I changed the default cursor theme so that at the login screen I get the same cursors as after login.
So I created /usr/share/icons/default/index.theme & inside that I put

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[Icon Theme]
Name=Oxygen_White
Comment = Default icon theme
Inherits=Oxygen_White

And it was working fine until (I think) I updated to 4.8.1. The login screen cursors are back to the old ones.
So what actually happened?

most likely, the file /usr/share/icons/default/index.theme has been replaced by package update.
just edit it again and check what's inside.

No, I checked that. The file is still present.

TimeManx wrote:No, I checked that. The file is still present.

that's good, it should ALWAYS be present...but have you checked the content as well?

poomerang wrote:but have you checked the content as well?

ofcourse, i've edited the file, deleted and remade it, tried putting different values but nothing works. and permissions are fine too, 755.

If you have changed it, you may need to restart KDM for it to kick in.

Well, the problem wasn't KDE related.

Some package had installed the Adwaita cursor theme in

/usr/share/cursors/xorg-x11

along with a default folder in it symlinked to Adwaita. So Xcursor was looking for cursors in

/usr/share/cursors/xorg-x11/default

before looking in

/usr/share/icons/default

.