I think most of this bug is about unity-greeter, except the last line mentions GDM.
Therefore, I'm reassigning to unity-greeter. Feel free to file a bug against GDM if you like. ** Summary changed: - GNOME: Universal Access - Larger mouse cursor only works with GDM not with LightDM and with GDM inconsistent + GNOME: Universal Access - Larger mouse cursor is not supported by unity-greeter ** Package changed: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) => unity-greeter (Ubuntu) ** Tags added: a11y -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1723462 Title: GNOME: Universal Access - Larger mouse cursor is not supported by unity-greeter Status in unity-greeter package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I have a vision problem and due to this I do not see very well the mouse pointer in its original size on my 14" HiDPI 2560x1440 QHD screen of my laptop. Therefore I go to "Universal Access" in the GNOME Settings and choose "Medium" for "Cursor Size". Due to bug 1722988 I happened to temporarily use GDM instead of LightDM and so I observed that my cursor size change is only applied if I am running my system with GDM as the greeter. With LightDM the cursor stays in original size all the time. So I have currently switched to GDM again to be able to have the larger mouse cursor. The commmands I have used (as of comment #9 of bug 1722988): ---------- sudo systemctl disable lightdm sudo systemctl stop lightdm sudo systemctl enable gdm #Seems to fail sudo systemctl start gdm sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm3 #Shows lightdm selected select gdm3, push enter Reboot ---------- But the large mouse cursor with GDM is also not perfect, as in some situations it stays in the small size. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity-greeter/+bug/1723462/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
