As stated in previous posts, the problem is caused by a ubuntu patch in the mplayer package. That patch tries to avoid the screensaver to turn on by moving the mouse cursor from time to time. smplayer receives that mouse event and shows the cursor because it thinks it has been moved by the user.
-- 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
