On Fri, 07 Feb 2014 14:20:17 +0200, Ahmad Samir wrote: [....] >> > It looks like you're logged in with a regular user account, so run >> > dconf-editor as user not root. >> >> I tried that, at long long last (working without a mouse cursor >> is like swimming in icy-cold molasses); but once dconf-editor was open, >> I couldn't find a file for it to edit that affected the mouse. >> >> > In dconf-editor on the left side you should see the schemas groups, > expand org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.cursor to see the settings > mentioned in the above bug report. I looked again, long and thoroughly, clicking on little arrows to expand things, and never even found Groups. I get this as user : [btth@Hbsk3 ~]$ dconf-editor & [1] 12218 [btth@Hbsk3 ~]$ ** (dconf-editor:12218): WARNING **: dconf-schema.vala:330: Unknown property on <schema>, extends (It puts the cursor on the next line (blank), but doesn't give me my prompt back till I hit ^C.) While I was at it, I also tried the same command as root -- and saw nothing any different. > Alternatively you could use gsettings in terminal: > gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.cursor active false That did help, and I'm a lot happier than I was -- I have a visible cursor again. Many, many thanks! It's tiny, despite being set to size 48, but it is there. Now if only I can get to whatever governs its size, color, etc. ... -- Beartooth Staffwright, Neo-Redneck Not Quite Clueless Power User Remember I have precious (very precious!) little idea where up is. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
