I have been trying for quite some days to change the size and theme of the cursor . I was expecting that there be something in preferences in GNOME v2 but is not there (Is there some enhancement there in GNOME v3? )
Anyways, after googling quite a bit, I came across a tip to change the the cursor theme.
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sudo update-alternatives --config x-cursor-theme
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$ sudo update-alternatives --config x-cursor-theme
[sudo] password for shirish:
There are 39 choices for the alternative x-cursor-theme (providing /usr/share/icons/default/index.theme).
Selection Path Priority Status
------------------------------------------------------------
0 /usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursor.theme 90 auto mode
1 /etc/X11/cursors/oxy-black.theme 50 manual mode
2 /etc/X11/cursors/oxy-blue.theme 50 manual mode
3 /etc/X11/cursors/oxy-bluecurve.theme 50 manual mode
4 /etc/X11/cursors/oxy-brown.theme 50 manual mode
5 /etc/X11/cursors/oxy-cherry.theme 50 manual mode
6 /etc/X11/cursors/oxy-chrome.theme 50 manual mode
7 /etc/X11/cursors/oxy-desert.theme 50 manual mode
8 /etc/X11/cursors/oxy-emerald.theme 50 manual mode
9 /etc/X11/cursors/oxy-green.theme 50 manual mode
10 /etc/X11/cursors/oxy-grey.theme 50 manual mode
11 /etc/X11/cursors/oxy-honeycomb.theme 50 manual mode
12 /etc/X11/cursors/oxy-hot_orange.theme 50 manual mode
13 /etc/X11/cursors/oxy-lilac.theme 50 manual mode
14 /etc/X11/cursors/oxy-midnight_meadow.theme 50 manual mode
15 /etc/X11/cursors/oxy-navy.theme 50 manual mode
16 /etc/X11/cursors/oxy-norway.theme 50 manual mode
* 17 /etc/X11/cursors/oxy-obsidian-hc.theme 50 manual mode
18 /etc/X11/cursors/oxy-obsidian.theme 50 manual mode
19 /etc/X11/cursors/oxy-olympus-inv.theme 50 manual mode
20 /etc/X11/cursors/oxy-olympus.theme 50 manual mode
21 /etc/X11/cursors/oxy-orchid.theme 50 manual mode
22 /etc/X11/cursors/oxy-oxygen.theme 50 manual mode
23 /etc/X11/cursors/oxy-peach.theme 50 manual mode
24 /etc/X11/cursors/oxy-purple.theme 50 manual mode
25 /etc/X11/cursors/oxy-red-argentina.theme 50 manual mode
26 /etc/X11/cursors/oxy-red.theme 50 manual mode
27 /etc/X11/cursors/oxy-sea_blue.theme 50 manual mode
28 /etc/X11/cursors/oxy-steel.theme 50 manual mode
29 /etc/X11/cursors/oxy-terra.theme 50 manual mode
30 /etc/X11/cursors/oxy-terra_green.theme 50 manual mode
31 /etc/X11/cursors/oxy-violet.theme 50 manual mode
32 /etc/X11/cursors/oxy-viorange.theme 50 manual mode
33 /etc/X11/cursors/oxy-white.theme 50 manual mode
34 /etc/X11/cursors/oxy-whitewater.theme 50 manual mode
35 /etc/X11/cursors/oxy-wonton.theme 50 manual mode
36 /etc/X11/cursors/oxy-yellow.theme 50 manual mode
37 /etc/X11/cursors/oxy-zion.theme 50 manual mode
38 /usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursor.theme 30 manual mode
39 /usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursor.theme 90 manual mode
Press enter to keep the current choice[*], or type selection number:
I did find another command xrdb -query but that also doesn't seem to be much helpful either :-
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$ xrdb -query
*customization: -color
Xft.antialias: 1
Xft.dpi: 96.09375
Xft.hinting: 1
Xft.hintstyle: hintmedium
Xft.rgba: none
Xpdf*fileFilterStyle: filter_hidden_files