Bug#362766: xcursor-themes: cursor themes do not work using current libxcursor1

[Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org>]

Package: xcursor-themes
Severity: normal


The xcursor-themes package doesn't work for me anymore.

% dpkg --list xserver-xorg libxcursor1 xcursor-themes
[...]
ii  libxcursor1    1.1.5.2-3      X cursor management library
ii  xcursor-themes 1.0.1-2        Base X cursor themes
ii  xserver-xorg   6.9.0.dfsg.1-6 the X.Org X server

I didn't change anything in the system wide setup:

% ls -la /etc/alternatives/x-cursor-theme
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 2006-04-12 21:18 /etc/alternatives/x-cursor-theme -> /etc/X11/cursors/whiteglass.theme
% ls -la /etc/X11/cursors/whiteglass.theme
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 33 2003-04-16 18:17 /etc/X11/cursors/whiteglass.theme

This works for me as a local fix:

  mkdir ~/.icons
  cd ~/.icons
  ln -s /usr/share/icons/whiteglass default

If I'm using the old libxcursor1 version 1.1.3-1 then xcursor-themes
works as intended and without any problems. As soon as I update
libxcursor1 it's broken for the system wide setup again (the local
fix still works of course).

Disclaimer: I wasn't sure whether I should report this issue to
xcursor-themes or libxcursor1, sorry if I chose wrong.

regards,
-mika-