Maybe it is an Ubuntu specific issue.

Ubuntu is well known for adding a large number of patches to a large
number of applications/libraries/tools etc to better integrate these
tools into the Ubuntu way of doing things. This is why it is difficult
to port Ubuntu specific code to other distros.

@ swiftgeek, the cursor-name option in lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf actually
does nothing. lightdm-gtk-greeter does not select a cursor theme, it
just uses the system default (X default or theme specified in
/usr/share/icons/default/index.theme) - of course, Ubuntu may have a
patch which includes this option, and that could be the cause of the
issue. And yes, it does use a cursor and yes, it uses the default theme
but this should not affect the desktop session, only the lightdm
session. Once you login, the lightdm session is closed and a new session
in your username for your chosen DE is opened. It is the environment
created by the DE that should be theming the root window cursor theme
for this session.

Perhaps we should be looking at things like /etc/profile.d and others
that configure your DE. Could simply be an environment variable either
not being set correctly or at all.

All I can confirm is that the issue does not exist for me using Arch and
Xfce, which to me, indicates it is a configuration issue, nothiong else.

Cheers.

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