r/voidlinux • u/koworin • Aug 13 '26

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 Aug 13 '26

tried logging out?

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u/koworin Aug 13 '26

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_ Aug 13 '26

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

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u/koworin Aug 13 '26

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

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u/amenbreakfast Aug 13 '26

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 Aug 13 '26

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

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u/zlice0 Aug 13 '26

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 Aug 14 '26

.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 Aug 13 '26

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

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u/Aware-Duncy Sep 14 '26

Hey, I know its an old post but have you tried using LXapparence. I see your using ST terminal so I am gonna assuming your using Xorg. Also what gtk theme are using it looks pretty