mouse pointer

[Noah Dain]

On Mon, 07 Mar 2005 20:31:13 -0500, David M. Carney
<carney1979 at gmail.com> wrote:
> listas at enelserver.com wrote:
> >>>Just upgraded to Hoary and the mouse pointer is the core
> >>>how can I change to the industrial theme ?
> >>>
> >>>I've installed  warty and upgraded to hoary
> >>>Never logged on warty
> >>>
> >>>any clue ?
> >>
> >>it is a known problem with Hoary:
> >>https://bugzilla.ubuntulinux.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6172
> >>
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> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > mean while
> > Downgraded  to gtk2-engines-industrial from warty
> > and  put it on hold
> >
> > echo "gtk2-engines-industrial   hold" | sudo  dpkg --setselections
> >
> >
> > Thanks again
> >
> > Leonel
> >
> >
> >
> Here's how you get the "Warty" pointer back:
> 
> How to install X11 cursors
>  From Tryphon
> 
> Installation example
> 
> We are going to install the http://jimmac.musichall.cz's jimmac cursors
> based theme.
> 
>      * It can be downloaded here:
> http://kdelook.org/content/files/6550-Jimmac.tar.gz
>      * Decompress the file, and extract the folder Jimmac/jimmac to
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/icons.
>      * Extract the file Jimmac/default/index.theme to /etc/X11/cursors
> and rename it jimmac.theme.
>      * In order to add the jimmac theme to the x-cursor-theme debian
> alternative:
> 
> sudo update-alternatives --install
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/icons/default/index.theme x-cursor-theme
> /etc/X11/cursors/jimmac.theme 19
> 
>      * Choose the number that correspond to the jimmac.theme file:
> 
> sudo update-alternatives --config x-cursor-theme
> 
> There are 5 alternatives which provide `x-cursor-theme'.
> 
>    Selection    Alternative
> -----------------------------------------------
>        1        /etc/X11/cursors/core.theme
>        2        /etc/X11/cursors/redglass.theme
>        3        /etc/X11/cursors/whiteglass.theme
>        4        /etc/X11/cursors/handhelds.theme
> *+    19       /etc/X11/cursors/jimmac.theme
> 
> Press enter to keep the default[*], or type selection number:
> 
> Now, you have to log out and log in, in order to see the new cursors in
> action :)
> 
> Enjoy!
> 
> David
> 
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running hoary.

I did the "third-party cursor install, the debian way(R)" a week or so
ago, and had to abandon it.

Everytime I try to use a pointer set which does not ship with ubuntu,
including the jimmac set from above, gnome becomes terribly broken. 
The meer attempt to drag-n-drop anything results in nautilus locking,
maxing the cpu, and then exiting after a few seconds.  The panel acts
wiggy too.

However, the included cursor sets white/red-glass and handhelds work fine.

it's just ... weird.  Anyone else seeing this?

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Noah Dain
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