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Some applications show ugly mouse pointer after Debian 11 > 12 update (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by sciss@kbin.social to c/GNOME@kbin.social

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Hi there. I've got two types of applications after updating Debian from 11 to 12, and consequently moving from Gnome 3 to Gnome 4. Those that seem fine and show the expected mouse point (system, Firefox, Thunderbird, LibreOffice etc.):

nice-cursor

and others that now show a very ugly "fat penguin" kind of cursor, which also moves quite sluggishly (Mixxx, FreeCAD, OpenSCAD):

ugly-cursor

I looked threw "Tweaks" but didn't notice any particular setting that might affect this. Any idea how I can make those applications use a descent mouse cursor?

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[–] Ashiette@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't know why I can't see imgurs images... so I'm not sure if your issue is the same that I encountered but give it a try :

When you install cursors, they are in your home folder /home/user/.icons or /home/user/.local/icons, etc

That tends to make that your desktop end file manager get the "good" cursors when other apps (particularly flatpaks and snaps) don't get the right cursors.

The fix is to install the cursors to /usr/

[–] sciss@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

the imgur images appear when you click on them. I don't have directories ~/.icons or ~/.local/icons, and I don't remember even "installing" cursors (how would I do that?). Any hints how to install the correct cursors?