This happens to me as of now - it's been going on for a while. Software versions:
(andrey)eastein@talisker ~/git/andrey :) $ apt-show-versions |egrep 'gedit|libibus' gedit:amd64/utopic 3.10.4-0ubuntu6 uptodate gedit-common:all/utopic 3.10.4-0ubuntu6 uptodate libibus-1.0-5:amd64/utopic 1.5.8-2ubuntu2 uptodate (andrey)eastein@talisker ~/git/andrey :) $ cat /etc/issue Ubuntu 14.10 \n \l -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1387219 Title: Mouse pointer disappears and cursor stops blinking To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gtksourceview/+bug/1387219/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs