How can I change mouse cursor size?

Question

I'm using 11.10 and I'd like to change mouse cursor size more bigger.

How can I do it?

I cannot find any settings of mouse cursor size.

Answer 1

Question

Your desktop enviroment ?

(http://askubuntu.com/questions/65083/what-different-des-shells-are-available)

It seems

It seems that, if your cursor theme supports multiple sizes then you could change the mouse cursor size /1/,/2/,/3/. Either with the .Xresources /4/ file or with your DE configuration file. The KDE is using kcminputrc /3/, the gui is on the way.

The easiest way to enlarge the mouse size is to install and enable a mouse theme with larger pointers.

Background

The X11 mouse themes are composed from the pixel images /5/. So they have a native resolution, scaling could make them pixelated.

Links

1. http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=65730
2. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/X11_Cursors
3. https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/101701/
4. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/X_resources
5. http://www.ehow.com/how_5026012_make-cursors-file-ubuntu.html

Answer 2

In Ubuntu 24.04 you can change the mouse cursor size in the Settings app. In Settings select Accessibility -> Seeing -> Cursor Size and select a new cursor size from the mouse Cursor Size gallery.

In the above screenshot the second mouse cursor in the gallery is selected. You can click a different mouse cursor to make the mouse cursor size either smaller or larger. Cursor size can be combined with Zoom to make it easier to see the cursor.