Bug 561804 – xfce-base/xfce4-session-4.12.1:0: mouse options ignored at next startup

• Status: UNCONFIRMED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Manfred Knick 2015-09-29 11:25:34 UTC]

Mouse options set via Applications->Settings-> (e.g. "Adwaita" or "* glass")
are ignored at next xfce4 startup.


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Configure mouse options via Applications->Settings-> to "Adwaita"
2. Close XFCE4.
3. Start Xfce4.
Actual Results:  
$ grep -R -i mouse *

xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfwm4.xml:
    <property name="mousewheel_rollup" type="bool" value="true"/>

$ grep -R -i Adwaita *
xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xsettings.xml:
    <property name="IconThemeName" type="string" value="Adwaita"/>
xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xsettings.xml:
    <property name="CursorThemeName" type="string" value="Adwaita"/>

Nevertheless, the mouse is in "standart" layout.


Expected Results:  
The mouse layout should be "Adwaita".

The results for anything else than "standart" are the same -
be it "Adwaita" or "white glass" or "red glass".


+++ WORKAROUND:
+++ You have te re-configure mouse options via Applications->Settings-> 
+++ to "Adwaita" a-new (click "standard", then "Adwaita" again).


# equery list xfce*
[IP-] [  ] dev-util/xfce4-dev-tools-4.12.0:0
[IP-] [  ] xfce-base/xfce4-appfinder-4.12.0-r1:0
[IP-] [  ] xfce-base/xfce4-meta-4.12:0
[IP-] [  ] xfce-base/xfce4-panel-4.12.0-r1:0
[IP-] [  ] xfce-base/xfce4-session-4.12.1:0
[IP-] [  ] xfce-base/xfce4-settings-4.12.0-r1:0

[Comment 1 Manfred Knick 2015-09-29 11:28:46 UTC]

Might be related:

Bug 557102 - xfce-base/xfce4-settings-4.12.0: keyboard layout has no effect

[Comment 2 Manfred Knick 2015-09-29 11:34:29 UTC]

+++ WORKAROUND #2 :
+++
+++ https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7415#c6
+++

# even better : you only "apply once" and are done.


<<<<<<<<<<< cite

Thiago Coutinho 2015-08-05 13:34:31 CEST

I create a symlink to the icon theme on my home and it works:

ln -s /usr/share/icons/theme .icons/default

<<<<<<<<<<< /cite


Small hint: "mkdir .icons" first.

[Comment 3 Manfred Knick 2015-10-12 08:29:55 UTC]

This problem similarly applies to the "size" setting of the mouse cursor.

[Comment 4 Manfred Knick 2015-10-17 01:06:30 UTC]

(In reply to Manfred Knick from comment #2)

  +++ WORKAROUND #3 :

A) In your .bash_profile, set

. . . XCURSOR_THEME=Adwaita ; export XCURSOR_THEME
. . . XCURSOR_SIZE=32       ; export XCURSOR_SIZE

This will suffice for the XFCE4 desktop itself -
but unfortunately not for some applications like firefox :-( .

B) Thus you still need to have your mouse options set via XFCE's

. . . Applications->Settings-> ...   dialogue

to the same corresponding values.