Cursor themes

This article Article description::provides instructions for cursor theme management on an X11-based system.

Emerge
Before installing any new packages, check to see what cursors are available on the system. Cursors can be found beneath the directory.

comes with the whiteglass and the redglass themes:

Additional software
Other packages with some Gentoo themed cursors is available as well.

comes with gentoo, gentoo-blue, and gentoo-silver cursor themes:

To install all of the cursor themes available from Portage:

Configuration
Edit the user's file:

Cursor size can be optionally chosen as well:

Cursor theme is not loaded at all
For window managers it might be necessary to load the cursor theme before starting the window manager using via :

Restart X to apply the changes:

Cursor keeps going back to default X cursors
In some desktop environments the mouse theme can change when hovering outside of a window. Inside the window the mouse cursor respects the user's choice. But outside the window the mouse cursor changes into the default X cursor.

Create the symlink to the user's home path:

GTK 2 and GTK 3
With some GTK applications the mouse cursor changes to default settings when it is inside the GTK application window. Users can fix this problem by setting the gtk-theme-name and gtk-cursor-theme-name variables in the and  configuration files. In the examples below the  cursor theme has been chosen.

For GTK 3 applications:

For GTK 2 applications:

External resources

 * Article on the Arch Linux wiki