Bug#1141634: workaround for GNOME/XWayland users

"Rob G." <[email protected]> Sat, 25 Jul 2026 19:02:15 -0700
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For whatever reason, GNOME does not listen to `export
XCURSOR_PATH=$HOME/.local/share/icons:/usr/share/icons` in .bashrc.

I needed to make a symlink of ~/.icons to ~/.local/share/icons and then my
cursor theme showed up in XWayland apps. On GNOME my cursor was already
detected properly in any native Wayland application and the desktop. But on
X11 session I had a weird behavior where the desktop was default Adwaita
and opened apps were the custom cursor.

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 class=3D"gmail_default">For whatever reason, GNOME does not listen to `exp=
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fault"><br></div><div style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" clas=
s=3D"gmail_default">I needed to make a symlink of ~/.icons to ~/.local/shar=
e/icons and then my cursor theme showed up in XWayland apps. On GNOME my cu=
rsor was already detected properly in any native Wayland application and th=
e desktop. But on X11 session I had a weird behavior where the desktop was =
default Adwaita and opened apps were the custom cursor.</div><br clear=3D"a=
ll"></div></div>

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