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Medox:
I'm trying for hours (and some days) to make a black cursor, instead of that X-shaped cursor, but it doesn't work and because it would be very painful to explain everything that I've done so far (wrong) and/or get step by step instructions... wouldn't it be easier for someone to make me a small black cursor? I'm asking those who have done it already or know how to do it in a couple of minutes (or seconds?)

Even a 1x1 black dot would be appreciated (but only black).
So that I only need to replace the cursor file (cursor.pcf.gz)

Thanks.



p.s. It's some kind of workaround that I plan...

roberts:
You should not have an X shaped cursor. It should be a small black arrow.
If you are getting the large X cursor, it is likely because you need to upgrade a file to two.
Compare /etc/skel/.profile with .profile and update if any differences. Same with /etc/skel/.xsession and .xsession

Medox:
I don't need any cursor... that's the problem :)

I've managed to get the X-shaped one for only a fraction of a second, before my applications go fullscreen (from the startup script) and get their specific cursors. Now I want to get rid of that X-shaped one, because it's annoying, so a small and black one would be good too (as a workaround) or is there a way to remove it completely? Something like Xvesa -nocursor... I searched around but nothing...

robc:
you can load an empty cursor. Just create a file that looks like this:
--- Code: ---#define nn1_width 16
#define nn1_height 16
static unsigned char nn1_bits[] {
0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00};
--- End code ---

then put something like this in your .xsession file before the wm:
--- Code: ---xsetroot -cursor /path/to/empty/cursor/file /path/to/empty/cursor/file
--- End code ---

xsetroot is found in the Xorg extension, it should work with the base system by itself so you can create your own extension with it or put it in a remaster. this will make your cursor disappear on the window manager and X display, you should still have a cursor for some apps if it is defined by them.

Medox:
no xsetroot...  :(


--- Quote ---· Dropped xsetroot, use Esetroot to set solid colors with logo.xpm or empty.xpm
--- End quote ---

now what?  :-\

p.s. thanks for the quick and detailed response.

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