Cursor themes

Emerge
Check if you already have the cursors you need before installing any new package. Cursors can be found in the directory.

comes with the whiteglass and the redglass themes:

Additional software
Another package 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 your file:

Cursor size can be optionally chosen as well:

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 your home path.

GTK+ 2 and GTK+ 3
With some GTK+ applications the mouse cursor changes to default settings when the 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 and. In the examples below the  cursor theme as been chosen.

For GTK+ 3 applications:

For GTK+ 2 applications:

External resources

 * Article on the Arch Linux wiki