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Old July 19th, 2009   #82
Doctor Debian
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Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope
3.2 Cursor Fix

Updated for Karmic Koala 9.10:

NOTE: This tutorial is actively updated, and contains the latest information for patching. This post should be all you need to have a working hardware cursor.

Alright everyone, I've found a great, legal way to reimplement the cursor hiding for this patch AND keep the WoW cursor only inside of wine apps.

Firstly, install the required packages to build wine by typing

Code:
sudo apt-get build-dep wine1.2
Get the source of wine by typing

Code:
apt-get source wine1.2
When the source is retrieved, type

Code:
cd wine1.2-*
Proceed to download my patch by typing in

Code:
wget http://www.basixcomputer.com/wine-cursor-patch-new.txt
Install the patch with

Code:
patch -p1 < wine-cursor-patch-new.txt
If the patching has succeded, it should display a single line with the file it has patched.

Before installing, you must first change the version number to make sure it doesn't get overwritted. Edit the debian/changelog file, and change the "ubuntu(number)" in the first line to "ubuntu10".

Change into the previous directory (if you entered the changelog's directory), and build the package with

Code:
dpkg-buildpackage -uc -us -b
Now, wait a long time. When it's completed, type in

Code:
dpkg -i wine1.2_(wineversion)~ubuntu~(ubuntuversion)-0ubuntu10_(arch).deb
Or simply double click the package in that directory. Either way, it will overwrite the existing wine.

Then, you must copy the custom cursor file for use in wine. Download the file here

http://www.basixcomputer.com/circle

and save it into your current cursor directory (e.g /usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors for gnome, /usr/share/icons/oxy-white/cursors for kde)

OPTIONAL STEP FOR GAUNTLET IN-GAME: (if you just want the normal cursor in game, don't do this)

Finally, download the MPQ here

http://www.basixcomputer.com/patch-f.MPQ

and place it into your Data folder in your World of Warcraft folder. The patch is now installed!

To use the patch, change your World of Warcraft launcher to

Code:
env WINE_CURSOR=anything; wine (world of warcraft path)
Congratulations, enjoy your new cursor.

Andrew

Thanks to WowZym for parts of the tutorial, and Larsson for patch toggling!

Last edited by Doctor Debian; October 30th, 2009 at 09:38 PM.. Reason: Updated for Karmic
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