[Bug 1133577] [NEW] "Resolution dependent" mouse cursors look really bad

[Dima Ryazanov]

Public bug reported:

After I plugged in a second monitor, the cursor size has changed in some
apps: in most places, it was 24px, in some cases it became 48px. The
large cursors look completely out of place even on a large monitor (see
screenshot). Having different cursor sizes in different apps, or even
different widgets in the same app, made the problem even worse.

I was able to fix it by setting the size to 24px under "Cursor Theme" in
system settings, but it wasn't obvious, and it's certainly not a good
default behavior. DPI-dependent cursors might make sense, but I can't
think of a good reason to set cursor size based on screen resolution.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: kubuntu-desktop 1.263
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-25.38-generic 3.5.7.4
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-25-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu10
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Feb 26 11:47:23 2013
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-02-23 (3 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.1)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: kubuntu-meta
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: kubuntu-meta (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug quantal

** Attachment added: "Screenshot"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1133577/+attachment/3548096/+files/mouse%20cursor.png

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