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dkim=pass header.d=disroot.org header.s=mail header.b=HSlHBOA8; dmarc=pass (policy=quarantine) header.from=disroot.org; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of "help-guix-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org" designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom="help-guix-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org" X-Migadu-Queue-Id: 7D9B81376B X-Spam-Score: -5.24 X-Migadu-Scanner: scn0.migadu.com X-TUID: QFyz8Kn8e0hd alex@soeven.de writes: > > My problem is the following: I use guix with X11 and EXWM as (only) > window manager. I have a 13" laptop with 4k screen and therefore the > X11-pointer/cursor is so small, that most of the time I don't even see > it. All solutions to increase the cursor size without using gnome or > similar tools involve the installation of a scalable font and then > incresing the size of the cursor. However I don't manage to make this > work on guix. > > Does anyone maybe have a working solution for this which they can share? > > Cheers, Alex Hi Alex, I also run EXWM as my window manager under Guix System. I manage my keyboard and cursor settings in my ~/.xsession file. For the cursor settings, I use xsetroot like so: ``` # Change cursor to left arrow xsetroot -cursor_name left_ptr ``` Take a look at its man page for quite a few options related to setting the cursor file and size. Happy hacking! 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