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peter4 Guru
Joined: 19 Jul 2005 Posts: 359 Location: Wroclaw, Poland
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Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2012 12:47 pm Post subject: Can I block apps from changing mouse cursor? |
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Steam for Linux changes my mouse cursor into a a very ugly generic one in GTK apps -- and this change persists even after I close Steam. Specifically the ugly cursor appears when opening context menus. Illustration: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0GGyA3p_GA.
Can I prevent it doing that? I tried resetting the cursor in KDE control panel, but it didn't work. Perhaps Stem is exposing a bug in X / GTK? |
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VoidMage Watchman
Joined: 14 Oct 2006 Posts: 6196
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Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2012 5:20 pm Post subject: |
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You probably don't have a gtk theme set up, so you're seeing the default one (which is extremely classic). |
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peter4 Guru
Joined: 19 Jul 2005 Posts: 359 Location: Wroclaw, Poland
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Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2012 9:58 pm Post subject: |
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I have it set to oxygen-gtk. |
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VoidMage Watchman
Joined: 14 Oct 2006 Posts: 6196
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Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2012 11:14 pm Post subject: |
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peter4 wrote: | I have it set to oxygen-gtk. |
Is that a gtk2 or gtk3 app ?
Does oxygen-gtk support both ? |
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peter4 Guru
Joined: 19 Jul 2005 Posts: 359 Location: Wroclaw, Poland
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Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2012 11:18 pm Post subject: |
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The point is, it only happens after I start Steam. Everything is set up correctly and works before I do so. |
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UndeadKernel n00b
Joined: 20 Nov 2012 Posts: 1
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Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2012 5:55 pm Post subject: |
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I'm also interested in this issue.
I will try to find a solution. Let us know if you find something relevant that might help solving this. |
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haarp Guru
Joined: 31 Oct 2007 Posts: 535
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Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 4:27 pm Post subject: |
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Just a "me too" from me on this. I'm running a gtk2/gtk3 theme and the default black cursor, which I intend to keep. |
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Ant P. Watchman
Joined: 18 Apr 2009 Posts: 6920
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Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 8:57 pm Post subject: |
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It might be possible to fix, using LD_PRELOAD and overriding the gtk functions that affect the cursor theme. You'd have to figure out what's being called yourself though. |
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haarp Guru
Joined: 31 Oct 2007 Posts: 535
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Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 8:42 am Post subject: |
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I installed x11-themes/xcursor-neutral. Using that, the cursor stays the same, and it looks similar to the standard cursror. |
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zx2c4 Developer
Joined: 09 Jun 2005 Posts: 177
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Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2012 1:36 am Post subject: |
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I likewise have this issue. It also shows up when using the right click menu in GTK apps, in addition to Steam. |
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