Bug#362766: xcursor-themes: cursor themes do not work using current libxcursor1
On Sat, 2006-04-15 at 14:03 +0200, Michael Prokop wrote:
> 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
What about
ln -s whiteglass /usr/share/icons/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.
I think you made the right choice, xcursor-themes probably needs to
adapt to the new default search path in libxcursor1.
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Earthling Michel Dänzer | Debian (powerpc), X and DRI developer
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