Howto recover the big pointer in unity?

[stinkeye]

In 12.10 this method works without installing any additional themes.
Two changes to make.

Set the cursor size in dconf.
Terminal...

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface cursor-size xx

Where xx is your cursor size.
Default is 24.
Use 16, 32, 48, or 64.

and

Edit ~/.Xresources

gedit ~/.Xresources

and add or edit the line

Xcursor.size:xx

using the same value you used for dconf.

Need to reboot.

[zombifier25]

the bug is already running; for sometimes.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...piz/+bug/86184

Interesting. But it doesn't just happen in Compiz, it's in every WM I have tried, so it's probably a bug in the X server, not Compiz.
Also, that darn bug is 5 years old now, so it's not gonna be fixed anytime soon.

Linux based OSs are the only OSes that has this kind of ridiculous bug. The X server is really ancient, so let's hope Wayland will be better.

[zika]

In 12.10 this method works without installing any additional themes.
Two changes to make.

Set the cursor size in dconf.
Terminal...

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface cursor-size xx

Where xx is your cursor size.
Default is 24.
Use 16, 32, 48, or 64.

and

Edit ~/.Xresources

gedit ~/.Xresources

and add or edit the line

Xcursor.size:xx

using the same value you used for dconf.

Need to reboot.

Yes that works... Thank You...
No need to reboot. Just restart X (reatart DM, whatever You use) or use xrdb... Reboot is for other OS...

[claracc]

In 12.10 this method works without installing any additional themes.
Two changes to make.

Set the cursor size in dconf.
Terminal...

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface cursor-size xx

Where xx is your cursor size.
Default is 24.
Use 16, 32, 48, or 64.

and

Edit ~/.Xresources

gedit ~/.Xresources

and add or edit the line

Xcursor.size:xx

using the same value you used for dconf.

Need to reboot.

Does it work in a fully updated 12.04 system using metacity and gnome fallback desktop?.

Thanks in advance

[stinkeye]

Don't have 12.04 to test.
Replaced with 13.04.

Works in my 12.10 install in both the ubuntu and the gnome classic(no effects) sessions.

[claracc]

Thankyou

I will try the workaround in my 12.04 system and will post the results. I suppose I can always go back to my current cursor reinstalling the big cursor theme, isn't it?

[claracc]

No, this workaround doesn't work in 12.04 with gnome fallback session.

If I want a big cursor I have to install a large cursor theme.

[cmcanulty]

I also have this problem in 12.04 classic and would also like a black cursor which is what I have set in advanced settings and dconf editor but it changes on some apps to white and small. This is a real irritating bug that used to be easy to fix in gnome 2

[ManamiVixen]

The cursor bug is a bug in X.Org and has been there since the X.Org version present in Ubuntu 9.04. It will not be fixed anytime soon. There is a work around involving manually taking your preferred cursor theme and making it default by renaming the "default" folder in the /usr/share/icon folder to something else like "default-old", then taking you cursor theme and rename it "default". Reboot and it should work.

[stinkeye]

I also have this problem in 12.04 classic and would also like a black cursor which is what I have set in advanced settings and dconf editor but it changes on some apps to white and small. This is a real irritating bug that used to be easy to fix in gnome 2

Use galternatives to also change to the same theme under x-cursor-theme.
or
run the command

sudo update-alternatives --config x-cursor-theme