I can confirm this with Ubuntu 6.10, either with the (g)mplayer that's in the depository or the latest version of mplayer that I compiled myself.
Maybe it's a issue with mplayer itself and not Ubuntu? -- Mouse cursor does not hide in gmplayer in gl, gl2, sdl vo modes https://launchpad.net/bugs/64901 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
