adding new pointer theme doesn't show on desktop and panels

[Uri Shabtay]

Binary package hint: gconf

hey guys,

after adding my favorite custom pointer theme (as usual, since 7.10), ComixCursors from gnome-look.org (http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/ComixCursors?content=32627), i noticed i don't see it within the desktop/panels. the pointer is only shown on running application windows (firefox, openoffice, etc.)

i know i usually need to logout/restart, but even after that, nothing changed, for some reason..
had this issue after upgrading to 10.04 beta 2 from 9.10 and also after a CLEAN INSTALL of the RC today.

the extremely weird part was when i wanted to post pics. although i see the default Ubuntu pointer when hovering at the desktop (to compare the customized pointer in the firefox window), inside the screenshot i see the customized pointer just fine (!?)

will enjoy all the help i can get..

thanks in advance

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: libgconf2-4 2.28.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Apr 23 00:48:01 2010
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/libgconf2-4/gconfd-2
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Release Candidate amd64 (20100419.1)
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANG=en_US.utf8
SourcePackage: gconf

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

screenshot please?

[Uri Shabtay (uri.shabtay)]

update: i thought this might be a compiz issue, so i disabled compiz, and the cursor is back again, shown properly everywhere

couldn't add 'compiz' as a project -- launchpad said a bug was already sent

[Uri Shabtay (uri.shabtay)]

issue also shown when using a computer with NVIDIA based card

[Jeremy Bícha (jbicha)]

I believe this is because gnome-settings-daemon crashes.

[Jeremy Bícha (jbicha)]

Please ignore my last comment; I meant to add it to a different bug.

[Eleni Maria Stea (hikiko)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug. The compiz program that we currently use in Ubuntu is a C++ re-write of the original compiz and was announced the 4th July 2010. Therefore, the bugs that were reported before that date, will be marked as "Won't Fix" as they probably exist in the original program which is not stored in launchpad. All the supported Ubuntu releases use the C++ version of compiz since April 2015.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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