Unity Tweak Tool won't save settings upon exit

Question

I like using the large mouse cursor offered by Unity Tweak Tools. But everytime I restart my sytem the cursor defaults back to the standard size. The settings won't save. How do I fix this?

Answer 1

Here is a bit of a workaround to make the pointer permanently big. You can go through the cursor theme directory where this file is located and you can adjust some of the other ones as well to get a more consistent running theme.

Run the following commands:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gimp
mkdir ~/.icons
cp -R /usr/share/icons/DMZ-White .icons
cd ~/.icons/DMZ-White/cursors

Now, run the following command which will open gimp for each of the three most commonly used images for the cursor theme:

for i in grabbing hand2 left_ptr; do gimp $i; done

it may take 15 to 30 seconds to open gimp for each image but be patient.

After the image opens, press PG DOWN, DELETE, PG DOWN, DELETE, CTRL+M. Now check the box for "discard invisible layers" and click merge.

Press CTRL+SHIFT+E rename the file with an .xmc extension on the file name. Then click export.

Press CTRL+Q, then CTRL+D.

Wait 15 to 30 seconds for the next file to open and then repeat the same steps.

When you are done, run the following command to convert the new files to the theme:

for i in $(ls | grep xmc); do mv $i $(echo $i | sed 's/.xmc//g'); done

This will give you a working theme. The "watch" files contain a whole bunch of files and must be dealt with differently. Repeat this process for any of the other non link non watch files if you desire.

You may have to delete any "cache" file if one exists in ~/.icons/DMZ-White/ (don't forget to check for hidden files).

Open unity tweak tool and select another icon theme then select the DMZ-White theme again and it should show a large arrow without selecting "large".