mouse pointer change doesn't work

[Xtien]

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As I'm left handed, I use alternative pointers, the CrystalCursor whiteleft pointers. In 10.04 these worked well, in 10.10 they worked sometimes (I reported that on launchpad), but in 11.04 they don't work at all. I have to work with the right handed pointer, which is confusing.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
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Date: Sun May 1 22:04:39 2011
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[Xtien (xtien)]

I have updated to natty narwhal, and now crystalcursors don't work at all. I went from having a lefthanded pointer half the time to not having it at all.

[HarzG (harzg)]

I tried 2 left handed mouse pointer themes in X/Ubuntu 11.10.
> in 10.10 they worked sometimes

I tried to use "Yellow Dot - Left Handed" (05/16/2007) and "Obsidian (left handed version)
 1.0.1" (03/11/2010). Only in 10.04 the left handed pointers worked normal.

It seems the same "sometimes" in 11.10 … result for Unity and Xfce4:
1. Intel GMA
The desktop shows only the "normal" mouse pointer. If I start an application like Firefox, the pointer switched "inside" to the left handed theme.
The pointer lay-out changes to "right handed" if I reach the titelbar of the application or move my mouse pointer over the desktop.
btw: I used a fully upgraded 11.10 X/Ubuntu system.
2. Nvidia
In a live session with Ubuntu 11.10 is was'nt possible te switch to an left handed mouse. I saw "right handed response" after my change to a "left handed" mouse in Unity.

In 10.04 "Yellow Dot - Left Handed" works fine (with a GeForce 7300 SE/7200 GS and and also with an Intel GMA X4500). I did "make install" as user → switched to the yellowdot-theme → log-out/log-in.
So I was able to use my left handed pointers.

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

Hey xtien,

You filed this bug report against natty, but I see it's still open and
doesn't appear to have much activity recently. So, now that oneiric
is released and stable, this may be a good point for you to upgrade
and re-test if this issue is still present there.

If it's solved in the new release and you think it's worth backporting
the fix, please indicate that. Or if having the fix in the new release
is good enough, feel free to close out the bug (or let us know and we'll
close it.)

If it's not solved, leave the bug report open. I can't promise we'll
get to it (we get way more bugs filed than we can usually get to), but
your testing and feedback can help out if and when we do.

[bugbot (bugbot)]

We're closing this bug since it is has been some time with no response from the original reporter. However, if the issue still exists please feel free to reopen with the requested information. Also, if you could, please test against the latest development version of Ubuntu, since this confirms the bug is one we may be able to pass upstream for help.