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Questions tagged [pointers]

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How do I get and install more themes, icons, and pointers?

I've downloaded some nice themes, icon packages, and pointers from sites like gnome-look. Now what do I do? Where else can I get these kinds of things?
eugenemarshall
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How to change mouse pointer size and appearance in GNOME (18.04)?

I want to change the appearance (size, shape and color) of the mouse pointer. What options are available for me?
Michael Durrant
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How to set left-handed mouse pointer?

Is there a way to set a left-handed mouse pointer in Ubuntu 13.04? For those who don't know what left-handed mouse pointers are:
woseth
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Mouse pointer strange problem

i have last ubuntu installed (10.10), but from an year and thousand updates, video drivers updates, an hundreds of tricks, the mouse pointer is showed like an UGLY square... These are the screenshots: I have no idea what to do to solve this…
elp
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How do I adjust the pointer speed and scrolling speed of a trackpad?

How can I increase the pointer speed and scrolling speed of Apple Trackpad beyond the max speed allowed in System Settings? I'm using Ubuntu 12.04.01. Please see below the mouse and trackpad settings Also I have installed the package…
Gaurav Agarwal
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Ubuntu 18.04 invisible mouse

I had Ubuntu 16.04 and suddenly I couldn't log in anymore. Each time I would try to log in, the screen went black and ask again for my password. I was stuck in a login loop. I updated to Ubuntu 18.04 and it fixed my problem, but now the mouse cursor…
Gustavo Anaya
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Is it possible to remove mouse pointer bounds (i.e. wrap the screen)?

I wonder it is possible to remove mouse pointer bounds. I mean when I move mouse pointer to right side of screen, I want it appear on left side. Also same thing for top/bottom bounds. To be clarify, you may think it like snake game without screen…
ibrahim
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Two mouse pointers when disconnecting external monitor

I just upgraded to Ubuntu 14.10 (from 14.04). When I unplug my external monitor (I'm on a laptop so this happens often) the mouse gets a second pointer just below the normal one but rotated 90° counter-clockwise. I think the rotation is due to the…
labarna
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Increase pointer speed for trackpad in Ubuntu 12.04

I am trying make Apple Trackpad more usable for my needs. So did set the motion-acceleration to 120 and motion-threshold to -500 as suggested here and shown in the image below. The speed of the pointer is still slow so I did some more research…
Gaurav Agarwal
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Show position of pointer

There's an option for Ubuntu's mouse that says 'Show position of the mouse when the Control key is pressed.'. This function is required permanently enabled for a certain script I run, but on the other side it makes Blender 'Control' key not to work…
Francisco Presencia
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How can I map the right Super key to open a specific appindicator's menu?

For example, I have the Classic Menu Indicator installed, and I'd like for the menu to fly out after I hit the right Super key.
Inkayacu
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Mouse pointer gets larger in Firefox

I'm having serious problems with ubuntu 11.10 i actually reinstalled it for 3 times because it keeps bugging at the start screen However now it is working i'm encountering a problem with the mouse pointer size wich gets bigger a lot in firefox like…
ShiroGeek
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move pointer automatically to default button

Is there a way to configure mouse preferences to move the pointer automatically to the default button?
r_31415
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Is there ever any danger of a program escaping it's alotted memory space with sudo?

If I am messing around with pointers and using a modern operating system (xubuntu zesty) is there any danger of overwriting memory outside of the program or will default memory protections always prevent this?
flerb
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Mouse cursor disappears when I play video in VLC

I installed Ubuntu 13.10 (I had 13.04 before, but I made clean install) and as soon as I play video in VLC my mouse pointer disappears... then I can get it back only when I turn off and then turn on my touchpad with function key on keyboard. After a…
Daniel
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