[This bug report is forwarded from Debian's BTS by gedit's maintainer. View
the original bug at http://bugs.debian.org/179424 ]

Sometimes 'gedit' shows two text cursors -- NOT including the mouse 
pointer, which of course should always be there.  Unfortunately,
the bug is tricky to reproduce!  Here's a 10 step method for 
seeing the "two text cursors" bug:

1) Put a fair sized scratch-pad file in the /tmp directory:
    # cp /usr/share/doc/gedit/README /tmp/

2) Open it:
    # gedit /tmp/README

3) Hit 'Ctrl-END'.

4) Move the cursor up to the start of the second to last paragraph,
which begins with "If you are interested in helping..."

5) Hit 'END'. Now the cursor should be one space after "see the".

6) Hit 'delete'.  The next line is added, so it says "see the file...".

7) Hit the down-arrow, then the spacebar, then 'delete'.  Another line
is added.

8) Again hit the down-arrow, then spacebar, then 'delete'.  A third 
line is added.

9) Hit the down-arrow.  The cursor should be just after "todos."

10) Hit the down-arrow.  Wait a moment.  Now there's two cursors.  
The first is just after the "todos." and does not blink.  
The second is on the next line and does blink.

Note: I have virtual desktops running in sawfish.  If I switch away 
from the desktop with 'gedit' and then switch back, the first (unblinking)
cursor vanishes.  But if I press 'up-arrow', then 'down-arrow', the
two cursors reappear.

Tis a complicated tale, but I hope this helps...