In order to switch between workplaces and simultaneously highlight the current mouse cursor position, I have associated shortcuts to certain keys. They activate one the commands
sh -c "wmctrl -s 0; xfce4-find-cursor"
sh -c "wmctrl -s 1; xfce4-find-cursor"
sh -c "wmctrl -s 2; xfce4-find-cursor"
sh -c "wmctrl -s 3; xfce4-find-cursor"
depending on which key I press. These associations worked well on a Xubuntu 22.04 system, but the cursor highlighting part does not work on my Xubuntu 20.04. Switching workplaces works under Xubuntu 20.04.
Looking into it, I found that ls -l /usr/bin/xfce4-find-cursor returns
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 18760 2020-04-12 18:15 /usr/bin/xfce4-find-cursor
sudo /usr/bin/xfce4-find-cursor works as expected: it highlights the current mouse cursor position on the screen. Apparently xfce4-find-cursor does nothing or is not even invoked, although the x-bit is present for ugo!
I tried to change owner rights such that my account becomes owner. But then I got this error message:
(process:3700): xfce4-accessibility-settings-ERROR **: 23:25:20.509: Failed to connect to xfconf daemon: Could not connect: Permission denied.
Trace/Breakpoint ausgelöst (Speicherabzug geschrieben)
Of course I reverted the owner back to root:root after I saw this error message.
What does it mean?
How can I invoke xfce4-find-cursor as a normal user by a script under Xubuntu 20.04, such that it actually highlights the mouse cursor position?
