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Keshav Mohta

White Mouse Cursor issue in Ubuntu 24.04

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Fix for White square Cursor issue in Ubuntu

if mouse cursor comes as white square in Ubuntu 24.04

then first check which mouse theme you are using; for that install gnome tweaks

Terminal window
> sudo apt install gnome-tweaks

Now open it and check under Appearance > Cursor

Now open file Manager and navigate to icons directory

Terminal window
> cd /usr/share/icons

then cursor theme sub directory ( in my case cursor theme is DMZ-Black )

Terminal window
> cd DMZ-Black/cursors

and run below command

Terminal window
> sudo ln -s left_ptr default

Your issue will be resolved