Bug 416155

Summary:	Mouse cursor changes to a default
Product:	[Plasma] kwin	Reporter:	Richard Gladman <kde>
Component:	general	Assignee:	KWin default assignee <kwin-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal	CC:	amrithmmh, inasprecali, nate
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	git master
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	openSUSE
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Richard Gladman 2020-01-12 10:53:52 UTC

SUMMARY
Using the Plasma X11 session, the mouse cursor changes to a default when over the desktop. When using Plasma Wayland, the mouse cursor also changes when over a title bar or panel.

See: https://i.imgur.com/N5u57oC.png

System
Operating System: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20200108
KDE Plasma Version: 5.17.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.65.0
Qt Version: 5.13.1
Kernel Version: 5.4.7-1-default
OS Type: 64-bit
Processors: 8 × Intel® Core™ i7-8559U CPU @ 2.70GHz
Memory: 15.5 GiB of RAM

Graphics:  Device-1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 driver: i915 v: kernel 
           Display: wayland server: X.org 1.20.6 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa resolution: <xdpyinfo missing> 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics (Coffeelake 3x8 GT3) v: 4.6 Mesa 19.3.1 

Resolution: 5120x1440 (dual QHD)
Scaling: 1.0
Compositor: any

Cursor theme: Any
Size: Resolution dependent (in X11)

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2020-01-13 02:33:10 UTC

I had this happen to me last week when I restarted KWin with `kwin_x11 --replace`. Now I can't reproduce it by doing that though.

Comment 2 inasprecali 2020-03-05 21:22:16 UTC

I have the same exact problem.
I was able to reproduce on another machine by running an old X11 utility (editres), of course as a normal user.
Now I'm stuck with the cursor reverting to a default, as shown in the picture.

One of the machines affected has the following configuration:
Operating System: Gentoo Linux 
KDE Plasma Version: 5.17.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.67.0
Qt Version: 5.13.2
Kernel Version: 4.19.97-gentoo
OS Type: 64-bit
Processors: 8 × AMD FX(tm)-8350 Eight-Core Processor
Memory: 15.7 GiB of RAM

Creating a file named ~/.icons/default/index theme containing
[Icon Theme]
Inherits=breeze_cursors

and symlinking /usr/share/icons/breeze_cursors/cursors to ~/.icons/default/cursors seems to temporarily fix the issue, as a workaround, but the problem is that the inherited cursor now becomes the default to revert to (i.e. it persists on the desktop if you change the cursor from Plasma's System Settings application).

The problem also seems to persist if I create a fresh user and log in with Plasma for the first time.

Comment 3 amrith 2020-05-01 20:38:01 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 420872 ***