I guess smplayer is the bad guy. OR at least smplayer makes mplayer behave bad.
** Package changed: mplayer (Ubuntu) => smplayer (Ubuntu) -- A mouse pointer keeps reappearing during video playback in smplayer https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/455073 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs