I've come across this or a similar bug in 14.10 which runs unity 7.3.1. I'm on a DELL XPS 15 with a 240 dpi screen. This looks best with a scaling factor of 2 or 2.5. The mouse in most applications (firefox, terminal) is the proper size but on the desktop and in nautilus windows it is very tiny.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to unity in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dx-packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1295445 Title: Cursor size is not updated on HiDPI at intermediate UI scale levels Status in Unity: Fix Released Status in unity package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: When UI scale factor is at intermediate values from 1.0-2.0 and from 2.0-3.0 the cursor size is not updated to match current settings. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/1295445/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : dx-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp