default cursor selection not being used

[Jon Grossart]

Version: Ubuntu 10.04 Beta 2 (installed from Beta 1)

I installed the oxygen-cursor-theme, and in previous versions of Ubuntu, it would be become the system wide default cursor. Under 10.04, this does not happen. When I check under update-alternatives, however, it still listed as the auto default. The cursor theme that is being used id the DMZ White that is the normal Ubuntu default.

If I manually select Oxygen theme from the appearance menu, it will work, but it is still not the system default.

Since it is the auto default, I would expect it do be used as the system default as it was in 9.10 and before.

[Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi)]

Hello
Is this problem present with the latest updated Lucid's or Maverick's packages?
Thanks in advance
Fabio

[Jon Grossart (jon-grossart)]

Yes, I just rechecked on a fairly fresh install of 10.10

Old Results:
1. "sudo apt-get install oxygen-cursor-theme"
2. {maybe reboot, I don't remember at this point}
3. oxygen-cursor-theme gets used as it is the auto default due to priority

10.04/10.10
1. "sudo apt-get install oxygen-cursor-theme"
2. reboot
3. still using DMZ-White
4. go to Appearance and customize theme to use Default Cursor
5. reboot
6. still using DMZ-White
7. run "sudo update-alternatives --config x-cursor-theme"
8. oxygen-white will be selected as the auto default but reselect as "0"
9. then oxygen-white will work as the default

Now maybe it shouldn't automatically become the default, but perhaps like installing gdm/kdm, when you install a new cursor theme (at least from the repos), it should ask what you want to make the default.

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