Mouse cursor theme resets to oxygen

[darude]

Hi,

First post here, moving from XP to Kubuntu - or at least trying to

When I change my mouse cursor theme to KDE Classic, it changes back to the default Oxygen White after reboot.

Does anyone know why this?

[bobcollard]

Re: Mouse cursor theme resets to oxygen

Hi,

First post here, moving from XP to Kubuntu - or at least trying to

When I change my mouse cursor theme to KDE Classic, it changes back to the default Oxygen White after reboot.

Does anyone know why this?

I have the same problem, but, a solution I use is to get Oxygen-Cursor-Theme-Extra (Colors) through Synaptic Package Manager and choose black. Just type in "theme" in the search line. It looks nicer and the added cursors are easier to see in all backgrounds.

[Rog131]

Re: Mouse cursor theme resets to oxygen

> Bug #305201: KDE 4 Mouse Theme is reset to Oxygen on reboot
> Bug #288502: KDE 4 doesn't respect X11 cursor themes


A workaround is to rename (disable) the /usr/share/icons/default/index.theme. Then the KDE Classic is the default theme or make another index.theme. Then that theme will be the default theme.


New default theme:

Tried with the > Redhat's Bluecurve Theme.

1) Unpacking 39229-bluecurve-0.1.1.tar.gz. Copying the bluecurve folder to the /usr/share/icons/bluecurve.

2) Making a /usr/share/icons/default/index.theme:

[Icon Theme]
Name = Bluecurve
Comment = No comment
Inherits=gnome,crystalsvg

Adding
A safer way > Topic: Change system default X11 cursor theme.