Question: If I open gnome-tweak-tool, go to the Theme section and choose the DMZ-Black cursor theme, my default cursor stays exactly the same. However, the *other* cursor images (like when I move a window or hover over a link) are the correct ones from the DMZ-Black theme. The same happens if I choose the Adwaita theme, for example.

Does anyone know why this is? How can I completely change my cursor theme so that the default cursor is also changed?

Answer: 
For 11.10
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Run `dconf-editor`  

(either Alt+F2 or from terminal, must be installed first)

```
/org/gnome/gnome-session/    

```

uncheck "logout-prompt"

I still haven't found a way to return restart to the menu and suppress that confirmation.  

(thanks for the edit fossfreedom)
For me in Ubuntu 11.10:

```
sudo apt-get install gconf-editor dconf-tools
dconf-editor

```

Go to `/apps/indicator-session`

Enable: *suppress-logout-restart-shutdown*

Cheers!