This is a Confirmed bug, but it has not been assigned, so I don't think a solution is in sight, yet.
Gedit is such a critical application for me, I had to reinstall Ubuntu 14.04. As a result, I can't test if upstream GTK+3 v 4.14 solves the problem, or if this is an incorrect hunch on my part. If anyone wants to try, you can download the appropriate deb file directly from Debian and install it using dpkg -i ... AMD64 https://packages.debian.org/jessie/amd64/libgtk-3-0/download i386 https://packages.debian.org/jessie/i386/libgtk-3-0/download If you try this, remember, libgtk-3-0 v 3.14.4-1 is still in testing. Also please share your findings with us. -- 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 “gedit” 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. $ 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/ubuntu/+source/gedit/+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