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CWM84
May 28th, 2012, 11:46 PM
Hello,

I am using Ubuntu 12.04.. Gnome.. I am wondering how do I make the mouse pointer bigger?? My mother needs it bigger to see better :)

Thanks,
Christopher

Frogs Hair
May 29th, 2012, 01:35 AM
This link may help. http://askubuntu.com/questions/126491/how-do-i-change-the-cursor-and-its-size

CWM84
May 29th, 2012, 01:45 AM
This link may help. http://askubuntu.com/questions/126491/how-do-i-change-the-cursor-and-its-size

didnt work :(

put it on 36.. still the same size even after reboot...

It was already on TMZ WHITE..

Dennis N
May 29th, 2012, 06:36 AM
First you need to find a cursor theme that contains larger cursors. Look at gnome-look.org, category X11 mouse themes.

One such cursor theme: Flatbed Cursors which has 5 colors and 4 sizes.

Download the cursor package (archive), extract the folder of the cursor you want to use from the archive, and then copy or move that folder into /usr/share/icons

Then follow this post:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=11929215&postcount=17

You need to create the 2-line file named cursor.theme if it is missing from inside the cursor's folder, and save it there:


[Icon Theme]
Inherits=CursorName

Replace CursorName with the exact name on the cursor's folder. Case Sensitive. For example, FlatbedCursors.Blue.Huge

dodgeman4life
November 24th, 2012, 03:38 PM
i am trying to do the same thing but when i copy my cursors to the icons folder it give me a error and says permission denied. how do i fix that?

Dennis N
November 25th, 2012, 07:42 PM
i am trying to do the same thing but when i copy my cursors to the icons folder it give me a error and says permission denied. how do i fix that?

You need to start with sudo to give yourself temporary root privileges.

Start terminal and navigate to the location of the extracted theme's folder, then:


sudo cp -r theme-folder-name /usr/share/icons

'theme-folder-name' is the exact name of the theme folder you are copying.