I'm stuck on a problem with the GIMP and have not been able to find any
solution, or even any mention of the problem, online.
I've never encountered anything like it before adopting my current
computing rig: Dell XPS-13 "9300" dual-booting Win10 and Linux Mint 20
Cinnamon, kernel 5.8.0-59-generic, Cinnamon 4.6.7, running an LG 27"
4K-res monitor (problem is similar with ASUS monitors and with no
external monitor at all). When connected to an external monitor, which
is most of the time, I use an Alogic VPLUCSD3O hub. My GIMP version is
2.10.18.
When I try to do anything in the GIMP involving selection, including
placing a text box, one of two things happens:
If I'm using my favourite trackball (Logitech M570 or Logitech MX Ergo),
I cannot do anything involving selection. When I choose the tool, a
cursor appears, and I can move it around, but clicking and dragging does
nothing at all.
If I'm using the trackpad on the XPS-13, the same cursor appears, but a
second, 'real' cursor (that places the start of the selection or text
box) is most of a screen's height above it. I can ignore the first
cursor, except that if I move it down far enough, it changes into my
usual Mint cursor and the 'real' cursor vanishes, so it's difficult to
get at some parts of the image.
My cursor is not standard, but I've tried others and the behaviour is
the same.
Any clues as to what's wrong and how I might investigate and fix it?
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