Re: tiny Chromium mouse pointer

On Fri Aug 14 2026 at 08:00 AM +0200, mick.crane wrote:
> On 2026-08-14 02:14, Bill Brelsford wrote:
> > After updating chromium from 151.0.7922.71-1 to
> > 151.0.7922.108-1~deb13u1 the mouse pointer became very small.
> > I haven't seen any other reports of this, so wonder if my
> > configuration is somehow causing it. I'm running X11 with fvwm
> > window manager on Debian trixie (and sid). Vivaldi (chromium-based)
> > has the same problem starting with 8.1.4087.62-1. No other programs
> > seem to be affected. Suggestions?
> > 
> > Thanks..  Bill
> 
> I've no idea if this is the reason or if works but cursor size was 
> something I might want to change and online search arrived at, 
> https://linuxreviews.org/Linux_Desktop_Users_Who_Use_Qt_or_KDE_Software_May_Want_To_Hard-Code_QT_AUTO_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTOR_and_XCURSOR_SIZE
> 
> mick

Thank you!  Exporting XCURSOR_SIZE=x, with x depending on screen
resolution, fixes it for both chromium and vivaldi.  Or at least
is a good workaround until the apparent bug is fixed.

Bill