A cursor is an arrow shown on the screen (a.k.a. a pointer) to represent where the mouse is, or a flashing horizontal line in a terminal or textbox indicating where text will be inserted during typing.
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Mouse cursor keeps hiding and freezing
I've finnally managed to install ubuntu on my new laptop, darn "Secure Boot"!
I'm getting a really annoying problem: If I don't use to mouse cursor for a few seconds, it dissapears, and when I try to ...
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Ubuntu tweak tool - Mouse cursor would not change theme
I tried to change the cursor theme from DMZ-White to DMZ-Black for my laptops. But it does not work for one of my laptop.
For that laptop, it does not work no matter I change the cursor theme in
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Touchscreen acting weird
I have Asus Vivobook S550CM, after I login to ubuntu everything works fine, but after a while of using PC I cannot perform 1 finger touch-to-click action on touchscreen.
When I touch the screen the ...
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Prevent Application Specific Cursors From Appearing on Ubuntu 13.04
Is there a way to prevent application specific cursors from appearing and taking the place of the default cursor on Ubuntu? Specifically, I am asking this in regards to preventing the small pen cursor ...
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Mouse cursor does not change appearance to indicate a program is launching
I am using Lubuntu 12.04 LTS. When I click on a icon to launch a program, be it from the start menu or from the panel, the mouse cursor does not change to a spinning circle (or anything else) to ...
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Can I have the I-beam (mouse) cursor more visible in gtk3 apps?
When the mouse cursor hovers over text (other than hypertext?) that can be edited or copied , the cursor appears as an I-Beam insertion bar.
In gtk2, it's possible to alter the width and color of the ...
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How do I install cursors from the internet? [duplicate]
I tried doing the answer from another question but I didn't have an .icons folder.
How else can I install a cursor without using the software center?
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Only the wallpaper and cursor show on Ubuntu 12.04
I tried to make some effects but now I can ONLY see a wallpaper and cursor, nothing else. I can normally use right click button also, but it doesn't work either.
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I am having an error and my mouse cursor is disappearing randomly after an update
I just updated my system and it was asking me to restart it to complete the installation of packages I was just going to restart suddenly the electricity was cutoff and now it is giving the following ...
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Cursor and icon problems after installation
I just installed Ubuntu 12.10 64bit.
After a few trial, I have encountered three times of the following:
Cursor won't move
Screen seems weird, for example, icons show only boundary.
Any ...
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Created X11 cursor. How do I install to 12.04? [duplicate]
I created a new cursor to replace the arrow (and only the arrow). How do I install my new X11 cursor on Ubuntu 12.04?
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Dell Vostro 2520 touchpad - Cursor randomly becomes uncontrollable
Everyone once so often, randomly occurring, the touchpad suffers severe cursor control issues. When this happens the cursor does not go to where I gesture it with my finger. In this state the cursor ...
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Cursors can't move when login in Ubuntu 12.10 [closed]
When i login Cursors can't move, the i reboot it. After reboot it cursors cant move again.
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Why doesn't the cursor line up with menu buttons correctly?
I am using Ubuntu 12.10. My cursor does not line up correctly with menu buttons. It is always offset by about 10mm to the left. If I want to click on an area, I have to select the area to the left to ...
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How do I set a custom cursor theme in Ubuntu 12.04? [duplicate]
I would just like to set a custom cursor theme on my computer. I had this pack back on 10.10 from here. http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=50663. But I can't seem to recall how I did it. ...
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How to change cursor theme [duplicate]
I've found that changing my cursor theme only really works in applications like Firefox; the cursor is not themed across the OS, but remains as the default cursor.
I have done some searching and I ...
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How can I move my pointer with out a mouse or track pad? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I configure “mousekeys”?
Sometimes I use my laptop with out a mouse and my track pad is currently not working. I have grown accustomed to moving around a website ...
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Xubuntu 12.04, mouse cursor disappears
I have Xubuntu 12.04 installed on my computer and there is an annoying problem with my mouse cursor. When I start the computer, it is usually fine, but if I leave it for a while it goes in sleeping ...
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I login in Ubuntu and just appears the mouse cursor [duplicate]
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Unity doesn’t load, no Launcher, no Dash appears
I have installed Ubuntu in a VirtualBox (in Windows). It works perfectly. After that, I tried to install it on the ...
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cursor problems on asus 1225c [12.04]
On my asus1225c and i am getting crazy because the cursor disappears after a second of inactivity, if i don't touch the trackpad the cursor is not visible, but if move the trackpad the cursor is ...
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How to change Guake cursor from block to I-Beam?
As the title says, I want to change the cursor of Guake to I-Beam (the vertical line). I find block cursor to be confusing sometimes. I looked into the preferences but unfortunately there is no option ...
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Why do most window managers fail to show a custom cursor correctly?
Please note: I am not so much looking for a fix, as there doesn't seem to be one.
However, I want to know why most Window managers ignore my choice of cursor theme and show the default cursor no ...
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How to unhide mouse cursor on Nexus 7?
I am using Synergy to control my Ubuntu on Nexus 7 using my desktop mouse and keyboard. However, the mouse cursor is displayed only if I connect my mouse via USB.
What service controls the visibility ...
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Huge mouse cursor arrow after installing Nvidia drivers [closed]
After installing the proprietary Nvidia drivers, my mouse cursor looks like this:
The arrow image is much larger than normal. How can I fix it?
