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I've searched everywhere in the system settings but I still can't find it.

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I just found out that dconf has replaced gconf. Are you still looking for a fix? – Seth♦ Jan 29 '13 at 0:45
    
I will try that later. – phillips1012 Jan 29 '13 at 4:29
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NOTE: I found out the Dconf has mostly replaced Gconf. Since using Gconf did't work, I have updated the instructions for Dconf.

You can change the setting in dconf-editor

sudo apt-get install dconf-editor

Open dconf-editor and navigate to: org -> gnome -> settings-daemon -> peripherals -> mouse then check/uncheck the 'locate pointer' option.

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Didn't work... I have to admit, I did see that on my adventure through every system setting. – phillips1012 Dec 18 '12 at 3:04
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It worked for me and I just add to it the comamndline way( to build in your scripts etc.): gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.peripherals.mouse locate-pointer true. Great explanation in askubuntu.com/a/191013/79176 . – Huge Aug 24 '14 at 17:10
    
This answer is not the best answer for newer versions than at least 15.10 – MPi May 10 '16 at 6:30
    
@MPi Did you try it? It works juts fine for me on 15.10. – Seth♦ May 10 '16 at 17:50
    
@Seth I did not try it, but it will surely work. My preference would always be a one-liner shell command with pre-installed tools, over a graphical step-by-step explanation with tools to be additionally installed. My comment about the Ubuntu version was probably wrong and misleading, though. – MPi May 11 '16 at 7:33
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In a terminal run:

gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.peripherals.mouse locate-pointer true

to enable and/or

gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.peripherals.mouse locate-pointer false

to disable.

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Its under 'Mouse and Touchpad' in System Settings

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What version of Ubuntu are you using? – Seth♦ Dec 18 '12 at 2:19
    
12.10, here is a screenshot: i.imgur.com/nowzZ.png – phillips1012 Dec 18 '12 at 2:21
    
Looks like your running Kubuntu. Is that right? – Seth♦ Dec 18 '12 at 2:23
    
No, I'm using gnome 3.6 (with a custom theme, obviously). I think I may have discovered the cause, though. I updated to gnome-control-center 3.6, which doesn't have that option. Any workarounds? – phillips1012 Dec 18 '12 at 2:25
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Yes, I've tried practically everything. – phillips1012 Dec 18 '12 at 3:52
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In Ubuntu 15.04 LTS 

$ gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.peripherals.mouse locate-pointer true

worked fine but I could no longer use the CTRL key in remmina VNC.

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You can do this using Gnome Tweak Tool ...

Look at "Keyboard and Mouse" settings ... its an On - OFF switch ... CTRL key.

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-1 because of poor answer. Using GNOME Tweak Tool... in Ubuntu with Unity desktop? There is no "Keyboard and Mouse" settings in GNOME Tweak Tool. – clearkimura Dec 3 '15 at 3:29

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