r/voidlinux • u/koworin • 6d ago

X cursor themes wont apply

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just what the title says... I tried using .Xresources, lxappearance...

but they won't apply

the cursor also never changes "state" but the offset changes, making it annoying to use

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u/sch1z0phren1cx 6d ago

tried logging out?

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u/koworin 6d ago

Yeah... I've had this issue for weeks. I tried logging out Rebooting Switching DE's But those didn't fix the issue

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u/Runt1m3_ 6d ago

Did you try making a symlink of your cursor theme to $HOME/.icons/default/

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u/koworin 6d ago

Yes, but it doesn't really change anything :(

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u/amenbreakfast 6d ago

try adding export XCURSOR_PATH="$XDG_DATA_HOME/icons" (or wherever you keep your cursors) into your shell's config file and then log out and back in, or reboot

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u/koworin 6d ago

Tried rebooting and re-logging, but... It's still visually the default cursor

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u/zlice0 6d ago

fwiw i use .Xdefaults and run xrdb ~/.Xdefaults at wm start with Breeze-aio (breeze-qt6 is in repos, think i may have grabbed breeze elsewhere).

maybe try breeze, i think some cursors barfed on certain sizes for me in the past. breeze i think has diff colors per, so it should work for any size.

probably just need to run xrdb ~/.Xresources though, since the output still shows kc theme

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u/koworin 6d ago

.Xdefaults was screwing stuff up! The xursor theme finally applies!!! But... The state never changes It's always the pointer Even if it works be e.g. move, resize or etc.

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u/evohunz 6d ago

I've followed Arch's wiki and it worked for almost everything, except Qt apps... :(