Default cursor theme for FC5.

[Mike A. Harris]

I asked in IRC but didn't get a response, so lets try this
asynchronous thingie instead....

In previous OS releases, the default cursor theme was called
"BlueCurve" and was configured in host.def in monolithic X
packaging.  In modular X, the upstream default doesn't configure
anything or even install the default cursor theme files.

My current running assumption, is that manually hacking this
to be like it was before is the correct thing to do for now,
however since I haven't seen anyone complain or file any bug
reports, I'm wondering if we now override the cursor settings
via Gconf or something else?

So:  Should the default cursor theme remain "BlueCurve", and
if so, is it prefered that the libXcursor package supply the
/usr/share/icons/default/index.theme file in by default and
set this up?

I'll update the package once I get some feedback.

Thanks in advance.

[Laurent Jacquot]

Le mardi 13 décembre 2005 à 13:38 -0500, Mike A. Harris a écrit :
> I asked in IRC but didn't get a response, so lets try this
> asynchronous thingie instead....
>
> In previous OS releases, the default cursor theme was called
> "BlueCurve" and was configured in host.def in monolithic X
> packaging.  In modular X, the upstream default doesn't configure
> anything or even install the default cursor theme files.
>
> My current running assumption, is that manually hacking this
> to be like it was before is the correct thing to do for now,
> however since I haven't seen anyone complain or file any bug
> reports, I'm wondering if we now override the cursor settings
> via Gconf or something else?

I was wondering why the cursor theme disapeared on my box recently
I tried manualy edit the /desktop/gnome/peripherals/mouse/cursor_theme
gconf key but it ended with a half working cursor (mix between the theme
and the default).
> So:  Should the default cursor theme remain "BlueCurve", and
> if so, is it prefered that the libXcursor package supply the
> /usr/share/icons/default/index.theme file in by default and
> set this up?

#ls /usr/share/icons/default/index.*
/usr/share/icons/default/index.theme.rpmnew

# cat /usr/share/icons/default/index.theme.rpmnew
[Icon Theme]
Inherits=Bluecurve

restoring the file & relogging doesn't give me my cursors back..
> I'll update the package once I get some feedback.

I guess it's poor feedback, but if you have any clue how to make it
working..
> Thanks in advance.
>
> -- 
> Mike A. Harris, Open Source Advocate  *  http://mharris.ca
> Proud to be Canadian.

[n0dalus]

On 12/14/05, Laurent Jacquot  wrote:
> I was wondering why the cursor theme disapeared on my box recently
> I tried manualy edit the /desktop/gnome/peripherals/mouse/cursor_theme
> gconf key but it ended with a half working cursor (mix between the theme
> and the default).

I've had this problem since I first installed FC5. At first it was the
default X cursor all the time, then I changed the cursor theme from
BlueCurve and then back again. That made the cursor work more of the
time, but still every now and then it reverts to the default X cursors
for no good reason.

n0dalus.

[Thomas M Steenholdt]

Mike A. Harris wrote:
> My current running assumption, is that manually hacking this
> to be like it was before is the correct thing to do for now,
> however since I haven't seen anyone complain or file any bug
> reports, I'm wondering if we now override the cursor settings
> via Gconf or something else?

Last time i checked this was still set by the theme files.
> So:  Should the default cursor theme remain "BlueCurve", and

IMHO, we should definitely get away from the current cursor theme, 
wherever it's coming from. The reason being that it's blue, which i feel 
goes bad as a mouse theme. Also i feel that the busy indicator is too 
"busy".

I like the bluecurve theme, but something like jimmac's cursor theme (i 
think it can be found on gnome-look.org (i think it's called jimmac0) if 
you're are at all interested.
> if so, is it prefered that the libXcursor package supply the
> /usr/share/icons/default/index.theme file in by default and
> set this up?

I think so. previously this has belonged to the xorg-x11 package, but 
since we're modulizing, this seems fine to me.

/Thomas