Unity

Unity fails at all attempts to change the cursor

Bug #1395106 reported by Tessa on 2014-11-21

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	Unity	Invalid	Undecided	Unassigned
	unity (Ubuntu)	Invalid	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

I've acquired a high-dpi display recently (ASUS PB287Q), and while the monitor preferences to set GTK scaling works quite well, Unity makes no attempt to similarly scale up the cursor, leaving me with a minuscule cursor that is almost invisible.

As well, other tools such as unity-tweak-tool, which claim to be able to set different cursor settings, also fail in unity.

Searching the web, it appears that this is a long standing problem, which has been mostly ignored. However, given the very real need to scale up cursor size with monitor DPI along with other UI elements, I'm hoping we can see some investigation and traction on the issue now that 4k displays are starting to become more affordable and prevalent.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
Package: unity 7.3.1+14.10.20141016-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-24.32-generic 3.16.4
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-24-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia
.proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0'
.proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: ""
.proc.driver.nvidia.version:
NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 331.89 Tue Jul 1 13:30:18 PDT 2014
GCC version: gcc version 4.9.1 (Ubuntu 4.9.1-16ubuntu6)
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,copytex,maximumize,decor,gnomecompat,grid,imgpng,mousepoll,move,place,regex,unitymtgrabhandles,session,wall,animation,resize,workarounds,snap,expo,ezoom,fade,scale,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: compiz
CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0'
CompositorUnredirectFSW: true
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Fri Nov 21 10:19:47 2014
DistUpgraded: 2014-11-05 17:06:23,375 DEBUG enabling apt cron job
DistroCodename: utopic
DistroVariant: ubuntu
GraphicsCard:
NVIDIA Corporation GF110 [GeForce GTX 570 Rev. 2] [10de:1086] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: eVga.com. Corp. Device [3842:1571]
MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.16.0-24-generic root=UUID=30a58b2c-3ad6-4911-a849-31d65294e8e2 ro intel_iommu=on quiet splash
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to utopic on 2014-11-06 (15 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 08/22/2012
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 3903
dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: P8Z68-V LE
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: Rev X.0x
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr3903:bd08/22/2012:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnP8Z68-VLE:rvrRevX.0x:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: System Product Name
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12+14.10.20140918-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.56-1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.3.0-0ubuntu3
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.3.0-0ubuntu3
version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.16.0-1ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.9.0-1ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.4.0-2ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.914-1~exp1ubuntu4.1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.11-1ubuntu2
xserver.bootTime: Thu Nov 20 16:52:36 2014
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.errors: open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory
xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.outputs:

xserver.version: 2:1.16.0-1ubuntu1

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Tessa (unit3) wrote on 2014-11-21:

.proc.driver.nvidia.params.txt Edit (431 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
BootDmesg.txt Edit (68.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
BootLog.txt Edit (451 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (6.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (31.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DkmsStatus.txt Edit (437 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgLog.txt Edit (3.1 MiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GconfCompiz.txt Edit (46.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
LightdmDisplayLog.txt Edit (1.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
LightdmGreeterLog.txt Edit (8.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
LightdmGreeterLogOld.txt Edit (8.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
LightdmLog.txt Edit (5.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (14.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb.txt Edit (764 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
MonitorsUser.xml.txt Edit (5.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
NvidiaBugReportLog.txt Edit (760 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfo.txt Edit (3.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcEnviron.txt Edit (319 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (3.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (6.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevDb.txt Edit (159.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevLog.txt Edit (366.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UnitySupportTest.txt Edit (589 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLog.txt Edit (23.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLogOld.txt Edit (23.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Xrandr.txt Edit (10.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
drirc.txt Edit (300 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
nvidia-settings.txt Edit (502.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xdpyinfo.txt Edit (56.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xserver.devices.txt Edit (297 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Tessa (unit3) wrote on 2014-11-21:

Also, forum comments like those suggested in the following don't seem to work with 14.10 either:

http://askubuntu.com/questions/126491/how-do-i-change-the-cursor-and-its-size

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Jaime Pérez (jaime-91) wrote on 2015-10-11:

Utopic support has ended, so I mark as invalid.

Changed in unity:
status:	New → Invalid
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Invalid

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Tessa (unit3) wrote on 2015-10-11:

Note this is still present in Vivid, and likely will be present in all future releases until it is specifically addressed.

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