One possible explanation is that you had the input device mode set to
Window instead of Screen - see https://docs.gimp.org/en/gimp-
pimping.html#gimp-prefs-input-devices
This is useful occasionally if you want to have the full size of e.g. a
graphics tablet mapped to an image window.
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I have managed to resolve the problem by removing .gimp-2.8 and
restarting gimp.
I have kept the old version of the directory around, and am willing to
upload it somewhere if it will help to resolve this bug.
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my bad Volodya; i misread the bug report. i'm on ubuntustudio thats
probably why i have the ARandR. I've been told ARandR has been replaced
by XFCE display (the entry that you have in settings manager) I'm afraid
i can't help you more than this. Best of luck tho!
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In that case this is something that i do not have.
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1540759
Title:
Mouse cursor appears in the wrong position in Gimp
To manage
I was unable to reproduce the bug with a single screen, nor a dual screen.
Volodya: maybe there is an overlap in your ARandR settings? I'm just doing a
wild guess here, but if you havn't already check it: you will find the ARandR
settings in the Settings Manager in the "hardware" section.
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I should clarify that no such things happen in any other application.
My hardware section has: Additional Drivers, Bluetooth Manager, Display,
Keyboard, Mouse and Touchpad, Network Connections, Power Manager,
Printers, Removable Drives and Media. None of these can be abbreviated
as ARandR, so i
