Mouse pointer not big enough, need it bigger.

Edward1978

It is a bit hard to see even on large. See it is small.

How can I change the gamma?

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I found https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/mouse-pointer-size-and-colors.85088/ wow though, that sounds a bit hard.

Robin

Try a different theme in your MATE / Xfce Settings menu.

Edward1978

I just thought that yesterday. 😃 Nope, large is still the same ize. The link I found is good, just a bit complex, I would love to atleast double the size. Can I download any more pointers???

Robin

Edward1978 I would look first in our Software Station for cursor themes

Edward1978

Robin How do I searc, no search option?

Robin

Edward1978

In the top left you can put a search term and check the "search descriptions" box.

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Then narrow it down by reading the descriptions.

Edward1978

Robin Thanks, use to Pacman.

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Open in tab, to show it all. Not sure why it doesn't by default.

Edward1978

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That big would be good.

Edward1978

That is KDE in Manjaro.

ACR-Jeff

I am facing the same, Any custom installed cursor is so small in mate it's hard to see, What I've noticed is if I install xcursor and change the cursor to a custom one and put it in ~/.xresources and restart, No matter what size I put for the cursor, It may change for a brief moment when the desktop loads, After opening any app, The cursor goes small again.

!!Xcursor.size: 42
Xcursor.theme: "Nordzy-cursors"
Xcursor.size: 42px

While typing this, I have been searching for ways to solve this

I came across this website, Which mentions different ways to change the cursor. https://shallowsky.com/linux/x-cursor-themes.html

1 specific mention that catches my eye and need to try after posting this,
GTK has its own cursor theme specifier ~/.gtkrc-2.0 After viewing the file .gtkrc-2.0 in my home directory I immediately noticed. the size of the gtk-cursor-theme-size=0, I am going to change the size and restart, See if this makes a difference.

gtk-cursor-theme-name="Nordzy-cursors"
gtk-cursor-theme-size=0

ACR-Jeff

I've been doing a lot of testing on this, What I believe has worked for me the best to my knowledge, Now my cursor is normal and a proper size, Etc.
The login screen was the only place I haven't found a fix for yet. If I find one I will update this.

Be sure to make a backup before.

A lot of these steps I got from arch wiki https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Cursor_themes#Configuration

edit ~/.gtkrc-2.0
gtk-cursor-theme-name="cursor-name"
gtk-cursor-theme-size=48
Add your cursor-theme-name and change the size.
48 looked like the best size for me.
(Without changing these settings I noticed on my dual monitor setup, 1 of my monitors is a lower resolution and the cursor showed larger on that particular monitor vs the higher resolution monitor.)
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edit ~/.Xresources
Xcursor.theme: cursor-name
Xcursor.size: 48px
Adding your cursor theme and size.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Cursor_themes#X_resources

edit ~/.xinitrc

xrandr
xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources
exec mate

You need to load your xrandr settings.
If you have dual monitors like myself, You can use arandr to setup your monitors correctly, Save the settings from arandr you setup to a location in your $HOME, Then load them via your window manager autostart.

xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources Loads your Xresources settings before your window manager loads.

exec mate of course changing mate to your window manager xfce, Etc.

I tried these settings in ~/.xprofile like many others mention on the net, But that just caused problems.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Cursor_themes#Cursor_size_does_not_change_on_startup

Another step I did take to be sure my cursor is the same size in mate apps, xfce apps, Etc, Open dconf-editor Search for cursor and change any cursor names different from my cursor and size to what I want.
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Hope this helps someone and you don't have to restart a million times and fix mistakes too. lol