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When I press Alt in Gedit, and hold it for two seconds or so, the mouse cursor disappears, and then as I continue moving the mouse, the cursor starts flickering. The flickering happens only inside the writing area.

If I short press it, the HUD is activated, and the flickering is not.

Even when I release Alt, the cursor is still flashing, until I:

  • change focus to some other app by clicking on it and then switch back to Gedit
  • start dragging the window by its border
  • press Alt again

Ubuntu version: 14.10.

This doesn't happen on my laptop which has the same software versions.

What's going on and how can I get it back to normal?

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    I opened this bug regarding a similar issue I am experiencing: bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gedit/+bug/1387219. See if this is the same issue you are having and add information to the bug report to help pinpoint the issue/cause.
    – Enterprise
    Oct 29, 2014 at 15:01
  • I have somehow fixed the problem with gedit but I'm not entirely sure how but I'll elaborate encase it helps with finding a proper solution. Basically I installed GTK3.14.4-1 which removed ubuntu-desktop and some other apps. I then reinstalled the missing apps and then restarted my system and gedit was working again but the GTK3.14.4-1 package was broken and I couldn't install any new packages at all so I reverted GTK3 back to GTK3.12.2-0ubuntu15 to fix the broken packages but as far as I can gather the problem with gedit is now fixed.
    – Michael Lindman
    Nov 4, 2014 at 13:06

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Yes! It seems to be this Bug:

bugs.launchpad.net/.../1376494

bugs.launchpad.net/.../1387219

Solution:

sudo apt install ibus-gtk
# Logout/Login

There are some other Tools affected by this Bug i think ... e.g. gobby

My Hardware is an old Dell Vostro 3500 with SSD-Upgrade

$ uname -a
Linux V3500 3.16.0-28-generic #38-Ubuntu SMP Fri Dec 12 17:37:40 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
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If I recall correctly, I've noticed this happening on Utopic, but not on Trusty.

I use AMD hardware (my desktop uses either a HD 2400 PRO or a HD 7850; laptop uses a 7660G + 7670M on muxless; both use oibaf's PPA and relatively up-to-date kernels (3.18rc1 atm)). I've seen it happen on both computers.

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  • Indeed, I have only experienced this issue on Utopic. Furthermore, desktop has all-AMD hardware, which includes the CPU, GPU, and a compatible mobo mainly. My laptop, which also has Utopic, but Intel hardware, doesn't have this issue.
    – jcora
    Oct 27, 2014 at 17:22
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Installed ibus-gtk (ibus-gtk3 is already installed) and now everything is working properly.

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I noticed a mouse problem with gedit too (just moving into the window without pressing alt). You can install pluma, the MATE fork, to solve the problem:

sudo apt-get install pluma

Alternatively, you can install geany from universe:

sudo apt-get install geany

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    I think this is just a symptom, indicative of another problem, and I'd like to solve the actual underlying issue. It doesn't appear on my laptop as I've said,
    – jcora
    Oct 25, 2014 at 19:12

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