Confirmed on Hardy. dpkg -P kubuntu-default-settings (8.04-11) does: $ LANG=C sudo dpkg -P kubuntu-default-settings 2>&1 | tee /tmp/dpkg-p.log (Reading database ... 385424 files and directories currently installed.) Removing kubuntu-default-settings ... Unsetting kubuntu as default mouse cursor theme ... Purging configuration files for kubuntu-default-settings ... dpkg - warning: while removing kubuntu-default-settings, directory `/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/icons/default' not empty so not removed. dpkg - warning: while removing kubuntu-default-settings, directory `/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/icons' not empty so not removed. dpkg - warning: while removing kubuntu-default-settings, directory `/usr/X11R6/lib/X11' not empty so not removed. dpkg - warning: while removing kubuntu-default-settings, directory `/usr/X11R6/lib' not empty so not removed.
That's when I've started messing around with this directory and move it away. Doing so made update-alternatives fail on the next purging (bug 194101). So it seems like update-alternatives somehow caused the DMZ cursor theme to be selected. It seems that /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/x-cursor-theme got messed up, only having: auto /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/icons/default/index.theme /usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursor.theme 50 /usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursor.theme 30 After executing manually the postinst of industrial-cursor-theme, which was installed already, it seems to have been added now: sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/share/icons/default/index.theme x-cursor-theme /usr/share/icons/Industrial/cursor.theme 40 $ cat /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/x-cursor-theme auto /usr/share/icons/default/index.theme /usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursor.theme 50 /usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursor.theme 30 /usr/share/icons/Industrial/cursor.theme 40 Seems like some update-alternatives issue to me. Is there an easy way to reproduce this? Seems like some odd leftover from during upgrades. Is there an easy way to reproduce this? What does /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/x-cursor-theme look like for you? Workaround appears to be: reinstall industrial-cursor-theme or otherwise fix the x-cursor-theme alternative link. ** Changed in: kubuntu-default-settings (Ubuntu) Importance: Low => Medium Status: Confirmed => Triaged -- Default mouse cursor does not revert when uninstalling Kubuntu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/35969 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Team, which is subscribed to kubuntu-default-settings in ubuntu. -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs