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[Bug 1387219] Re: Mouse pointer disappears and cursor stops blinking

 

Confirm this bug on Ubuntu 14.10 64 bit.

uname -a:
Linux Laptop 3.16.0-31-generic #43-Ubuntu SMP Tue Mar 10 17:37:36 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

dpkg -s ibus-gtk3
Package: ibus-gtk3
Status: install ok installed
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Installed-Size: 118
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Architecture: amd64
Multi-Arch: same
Source: ibus
Version: 1.5.8-2ubuntu2
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.31.8), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.7.0), libibus-1.0-5 (>= 1.5.4), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0)

Intalling ibus-gtk did not fix the issue.

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Title:
  Mouse pointer disappears and cursor stops blinking

Status in GtkSourceView Widget:
  Expired
Status in anjuta package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in gedit package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in ibus package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Open gedit.
  Notice the cursor is blinking.
  Type a few lines of text.
  Highilight some of the text.
  Press <CTRL><c> to cut the text.
  Notice that the mouse ponter is invisible while hovering over the gedit window. Notice that the gedit cursor is no longer blinking.

  ***Workaround***
  sudo apt-get install ibus-gtk

   $ uname -a
  Linux XYZ 3.16.0-23-generic #31-Ubuntu SMP Tue Oct 21 17:56:17 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
  $ lsb_release -a
  No LSB modules are available.
  Distributor ID:	Ubuntu
  Description:	Ubuntu 14.10
  Release:	14.10
  Codename:	utopic

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