[systemsettings] [Bug 382604] User needs to restart Plasma session to apply a new cursor theme to the whole system

[Nate Graham]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=382604

--- Comment #21 from Nate Graham  ---
Can still reproduce for the desktop and empty areas of the panel too--though
not actual panel applets, interestingly enough. Since restarting plasmashell
seems to fix it, this appears to be a matter of the panel and desktop only
checking for cursor size on launch, not watching for size changes in real time.

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[systemsettings] [Bug 382604] User needs to restart Plasma session to apply a new cursor theme to the whole system

[Vlad]

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[systemsettings] [Bug 382604] User needs to restart Plasma session to apply a new cursor theme to the whole system

[Nate Graham]

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--- Comment #20 from Nate Graham  ---
*** Bug 429947 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

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[systemsettings] [Bug 382604] User needs to restart Plasma session to apply a new cursor theme to the whole system

[Nate Graham]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=382604

--- Comment #19 from Nate Graham  ---
Interesting observations, Colin.

Please feel free to try compiling and testing your proposed fix. You don't need
all KDE repos, just plasma-workspace. Here's the documentation:
https://community.kde.org/Get_Involved/development

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[systemsettings] [Bug 382604] User needs to restart Plasma session to apply a new cursor theme to the whole system

[Colin Griffith]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=382604

--- Comment #18 from Colin Griffith  ---
It looks like the code was ported to C++ from a bash script. The relevant code
is here:
https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/blob/master/startkde/startplasma.cpp

This was done in this commit:
https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/commit/5df9f0bcc9259e595d97d0e55399753325f7a010#31c42a873c0b74c54dc71f1f4a2ca9a6f7643718

And the code was just copied mostly without changing what it actually did,
which is why the behavior didn't only start happening in 2019.

For that, I had to dig REALLY far back... And eventually found this in the old
SVN repository:
https://websvn.kde.org/?view=revision=396433

And in particular, here:
https://websvn.kde.org/trunk/KDE/kdebase/startkde?r1=396411=396433=528175

Way back on March 10th, 2005. It looks like the reason the environment variable
was set back then was for kded and ksmserver.

Is this still the case today? It seems like code that old working around
problems in other packages (albeit other KDE packages) might not even be
relevant anymore, and so safe to pull out.

Additionally, I don't have KDE's source code installed on my drive, so I can't
actually try changing this, compiling, and testing... Hence just talking on
this bug report instead. It could be that this isn't at all related to the bug
we're experiencing, and I just went on a wild goose chase for nothing.

Still, it would explain the current behavior for the most part.

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[systemsettings] [Bug 382604] User needs to restart Plasma session to apply a new cursor theme to the whole system

[Colin Griffith]

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--- Comment #17 from Colin Griffith  ---
I think I figured out what causes this!

According to wbauer on this page:
https://phabricator.kde.org/D17187

The 'startkde' (which is now 'startplasma-x11' or 'startplasma-wayland')
program sets the XCURSOR_THEME environment variable, and applications will
always use the value of that environment variable until they're told otherwise.
When you switch themes while logged in, you're telling existing applications to
use another theme on the fly, and most will do so! But launch a new
application, and it'll use the old original theme!

The XCURSOR_THEME environment variable is meant to be used to override all
other settings temporarily, when starting an application. The fix should simply
be to remove the line(s) of code from 'startplasma-x11' that sets that
environment variable.

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[systemsettings] [Bug 382604] User needs to restart Plasma session to apply a new cursor theme to the whole system

[Nate Graham]

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--- Comment #16 from Nate Graham  ---
*** Bug 404383 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

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[systemsettings] [Bug 382604] User needs to restart Plasma session to apply a new cursor theme to the whole system

[Patrick Silva]

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--- Comment #15 from Patrick Silva  ---
*** Bug 425451 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

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[systemsettings] [Bug 382604] User needs to restart Plasma session to apply a new cursor theme to the whole system

[Nate Graham]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=382604

--- Comment #14 from Nate Graham  ---
Can still reproduce. The Plasma desktop, panel, and applets seem to not notice
the new cursor until plasmashell is restarted.

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[systemsettings] [Bug 382604] User needs to restart Plasma session to apply a new cursor theme to the whole system

[Nate Graham]

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[systemsettings] [Bug 382604] User needs to restart Plasma session to apply a new cursor theme to the whole system

[Nate Graham]

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--- Comment #13 from Nate Graham  ---
*** Bug 423074 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

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[systemsettings] [Bug 382604] User needs to restart Plasma session to apply a new cursor theme to the whole system

[bugzilla_noreply]

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--- Comment #12 from inasprec...@disroot.org ---
I can confirm the same bug on the same Plasma version.
This workaround:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/KDE#Plasma_cursor_sometimes_shown_incorrectly
solves the problem for me, but it's that, a workaround. An end user shouldn't
be expected to do this.

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[systemsettings] [Bug 382604] User needs to restart Plasma session to apply a new cursor theme to the whole system

[Nate Graham]

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[Nate Graham]

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[systemsettings] [Bug 382604] User needs to restart Plasma session to apply a new cursor theme to the whole system

[Nate Graham]

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[Nate Graham]

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[systemsettings] [Bug 382604] User needs to restart plasma session to apply a new cursor theme to the whole system

[Patrick Silva]

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--- Comment #4 from Patrick Silva  ---
Changing cursor size also is not immediately applied to the whole system.
I see the cursor of the previous size on mouseover my wallpaper until plasma
session is restarted.

Operating System: Arch Linux 
KDE Plasma Version: 5.17.1
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.63.0
Qt Version: 5.13.2

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[systemsettings] [Bug 382604] User needs to restart plasma session to apply a new cursor theme to the whole system

[Christoph Feck]

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--- Comment #3 from Christoph Feck  ---
Information was provided with comment #2; changing status.

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[systemsettings] [Bug 382604] User needs to restart plasma session to apply a new cursor theme to the whole system

[Patrick Silva]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=382604

--- Comment #2 from Patrick Silva  ---
yes, it's still happening on X11. Wayland session requires relogin to apply a
new cursor theme.
On X11 changing the cursor theme only takes effect immediately on plasma panel,
widgets placed on panel/desktop, apps launcher and window decorations. 
If you hover over the files list of Dolphin or the text area of Kate, for
example, you see the previous cursor until relogin.

Operating System: KDE neon Unstable Edition
KDE Plasma Version: 5.16.80
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.61.0
Qt Version: 5.12.3

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[systemsettings] [Bug 382604] User needs to restart plasma session to apply a new cursor theme to the whole system

[Nate Graham]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=382604

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  Component|kcm_mouse   |kcm_cursortheme
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   Assignee|unassigned-b...@kde.org |plasma-b...@kde.org

--- Comment #1 from Nate Graham  ---
Is this still happening?

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[systemsettings] [Bug 382604] User needs to restart plasma session to apply a new cursor theme to the whole system

[Dr . Chapatin]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=382604

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[systemsettings] [Bug 382604] User needs to restart plasma session to apply a new cursor theme to the whole system

[Dr . Chapatin]

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Summary|User needs restart plasma   |User needs to restart
   |session to apply a new  |plasma session to apply a
   |cursor theme to whole   |new cursor theme to the
   |system  |whole system

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