@Jan Corazza, you are right, if I long-press Alt, the same issue occurs. However, I do not see a flickering in my gedit window, but that may be a side-effect that is visible, or not visible, depending on the user's hardware and monitor.
** Description changed: 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 cursos is invisible while hovering over the gedit window. - Notice that the gedit cursor is no longer blinking. + Notice that the mouse pinter is invisible while hovering over the gedit window. Notice that the gedit cursor is no longer blinking. - $ uname -a + $ 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 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gedit in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1387219 Title: Mouse pointer disappears and cursor stops blinking To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gedit/+bug/1387219/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
