Maybe it is an Ubuntu specific issue. Ubuntu is well known for adding a large number of patches to a large number of applications/libraries/tools etc to better integrate these tools into the Ubuntu way of doing things. This is why it is difficult to port Ubuntu specific code to other distros.
@ swiftgeek, the cursor-name option in lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf actually does nothing. lightdm-gtk-greeter does not select a cursor theme, it just uses the system default (X default or theme specified in /usr/share/icons/default/index.theme) - of course, Ubuntu may have a patch which includes this option, and that could be the cause of the issue. And yes, it does use a cursor and yes, it uses the default theme but this should not affect the desktop session, only the lightdm session. Once you login, the lightdm session is closed and a new session in your username for your chosen DE is opened. It is the environment created by the DE that should be theming the root window cursor theme for this session. Perhaps we should be looking at things like /etc/profile.d and others that configure your DE. Could simply be an environment variable either not being set correctly or at all. All I can confirm is that the issue does not exist for me using Arch and Xfce, which to me, indicates it is a configuration issue, nothiong else. Cheers. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to lightdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1024482 Title: Mouse cursor theme does not change from default after login Status in Light Display Manager: Confirmed Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “lightdm” package in Debian: Confirmed Bug description: When using LightDM to login to a GNOME Shell session, the mouse cursor's appearance does not change from what it is in the lightdm login screen (black pointer from default X theme). Any custom mouse cursor theme actually does apply within any open application windows, but hovering the cursor over the window title bar, the root window, or the Shell interface changes it back to the default black pointer, leading to an inconsistent appearance. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm/+bug/1024482/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
