Inconsistent mouse size settings

[Chris Rydalch]

Something I noticed when reinstalling Xubuntu, the default mouse size when
running the installer/live cd is much smaller than the default cursor size
when running from the hard drive.

Where is the system-wide default mouse size kept in Xfce? I'd be curious,
to look at that file on the installed computer, and on the live cd version.


On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 8:46 PM, Chris Rydalch <crydalch at gmail.com> wrote:

> I didn't have the gtk3 engine installed, so I've installed that. But
> unfortunately, it didn't fix the mouse size in my case. I'll try a clean
> install of Xubuntu or Fedora w/ Xfce, and see if that's keeping the
> addition of the gtk3-engines from resolving my problem.
>
> Under Debian, are you likewise seeing the variations in cursor size?
> Thanks for the help Greg!
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 8:49 AM, Greg Folkert <greg at gregfolkert.net>wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 2013-11-14 at 08:11 -0800, Chris Rydalch wrote:
>> > On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 11:50 AM, killermoehre <killermoehre at gmx.net>
>> > wrote:
>> >         Am Mi 13 Nov 2013 17:37:15 CET schrieb Chris Rydalch:
>> >         > Hmm.... looks like it's running, and it's in the Autostart
>> >         list with a
>> >         > checkbox next to its name. Is there some other settings
>> >         daemon that's
>> >         > supposed to be running?
>> >         >
>> >         > How do I check to see if it's toolkit-dependent? I thought
>> >         the mouse
>> >         > setting would just be inherited by setting the mouse size in
>> >         the
>> >         > settings window.
>> >         >
>> >         > Thanks!
>> >
>> >
>> >         Should be easy to check. Run a QT, a Xulrunner, a Gtk2 and a
>> >         GTK3
>> >         program together (there are other toolkits, too, but this are
>> >         the most
>> >         common) and see how the cursor behaves.
>> >
>> >         Regards
>> >
>> >
>> >  Alright, here's what I've discovered:
>> >
>> >  - Gtk2 (geany) workspace, Xulrunner (pencil), and Qt (pyqt example)
>> >  all show the same inconsistent mouse size behavior. The theme is the
>> >  same, just the size changes to the one I set.
>> >  - Gtk3 (gedit), OpenGL (houdini) , the toolbars of Gtk2 apps, and the
>> >  rest of Xfce, the size stays at the large default size (though,
>> >  again, the theme stays the same).
>> >
>> >  So for whatever reason, Xfce, Gtk3, and the toolbars of Gtk2 programs
>> >  either don't know about the user's size preference, or it's being
>> >  overwritten somewhere. ToZ's suggestion, in order to get the theme
>> >  setting to be set properly, worked great. If only the size would also
>> >  work across all applications...
>>
>> And you do have the GTK2 and GTK3 engines installed? Here is my output
>> from my Debian System (thank you very much Yves-Alexis Perez and the
>> others working on XFCE for Debian!):
>>
>> greg at bigboy:~ [0] $ dpkg -l| grep xfce | grep engine
>> ii  gtk2-engines-xfce  3.0.1-2  amd64  GTK+-2.0 theme engine for Xfce
>> ii  gtk3-engines-xfce  3.0.1-2  amd64  GTK+-3.0 theme engine for Xfce
>>
>> Just a thought to help out. That fixed a lot of stuff for me.
>>
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