#1 2016-04-24 04:44:41

Döbbie03

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Gigantic cursor on 2560x1440 res

Fellas, just installed Bl and I am struggling to work out how to adjust the size of my mouse cursor.  It is gigantic.

Any help is appreciated.

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Döbbie03

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Re: Gigantic cursor on 2560x1440 res

I fixed the cursor issue by addinf the size to my .Xresources.  Now how do I stop the reolution resetting? I set it to 2560x1440 and at reboot it resets back to 3840x2880.

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"Led Zeppelin didn't write tunes that everybody liked, they left that to the Bee Gees."
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nobody

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Re: Gigantic cursor on 2560x1440 res

I fixed the cursor issue by addinf the size to my .Xresources.  Now how do I stop the reolution resetting? I set it to 2560x1440 and at reboot it resets back to 3840x2880.

There are two options: Set the resolution using xrandr when logging into Openbox from an autostart script, or configure the resolution statically in xorg.conf. If you decide to do the former, arandr should be a helpful tool: it lets you configure your displays and then export the xrandr command line for that setup.

FYI full desktop environments which support setting and remembering the solution from within the DE manage the whole xrandr thing for you internally. As Openbox is just a window manager, you need to set up your own infrastructure.

Maybe an interesting variant (and development idea) would be to create a pipemenu exposing xrandr settings?

Döbbie03

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Re: Gigantic cursor on 2560x1440 res

Thanks for the reply nobody.

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                                       - Wayne Campbell

nobody

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Re: Gigantic cursor on 2560x1440 res

Thanks for the reply nobody.

Looked into writing a pipemenu but it seems there's already something working available: whiteinge/ob-randr.

Döbbie03

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From: New Zealand

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Re: Gigantic cursor on 2560x1440 res

Thanks for the reply nobody.

Looked into writing a pipemenu but it seems there's already something working available: whiteinge/ob-randr.

Yeah I came across that.  For now I have gone back to Arch until I have time to really play around with BL.

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"All we are is dust in the wind, dude"
                                       - Theodore "Ted" Logan
"Led Zeppelin didn't write tunes that everybody liked, they left that to the Bee Gees."
                                       - Wayne Campbell