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Bug 747924 - Mouse pointer disappears and cursor stops blinking
Mouse pointer disappears and cursor stops blinking
Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE
Product: gedit
Classification: Applications
Component: general
3.10.x
Other Linux
: Normal major
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Assigned To: Gedit maintainers
Gedit maintainers
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+so...
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2015-04-15 14:11 UTC by Henrik Steffensen
Modified: 2016-01-13 10:31 UTC
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Description Henrik Steffensen 2015-04-15 14:11:15 UTC
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 Lenovo-M3070 3.16.0-34-generic #45-Ubuntu SMP Mon Mar 23 17:21:27 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 14.10
Release: 14.10
Codename: utopic

Bug has been submitted through Ubuntu channels, dating back as far as October 2014, and users switch text-editor out of frustration from this bug, all though a bugfix seems to be found, doing the install of ibus-gtk (not ibus-gtk3).
Comment 1 Sébastien Wilmet 2015-04-17 18:44:12 UTC
I think it's a downstream/packaging bug in Ubuntu. I don't have this bug neither on Fedora nor with Jhbuild.

As you said there is a missing package.

Also, Ubuntu has the tendency to mix gnome versions between modules. This is also a source of bugs. gedit 3.10 is meant to be used with gtk+ 3.10, gedit 3.16 with gtk+ 3.16, etc.
Comment 2 Sébastien Wilmet 2015-04-17 18:52:23 UTC
Or it's maybe the same bug as bug #658458.
Comment 3 Sébastien Wilmet 2015-10-25 10:47:09 UTC
Can you try with a more recent version of gedit? 3.18 or 3.16, currently.
Comment 4 Sébastien Wilmet 2016-01-13 10:31:38 UTC
Closing this bug report as no further information has been provided. Please feel free to reopen this bug report if you can provide the information that was asked for in a previous comment.
Thanks!