I am having a proglem with seeing the curser on the screen as a/ its too small for me to see and b/ it goes of the edge and unseen. is it possible to...
a/ make the curser bigger and/or b/ change its colour and make it flash.
Thanks in advance.
I am having a proglem with seeing the curser on the screen as a/ its too small for me to see and b/ it goes of the edge and unseen. is it possible to...
a/ make the curser bigger and/or b/ change its colour and make it flash.
Thanks in advance.
Yeah it is possible.You just need to download a tweaker tool for Ubuntu.It is called Ubuntu Tweaks.With this tool you can do a lot of customizations.Try it.For review follow this link
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You can change the size of the cursor using the terminal but does not work consistently in 12.04
eg
get current cursor-size (default is 24)...
set a larger size...Code:gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.interface cursor-size
reset to default size...Code:gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface cursor-size 48
In 12.10 you also need to create a ~/.Xresources file containing your larger sizeCode:gsettings reset org.gnome.desktop.interface cursor-size
egCode:Xcursor.size:48
However, creating a ~/.Xresources file does not work in 12.04 and the size does not change consistently
across the desktop.
You could try this THEME which highlights the mouse.
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Download the theme to ~/Downloads.
Right click on the yDmz.tar.gz archive and extract here.
Move the extracted yDmz folder to /usr/share/icons
**the yDmz folder must be in ~/Downloads for this command to work.
Then add the cursor theme to the alternatives listCode:sudo mv Downloads/yDmz /usr/share/icons
and choose your added cursor...Code:sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/share/icons/default/index.theme x-cursor-theme /usr/share/icons/yDmz/cursor.theme 20
Log out/inCode:gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface cursor-theme yDmz && sudo update-alternatives --config x-cursor-theme
To revert back to the default cursor (DMZ-White)...
Code:gsettings reset org.gnome.desktop.interface cursor-theme && sudo update-alternatives --config x-cursor-theme
Last edited by stinkeye; March 11th, 2013 at 02:57 PM.
Another way to do it is install "crystalcursors", its in the software center. Or in terminal enter:
Then to choose a new theme:Code:sudo apt-get install crystalcursors
These cursor themes will be bigger by default and you must log out for changes to take effect.Code:sudo update-alternatives --config x-cursor-theme
This works for me in gnome-classic.
Yes, installing a bigger or brighter theme may also be the solution.
Installing and trying cursor-themes from the software centre may be easier as they should be automatically added to the
update-alternatives list.
You need to also run one of the tweak tools as well to change the cursor to match the
update-alternatives --config x-cursor-theme selection.
Thanks: all....
Something else that might be helpful is if you go to System Settings > Mouse and Touchpad
You can select the option show position of the pointer when the control key is pressed.
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