Am Montag, 25. Juni 2012 schrieb Calvin Morrison: > On 25 June 2012 15:00, Mag. Dr. Nikolaus Klepp <office@...> wrote: > > Am Montag, 25. Juni 2012 schrieb Calvin Morrison: > > > On 25 June 2012 14:48, Mag. Dr. Nikolaus Klepp <office@...> wrote: > > > > Am Montag, 25. Juni 2012 schrieb Calvin Morrison: > > > > > On 25 June 2012 13:44, Mag. Dr. Nikolaus Klepp <office@...> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > Am Montag, 25. Juni 2012 schrieb Calvin Morrison: > > > > > > > Hi All, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I use my laptop at work via X11 forwarding (to my main desktop > > > > > > > which > > > > > > > > is > > > > > > > > > > > a mac). I usually initiate a ssh session and then run: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > /opt/trinity/bin/kdeinit -no-kded > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This starts a kde session without the kded daemon (which > > > > > > > launches kicker and kdesktop and so). For some reason however > > > > > > > my X cursor > > > > > > > > isn't > > > > > > > > > > > set properly, and instead it's the very ugly default one (which > > > > > > > > drives > > > > > > > > > > > me insane), instead of the one I set in kcontrol. This only > > > > happens > > > > > > on > > > > > > > > > > > x11 forwarding and not on my local sessions. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Anyone have any ideas? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Calvin > > > > > > > > > > > > just for clearification: > > > > > > > > > > > > You are running X11 locally, use xterm (or someting simillar) and > > > > ssh > > > > > > to > > > > > > > > > > the > > > > > > target computer, there you do "/opt/trinity/bin/kdeinit > > > > > > -no-kded"? > > > > If > > > > > > > > yes, what is the initial cursor theme? Is it the default cursor? > > > > > > > > > > I am not running it locally. I ssh into the my laptop from my mac > > > > > and run that. The default cursor is the default trinity cursor. > > > > > > > > > > Calvin > > > > > > > > Does the xserver of your mac honor X11 cursor themes? > > > > > > > > Nik > > > > > > I think it must because it is getting set somehow. by default it uses > > > the regular mac one until set otherwise > > > > So this works, i.e. sets the cursor: > > ssh somebody@localhost "/opt/trinity/bin/kdeinit -no-kded" > > > > But this does not, i.e. does not set the cursor: > > ssh somebody@sunnybeach "/opt/trinity/bin/kdeinit -no-kded" > > > > Is this right? > > > > Nik > > It appears not to matter actually - it always uses that cursor without > either command. I suppose that it is just a default somewhere. > > Where would a default cursor be set? https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/X11_Cursors usually in .Xresources, the resource is called "Xcursor.theme". e.g: $ xrdb << XXX Xcursor.theme: a-theme-name XXX sets the theme from /usr/share/icons/a-theme-name/ Nik