--- ../gnome-session-2.23.6/splash/gnome-session-splash.c	2008-08-13 14:45:57.078221713 +0200

+++ gnome-session-2.23.6/splash/gnome-session-splash.c	2008-08-13 14:47:57.199399805 +0200

@@ -271,6 +271,47 @@

         gtk_main_quit ();

 }

+/* display a busy cursor in window if it exist and on 

+ * the root window. This is done in plain X and opening a new 

+ * connection each time to avoid keeping the default cursor size

+ * as it is modified by gnome-daemon-settings while gnome-session is running 

+ * (hence the user set cursor size would be lost if only one connection 

+ * was open)*/

+static void 

+set_busy_cursor (GdkWindow *window, gboolean enable)

+{

+  static gboolean busy = FALSE;

+  Cursor cur; 

+  Display *dpy;

+  int scr_num, i;

+

+  dpy = XOpenDisplay (NULL);

+

+  if (enable)

+    {

+      if (busy)

+	return;

+      cur = XCreateFontCursor (dpy, GDK_WATCH);

+      busy = TRUE;

+    }

+  else

+    {

+      cur = XCreateFontCursor (dpy, GDK_LEFT_PTR);

+      busy = FALSE;

+    }

+  

+  scr_num = ScreenCount (dpy);

+

+  for (i = 0; i < scr_num; i++)

+    {

+      XDefineCursor (dpy, RootWindow (dpy, i), cur);

+    }

+

+  if (GDK_IS_WINDOW (window))

+    XDefineCursor (dpy, GDK_WINDOW_XID (window), cur);

+  XSync (dpy, FALSE);

+  XCloseDisplay (dpy);

+}

 int

 main (int argc, char *argv[])

 {

@@ -291,10 +332,14 @@

                           G_CALLBACK (quit),

                           NULL);

+	set_busy_cursor (NULL, TRUE);

+

         set_session_running_handler ();

         setup_splash_window ();

         gtk_main ();

+	set_busy_cursor (NULL, FALSE);

+

         return 0;

 }