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As we have to have active compiz with Unity, I can't change the color, size, etc. of the cursor.

Is there any way for do it?

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This is a known bug in compiz see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+bug/141500.

I found a workaround that works great for me on the bug page.

  1. Create a file
  2. Mark it as executable (Right Click > Properties > Permissions > Allow executing file as program)
  3. Open in gedit and paste the following

    #!/bin/bash
    
    mkdir -p $HOME/.icons/default
    CURSOR_THEME=$(gconftool -g /desktop/gnome/peripherals/mouse/cursor_theme)
    echo "[Icon Theme]
    Inherits = $CURSOR_THEME" > $HOME/.icons/default/index.theme
    echo "Compiz will be restarted to enable this. Please stand by."
    compiz --replace &
    

Then Just run that file every time you change your mouse theme.

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  • This works great, with the only side-effect being that I have to restart my user session for compiz/unity to recover properly. May 16, 2011 at 2:29
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Edit /usr/share/icons/default/index.theme to include the name of the new theme and restart compiz. You will also need to choose the icon theme in gnome-appearance-properties for each user, in order to get certain programs like firefox and gdm to behave.

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The way I got round this was to remove the default cursor theme.

Copy & paste this command into Terminal

sudo apt-get remove dmz-cursor-theme

Now the new cursor theme you want will be applied.

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  • The black cursos was remove. But then it does nothing.
    – Kaer
    Apr 18, 2011 at 16:36

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