[xubuntu-users] Strange mouse 'X' cursor

[Charles M]

It doesn't sound like it, but you may have triggered xkill, a program to
kill Windows. Xkill is useful for killing stubborn programs that won't
close when you tell them. Normally the key combination for this is CTRL +
ALT + ESC. The x then appears and when you click on a window it kills it.

It sounds like something else is happening in your case, but I thought I'd
mention it in case...

Cheers,



On Sat, Jul 15, 2023, 8:14 PM MR ZenWiz <mrzenwiz at gmail.com> wrote:

> I run Xubuntu 22.04, fully updated. I really like the XFCE4 GUI and I
> don't want to give it up.
>
> I found recently that I don't care so much for the default mouse
> cursors because I find them difficult to see.
>
> I changed from the DMZ White theme to DMZ black, then Adwaita, the
> latter two of which have white outlined black cursor symbols. That
> much is fine.
>
> However, I noticed that sometimes the cursor goes into a X shape, and
> it seems to stick across numerous window and workspace boundaries -
> but not consistently.
>
> First of all, I don't like the X where I expect an arrow. Second, it
> doesn't appear to have a clearly defined switch point I can identify.
> (I.e., how to get it to go back to the arrow...)
>
> Can anyone tell me a) why it does that in the first place and b) how
> to get it to stop?
>
> I've temporarily reset to the default theme, which doesn't do any of
> that, but I really like the white-outlined black images - they're
> easier for me to see. Also, after running this for a while, it's doing
> the same thing again.
>
> ?????
>
> Mark
>
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