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[Graeme <graeme@xxxxxxx>]

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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Title:
  Unity fails at all attempts to change the cursor

Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

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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