This happens to me as of now - it's been going on for a while. Software versions:
(andrey)eastein@talisker ~/git/andrey :) $ apt-show-versions |egrep 'gedit|libibus' gedit:amd64/utopic 3.10.4-0ubuntu6 uptodate gedit-common:all/utopic 3.10.4-0ubuntu6 uptodate libibus-1.0-5:amd64/utopic 1.5.8-2ubuntu2 uptodate (andrey)eastein@talisker ~/git/andrey :) $ cat /etc/issue Ubuntu 14.10 \n \l -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gedit in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1387219 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 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gtksourceview/+bug/1387219/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
