Bug#362233: xcursor-themes: symlinking default cursors makes xterm fail with BadRequest

[David Nusinow <david_nusinow@verizon.net>]

On Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 11:42:24PM +0200, Lukasz Pankowski wrote:
> Package: xcursor-themes
> Version: 1.0.1-2
> Severity: normal
> 
> Hi,
> 
> In 6.9 I used cursors from gtk2-engines-industrial (automagically).
> After switching to Xorg 7.0 from experimental this stopped working and
> I selected the cursor theme with one of [1]
> 
>     ln  -s /usr/share/icons/whiteglass /usr/share/icons/default
>     ln  -s /usr/share/icons/whiteglass ~/.icons/default
> 
> This worked with Xorg 7.0 from experimental but many programs break
> with Xorg 7.0 from unstable, xterm gives informative message:
> 
> $ xterm
> X Error of failed request:  BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation)
>   Major opcode of failed request:  152 (XFIXES)
>   Minor opcode of failed request:  23 (XFixesSetCursorName)
>   Serial number of failed request:  27
>   Current serial number in output stream:  28
> 
> Emacs and Gtk2 programs most notably GDM fail to start with a more
> cryptic messages.
> 
> The problem disappears after removing the `default' link, but the
> curious thing is that it have worked before Xorg from experimental.

Hi, could you try this again after the next dinstall? libxrender version 
0.9.0.2-3 was uploaded and it should fix the problem. If so, I'd like
confirmation so I can close this bug.

 - David Nusinow