Ubuntu – Ubuntu doesn’t retain mouse cursor size between reboots

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I'm having an annoying problem here, every time I boot system, I have to manually set my cursor size from 24 to 16, I can't seem to find a way to save… make that 16 permanent even after boot, does anyone know how to do that?
Using Ubuntu 16.04 64 bit.

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I was facing the same issue, then found a similar entry under /com/canonical/unity/interface/cursor-scale-factor, increased to 1.20 and it worked fine after reboot. Too bad there's no option under Universal Access or something :S

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Try unclutter.

The purpose of this program is to hide the pointer after the mouse has not moved for a while. Using it, you can make the pointer appear only when the user touches the screen, and disappear right after it. Maybe this was not exactly what you were aiming for, but it is much easier than your alternative.

To use it, first install it:

sudo apt-get install unclutter

then run it:

unclutter -idle 0.01 -root

The number in the above command is the number of seconds before the pointer disappears (in this case, 1/100 seconds).

Ubuntu – Can’t change cursor size

On Ubuntu 16.04 you need to install dconf-editor and change cursor-scale-factor

$ sudo apt-get install dconf-editor
$ dconf-editor

Then, set com > canonical > unity > interface > cursor-scale-factor to any number larger than 1. The maximum possible value is 3.

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