X cursor changes between apps

moskvax · 2005-09-03 01:08:40

My X cursor theme is whiteglass, and it used to just be whiteglass everywhere, but for about the last week or so it's been reverting to the core black cursor when I hover it over particular applications, notably firefox. GVIM uses the whiteglass arrow cursor, but the core tee cursor. I have no idea what started these cursor problems, so I have no idea how to fix it. My .Xdefaults just says

Xcursor.theme: whiteglass

Thanks in advance if you can help.

paranoos · 2005-09-03 07:51:14

sounds like you're using some testing packages. i ran into the same problem the other day. for some reason, gtk apps weren't using the proper mouse cursors all the time.

i fixed this by changing the default cursor to inherit the cursor theme i want instead of the "core" theme. edit /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/icons/default/index.theme

this is just a quick fix, it shouldn't have to be done. i'm not sure if it's the gtk pkg or xorg, or if it's upstream or a packaging error.

moskvax · 2005-09-03 08:27:19

Aaah thanks Should have thought of that myself hehe, and yes I am using some testing packages (ex-gentoo user )

I don't mind using them though, so long as my system doesn't totally die. I can spare the time to report bugs and I can fix some problems myself, but this one baffled me.

murpheus40 · 2005-10-04 22:35:59

paranoos wrote:

sounds like you're using some testing packages. i ran into the same problem the other day. for some reason, gtk apps weren't using the proper mouse cursors all the time.
i fixed this by changing the default cursor to inherit the cursor theme i want instead of the "core" theme. edit /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/icons/default/index.theme
this is just a quick fix, it shouldn't have to be done. i'm not sure if it's the gtk pkg or xorg, or if it's upstream or a packaging error.

Well, it does not for me. I use PolarCursors theme for my cursor and in my usr/X11R6/lib/X11/icons/default/index.theme, I edited the file like this:

[Icon Theme]
Inherits=PolarCursorTheme

I use xfce4 and the cursor is present if I move around the desktop or some applications, but when I use Firefox for instance, I see the core cursor theme.

Thanks in advance if you can help me!

glib · 2005-10-04 23:49:09

murph: Have you recently updated your xorg package?

murpheus40 · 2005-10-05 00:35:23

glib wrote:

murph: Have you recently updated your xorg package?

I have xorg-11R6.8.2-6 installed.

glib · 2005-10-05 01:08:01

I mean, have you updated it without restarting X?

ganja_guru · 2005-10-06 00:43:51

Yeah I've had the same problem for a long time..I use KDE with firefox, and ive installed the 'pCircle-24' thru the KDE Control Panel, copied the folder to /home/.icons so that GTK recognizes it , and also copied the folder to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/icons/ and changed the /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/icons/default/index.theme Inherits to pCircle-24.. Everything is fine except when I click on a link in Firefox, it goes back to the ugly core cursor theme..Please help!

Deciare · 2005-10-06 11:36:18

After you click on a link, does the cursor continue to use the core theme until you restart Firefox, or only until the page loads?

There's a problem with the cursor theme I use (simpleandsoft) that somehow causes Firefox to not pick up the left_ptr_watch cursor. I don't know what the problem is, but I set /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/icons/simpleandsoft/index.theme to Inherits=whiteglass, so at least it uses something that isn't too out of place with the rest of the theme.

ganja_guru · 2005-10-06 12:02:08

*only* until the page loads..once the page is done it shifts back to the cursor i selected..

ganja_guru · 2005-10-06 17:21:50

is the path i mentioned above to save my icons correct?

Deciare · 2005-10-06 21:18:51

The home path should be /home/yourusername/.icons (not /home/.icons), but you got the other paths right.

It looks like we have the same problem. "default" may inherit "pCircle-24", but if it can't find anything for the busy cursor (left_ptr_watch), it'll still default to the monochrome core cursor.

Does anyone know why left_ptr_watch in these themes isn't working in Firefox?

Deciare · 2005-10-06 21:24:16

I don't understand the problem, but I found a solution.

Create a symlink to left_ptr_watch like so:

ln -s left_ptr_watch 08e8e1c95fe2fc01f976f1e063a24ccd

Do that in the directory that holds your cursors. In your case, that would probably be /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/icons/pCircle-24/cursors/ . (You may need to do it in $HOME/.icons/pCircle-24/cursors/ too, if you're keeping a separate copy there.)

ganja_guru · 2005-10-08 09:15:22

right its working now..I use KDE and I found that all I need to do is install the icon set thru the kde control center for at apps and shove a copy in a folder called ~/.icons for gtk. creating the symlink resolved the firefox issue. thanks!

Zanton · 2005-12-30 01:04:43

A similar but strange problem : with some cursors theme it works but we other, it doesn't. For example, with gentoo-blue and jimmac themes, I just have to edit usr/X11R6/lib/X11/icons/default/index.theme to make it work but when I'm trying to set one of the Comix series cursor, I get the problem of cursor changing when using some apps (firefox works but sylpheed doesn't, fvwm right click doesn't too).
I really dont understand what's happening

MAC!EK · 2006-01-30 23:06:26

Deciare wrote:

I don't understand the problem, but I found a solution.
Create a symlink to left_ptr_watch like so:
ln -s left_ptr_watch 08e8e1c95fe2fc01f976f1e063a24ccd

I don't understand the solution but it helped me
Where the hell did you find that? :twisted:

MAC!EK · 2006-03-06 23:56:04

Today I opened this site:
http://download.openoffice.org/index.html
On the left side there's: "How do I..." and there are 3 links under that.
- Sitemap
- FAQ
- Get help?

When mouse is over those 3 links the cursor changes to system/default like with a "?" near the pointer.

Do you have the same? Or mayby it's something wrong with the site?

EDIT:
It's in CSS source:

.app .helplink, #helptext .helplink {
    cursor: help;
}

And HTML code:

<div><a href="http://www.openoffice.org/faq.html" class="helplink">FAQ</a></div>

EDIT 2:
Heres a sample:
<p style="cursor: help;">Place your pointer over this text and You'll see "help" cursor</p>

Heh seems that CSS styles are not accepted by phpBB

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