Details
How I installed the Nvidia drivers:
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Ubuntu 12.10 busy/wait cursor
Is there any way how to enable busy/wait cursor during opening an application in ubuntu 12.10?
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Mouse Flickering/Disappearing
When I move my mouse around in Ubuntu 12.10 it flickers. When it's not moving it disappears.
Any ideas?
Info
Macbook Pro 7.1
Nvidia 320m
Ubuntu 12.10
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How to deactiviate blinking cursor on 12.04
my mouse cursor is blinking frequently when it's moved, especcially within the system settings application and similar types of windows (it
s also blinking when hovering over the "post your question" ...
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Erratic Cursor Behaviour [closed]
Cancelled - it was the mouse, not the OS!
Frequently, the cursor jumps to the left of the screen and activates multiple applications from the Unity bar, even though no button is pressed. Then I have ...
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How to change the cursor in Unity, oxygen theme? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to change mouse cursor and theme?
How do I change the cursor of the theme?
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Cursor doesn't hide in fullscreen video
I've installed bumblebee on my Ubuntu 12.10 and now the cursor doesn't hide when I watch online videos in full screen mode.
Why is that?
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Cursor theme XFCE [closed]
This is a weird bug I'm experiencing. Basically when I try to apply a cursor theme, it only shows up in my firefox (the theme, that is). Whenever I'm on the desktop for example, it goes back to my ...
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cursor lost after 12.10 upgrade
I just upgraded to 12.10 and got the 304.51 nvidia driver loaded. Everything seems to be working as usual except that if the cursor moves off screen I can't move it back on screen. I enabled the ...
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Customizing Ubuntu colors [closed]
What application is recommended to accomplish these:
How can I change my selection highlight color?
How can I change my cursors?
How can I include more libraries?
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Mouse pointer/cursor disappears or doesn't show properly
I recently installed the new Lubuntu 12.10 but I'm having problems with mouse pointer image. When I start the OS everything works fine, but if I open some programs (for example Chromium) my cursor ...
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unable to install cursor theme
I tried to install this cursor theme on the latest version of ubuntu:
http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Microzoa?content=154458
It downloaded as a 7z file, so I extracted it, and copied all the ...
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Crosshair Mouse Cursor
I'm looking for a mouse cursor program for LXDE desktop which will draw crosshair lines on the screen similar to this Windows program.
Any thoughts?
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Installed mouse cursor theme but it only shows in some applications
I went here and downloaded a theme named Ubuntaero_v1.0.
Then I extracted the files to /usr/share/icons.
After rebooting the system, the default cursor theme remains, except when moving the mouse ...
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cursor jumps when moving (and some other times)
i updated to 12.10 beta 1 when it was released (coming from 12.04 fresh install, i skipped the alpha releases of 12.10)
since then i've done all the usual updates but ive had an issue with my cursor ...
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12.10 black desktop (graphics issue?)
I've just upgraded from 12.04 to 12.10. The upgrade went smoothly I think, but when I log in now everything is black, I can only see my mouse cursor.
At first I could see my old wallpaper, but no ...
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changing the icon of a cursor [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I change the cursor and its size?
In all version of Windows, it's easy for a user to change the actual pointer of a cursor to soemthign else, such as an icon of a ...
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Cursor gone after hibernate in 12.04
I've just upgraded from 10.04 to 12.04, and one of the more annoying glitches I find is that when I hibernate (by closing the lid) and then resume (by opening the lid), I see the cursor blink by, but ...
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Anyone with a Radioactive cursor? [closed]
And the white cursor that changes every time you move the mouse in the panel and in the unity it's white not black. why?
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Cannot boot into 12.04 Just flashing cursor
I have a dual boot Ubuntu 12.04 and Windows XP pro (almost never use the windows though). Been having some troubles with the machine getting very sluggish lately. Consider a poss overheating prob, ...
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Mouse cursor disappears when over icons
Recently downloaded Ubuntu. Mouse cursor disappears when hovering over icons - such as over the icons at system settings - or flash content of web pages -not always-.
My system involves :
Gigabyte ...
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My pointer moves and clicks randomly while I am typing, how do i fix this?
It is really annoying when trying to type a document when your pointer clicks in random time and it moves where you are typing forcing you to manually move the cursor back. This also happens when I am ...
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Cursor changes its position to any random position itself while typing
I am using Kubuntu 12.04, since Ubuntu 11.04 I am facing this problem.
Most of time my pointer's position changes to any random position itself and it start typing somewhere else and sometime content ...
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Ran Wubi, Reboot to Black screen
I ran Wubi successfully and it set up Kubuntu. It then prompted me to reboot. I manually rebooted later after giving some more space to my C partition.
So I reboot, go straight to the install. It ...
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Minecraft: right click shows cursor
I play Java progammed game Minecraft.
When I place an block by using right click, it shows the cursor position over the Java application as long I hold it down. It is annoying because on Windows ...
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Any kinect mouse control software out there? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Mouse/gesture control with kinect?
I've been researching this for a while and can't seem to find a lot of info. Are there any complete solutions out there for ...
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Spinning wait or busy cursor (like Ubuntu have) in KDE
Is there a way to use Ubuntu's default spinning wait / busy cursor in Kubuntu (or in any distro with KDE in general)? I was able to turn off KDE's defalt bouncing busy cursor, but I don't know how to ...
