So I'm running Linux Mint 22.3 with Xfce, getting back into Linux after a long time because lmao Winshit 11, and I looked around for info on how to get some custom mouse cursors I made for Windows some time back to work in this environment. I think I got them converted to the right file types, I've located two directories that seem important (~/.icons/theme-name/cursors and /usr/share/icons/theme-name), I've updating icon caches (sudo update-icon-caches /usr/share/icons/*), and I've tried copying an existing cursor theme and modifying it to what I want. All I've accomplished is changing the "follow hyperlink" cursor in an existing cursor set, which I wasn't even trying to do.
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>>1559588Well what does Mouse and Touchpad in settings say?It should preview all the icons for your custom set if you select it. What icons do you see?
>>1559715If you mean when I select my theme, none, it doesn't show any.
>>1559716Are they the right format (X11 cursor)?Does it have an associated index.theme file?
>>1559722They should be the right format? I found this utility called win2xcur and converted the files with that. And I don't have a custom index.theme file, do you know how to make one?
>>1559727They need this format because a cursor is not just a picture, it also needs a hotspot, the pixel where clicking occurrs.Index just a text file, but it introduces the theme to the system. Without t it does not know of its existence.In its simplest form it just contains[Icon Theme]Name=[Name of EXACTLY the folder]Then it just gets the name "index.theme" and belongs in the folder with the "cursors" folder.
>>1559731Be aware that "[Icon Theme]" is NOT a placeholder. It needs to be exactly this line.The oter one is a placeholder.So with your name it should contain[Icon Theme]Name=dark_3D
>>1559731>>1559732OK thank you, and that goes in which directory (~/.icons/theme-name/cursors or /usr/share/icons/theme-name)? or is it both of them?
>>1559735It and the icons folder should go into ~/.icons/dark_3D, /usr/share/icons/dark_3D or ~/.local/share/icons/dark_3D (folder name must exactly equal name given in theme file)If it then still doesn't work then the files are not correct format or content.
