Comment 26 for bug 86184

I tried installing the "Crystal" cursor set, but then decided it wasn't in my tastes. I manually removed the theme via Synaptic, but the blue cursor still would not change to the DMZ-Black cursor I had been using previously. Using 'sudo update-alternatives --config x -cursor-theme' mentioned above, I selected the DMZ black theme in Terminal. Still no luck. However, logging out then back in seemed to do the trick. I can't confirm it, but I surmise that using 'sudo update-alternatives --config x -cursor-theme' to select your cursor then logging out then back in may be a workaround. You would have to do this every time you want to switch cursors.