On Thursday 01 June 2017 08:44:55 Slávek Banko wrote:
> On Thursday 01 of June 2017 06:36:30 Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > I have downloaded the Debian package big-cursor (I have sadly given up
> > on comixcursors for now - I'll try again in Stretch).  It is definitely
> > there:
> >
> > brian@Linux:/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc$ locate big-cursor
> > /usr/share/doc/big-cursor
> > /usr/share/doc/big-cursor/README.Debian
> > /usr/share/doc/big-cursor/changelog.gz
> > /usr/share/doc/big-cursor/copyright
> > /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc/big-cursor.pcf.gz
> > /var/cache/apt/archives/big-cursor_3.9_all.deb
> > /var/lib/dpkg/info/big-cursor.list
> > /var/lib/dpkg/info/big-cursor.md5sums
> > /var/lib/dpkg/info/big-cursor.postinst
> > /var/lib/dpkg/info/big-cursor.postrm
> > /var/lib/dpkg/info/big-cursor.preinst
> > brian@Linux:/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc$
> >
> > But I cannot find a way of persuading Trinity Control Centre mouse
> > themes to see it.
> >
> > Any suggestions?  Or any other suggestions as to how I can get a large,
> > preferably red, cursor (but any large one will do) in Debian 8 and
> > Trinity 14?
> >
> > Thanks.
> > Lisi
>
> You can install some package with "cursor theme" - for example
> crystalcursors, comixcursors-righthanded, xcursor-themes,...

I installed two more, oxygen and crystal, and with the correction of PEBKAC ( 
which was all that was wrong with the dmz cursors :-(  ), and Nik's advice I 
am, I think, home and dry for now. 

It is a pity about comixcursors in Jessie.  They are what I used to use.  I 
have still not got around to that Stretch installation I was going to do.  
Other people's projects get priority. :-(  I must hurry up and do so and see 
if the large comixcursors cursors work again.

Thank you very much for your help.  Much appreciated as always.

Lisi