > Google Chrome. There I still have the ugly hand. I even changed > "/usr/share/icons/default/index.theme" to read as follows: > [Icon Theme] > Inherits=Oxygen_Black > > After logging out and logging back in, I still have that ugly hand. > > What I would also love to get rid of is the little animation that takes place by > the cursor when it is waiting for something to complete. I looked through the > mouse pointer themes in System Settings for one that did not have that > animation, or just some way to shut it off, all to no avail... Yes, I have > Launch Feedback set to "No Busy Cursor." > > Anyway, any wisdom you can give me is greatly appreciated. Perhaps "System Settings | Look & Feel | Desktop | Common Settings | Various Animations"? I'm trying that to see what happens. I wonder, what other animations fall under the heading "Various Animations"? Steven P. Ulrick -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
