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Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: xorg

It's not a bug in the sense of something present not working, it is that
something that should be there just isn't.  There is no way to control
the cursor's size or shape.  Because of another problem in resolutions,
where all resolutions up to 1440x900 have the same pixel size on my
notebook, so just picking a lower resolution only means a smaller area
of the screen is employed, going up to 1440x900 just means a very small
mouse pointer is displayed, and under mouse settings, there is no way to
adjust this.  There are only adjustments for touchpad sensitivity and
speed, and whether pauses over the touchpad count as mouse clicks or
not.  To me, it seems rather obvious that the apparent mouse size should
be nearly the same at any screen resolution.  Maybe they thought that
all monitors automatically readjust their images to cover the whole
screen surface, but this Toshiba notebook seems to go by a different set
of rules, and the pixel element factor seems to be central to the way it
adjust resolutions.  Low resolutions is shown smaller, and high
resolutions are shown bigger.  And if my notebook is effected, many
others should be as well, since this is a Toshiba Satellite model.

I think the ideal solution is to be able to either hold to a constant
pixel size and change the apparent size of the image within (sort of a
zoom in/zoom out approach), so that I can go to 1440x900 to cover the
whole screen but then view just what I should see in a 800x600 view it
that were my choice, or to stick with the other method, of setting new
pixel sizes by instructions to the video card, on the basies that it
will then adjust voltages and timing accordlingly.  I mean the old
method was great for analog monitors, but the digital approach is more
to the zooming method using software.  Being able to use either mode
would likely suit most people.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Jan  3 12:39:08 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
MachineType: TOSHIBA Satellite L355
Package: xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu10
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-16-generic root=UUID=8329ff28-b2be-4d4b-b744-8ba38572b673 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-16.53-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
 xserver-xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu10
 libgl1-mesa-glx 7.6.0-1ubuntu4
 libdrm2 2.4.14-1ubuntu1
 xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.9.0-1ubuntu2
 xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.12.99+git20090929.7968e1fb-0ubuntu1
SourcePackage: xorg
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-16-generic i686
XorgConf: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/etc/X11/xorg.conf'
dmi.bios.date: 06/04/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: INSYDE
dmi.bios.version: 1.90
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: Portable PC
dmi.board.vendor: TOSHIBA
dmi.board.version: Base Board Version
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacturer
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnINSYDE:bvr1.90:bd06/04/2009:svnTOSHIBA:pnSatelliteL355:pvrPSLD8U-0U9033B:rvnTOSHIBA:rnPortablePC:rvrBaseBoardVersion:cvnChassisManufacturer:ct10:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: Satellite L355
dmi.product.version: PSLD8U-0U9033B
dmi.sys.vendor: TOSHIBA
fglrx: Not loaded
system:
 distro:             Ubuntu
 architecture:       i686kernel:             2.6.31-16-generic

** Affects: xorg (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386

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Mouse Size Set At Screen Resolution Size
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