[ubuntu-uk] Searching for messages - the archives

[David Goldsbrough]

On 18 April 2018 at 13:00, <ubuntu-uk-request at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:

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> Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2018 15:44:29 +0100
> From: Jim Price <d1version at hotmail.com>
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> On 17/04/18 10:28, David Goldsbrough wrote:
> > My memory is not what it was!
> > I have a vague recollection that I may have posted sometime in the past
> > about mouse pointer cursors sizes with a solution that worked for me to
> get
> > a larger size.
> > It looks as if I am going to have to do a Ubuntu re-install and whilst I
> > can ensure my $HOME is backed up - I am fairly certain my mouse pointer
> > large size was changed somewhere outside of $HOME but for the life of me
> I
> > can't remember where and my attempts to find it have failed.  I simply
> want
> > to be able to have my same cursor size when I re-install ( I have very
> low
> > vision )
> > The archives do not lend themselves to searching the whole lists by
> subject
> > or author - I can't even recall which year it was!  Anyone help or give
> me
> > a few hints.
> >
> > (BTW only my solution ever worked - all the others mentioned around the
> net
> > never worked - my solution was an updated one from a previous ubuntu
> > version - mine is 16.04 LTS)
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> At a guess, do you think this might be relevant?
>
> <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity-tweak-tool/+bug/1633896>
>
> That suggests you used unity-tweak-tool to increase the mouse pointer
> size, but does not indicate that a solution was found to the bug you
> reported. However, there are documented ways to change mouse font in
> Ubuntu, and there is a package called big-cursor in the repository,
> which from its description includes larger pointers.
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Many thanks Jim.  I had forgotten I had raised that bug.  I must have done
other things also but just cannot find them!
However, I just need to test this out which matches my recollection of
doing things from the command line:-

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface cursor-size 72

72 is the max I can get I think - and 24 is the default


Sent from my Lenovo Thinkpad T410 running 64 bit Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS
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