Bug#942801: gnome-shell: Invisible mouse pointer

Thomas Renard cybaer42 at web.de
Mon Oct 21 19:04:57 BST 2019


Package: gnome-shell
Version: 3.34.1-1
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,

The mouse pointer gets invisible on desktop background and the shell
elements after some desktop actions. Application windows have a
full functional mouse pointer. Unfortunately I cannot explain which
situation gets the pointer invisible, probably suspending the laptop and
start it again.

* Move the mouse pointer around an application window (pointer can be
  seen)
* Move the pointer to the background or to the top bar

Expected: Mouse pointer is still visible
Actual behaviour: Mouse pointer gets invisible

It is quite difficult to explain when this effect occured. I assume it
began when changing to a 5.x kernel still with gnome-shell 3.2. No
changes with 3.4.

There are some ways to force a visible mouse pointer again, like opening
the "change background" dialog. But after some actions (switching between
windows of different programs) the cursor is invisible again.

I am using "focus on moving mouse over" set in tweak tool's window
tab.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: bullseye/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 5.2.0-3-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=de_DE.utf8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=de_DE.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages gnome-shell depends on:
ii  dconf-gsettings-backend [gsettings-backend]  0.34.0-1
ii  evolution-data-server                        3.34.1-1+b1
ii  gir1.2-accountsservice-1.0                   0.6.55-1
ii  gir1.2-atspi-2.0                             2.34.0-3
ii  gir1.2-freedesktop                           1.62.0-2
ii  gir1.2-gcr-3                                 3.33.4-2
ii  gir1.2-gdesktopenums-3.0                     3.34.0-2
ii  gir1.2-gdm-1.0                               3.34.1-1
ii  gir1.2-geoclue-2.0                           2.5.5-1
ii  gir1.2-glib-2.0                              1.62.0-2
ii  gir1.2-gnomebluetooth-1.0                    3.34.0-1
ii  gir1.2-gnomedesktop-3.0                      3.34.1-1
ii  gir1.2-gtk-3.0                               3.24.12-1
ii  gir1.2-gweather-3.0                          3.34.0-1
ii  gir1.2-ibus-1.0                              1.5.21-1
ii  gir1.2-mutter-5                              3.34.1-3
ii  gir1.2-nm-1.0                                1.20.4-2
ii  gir1.2-nma-1.0                               1.8.24-1
ii  gir1.2-pango-1.0                             1.42.4-7
ii  gir1.2-polkit-1.0                            0.105-26
ii  gir1.2-rsvg-2.0                              2.44.14-1
ii  gir1.2-soup-2.4                              2.68.2-1
ii  gir1.2-upowerglib-1.0                        0.99.11-1
ii  gjs                                          1.58.1-1
ii  gnome-backgrounds                            3.34.0-1
ii  gnome-settings-daemon                        3.34.1-1+b1
ii  gnome-shell-common                           3.34.1-1
ii  gsettings-desktop-schemas                    3.34.0-2
ii  libatk-bridge2.0-0                           2.34.1-1
ii  libatk1.0-0                                  2.34.1-1
ii  libc6                                        2.29-2
ii  libcairo2                                    1.16.0-4
ii  libcroco3                                    0.6.13-1
ii  libecal-2.0-1                                3.34.1-1+b1
ii  libedataserver-1.2-24                        3.34.1-1+b1
ii  libgcr-base-3-1                              3.33.4-2
ii  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0                           2.40.0+dfsg-1
ii  libgirepository-1.0-1                        1.62.0-2
ii  libgjs0g                                     1.58.1-1
ii  libgles2                                     1.1.0-1+b1
ii  libglib2.0-0                                 2.62.1-1
ii  libglib2.0-bin                               2.62.1-1
ii  libgnome-autoar-0-0                          0.2.3-2
ii  libgstreamer1.0-0                            1.16.1-1
ii  libgtk-3-0                                   3.24.12-1
ii  libical3                                     3.0.5-2
ii  libjson-glib-1.0-0                           1.4.4-2
ii  libmutter-5-0                                3.34.1-3
ii  libnm0                                       1.20.4-2
ii  libpango-1.0-0                               1.42.4-7
ii  libpangocairo-1.0-0                          1.42.4-7
ii  libpolkit-agent-1-0                          0.105-26
ii  libpolkit-gobject-1-0                        0.105-26
ii  libpulse-mainloop-glib0                      13.0-2
ii  libpulse0                                    13.0-2
ii  libsecret-1-0                                0.19.1-1
ii  libsystemd0                                  242-7
ii  libwayland-server0                           1.17.0-1
ii  libx11-6                                     2:1.6.8-1
ii  libxfixes3                                   1:5.0.3-1
ii  mutter                                       3.34.1-3
ii  python3                                      3.7.5-1

Versions of packages gnome-shell recommends:
pn  bolt                  <none>
ii  chrome-gnome-shell    10.1-5
ii  gdm3                  3.34.1-1
ii  gkbd-capplet          3.26.1-1
ii  gnome-control-center  1:3.34.1-1
ii  gnome-user-docs       3.34.0-2
ii  ibus                  1.5.21-1
ii  iio-sensor-proxy      2.4-2+b1
ii  switcheroo-control    1.3.1-2
ii  unzip                 6.0-25

Versions of packages gnome-shell suggests:
ii  gir1.2-telepathyglib-0.12   0.24.1-2+b1
ii  gir1.2-telepathylogger-0.2  0.8.2-3+b1

Versions of packages gnome-session depends on:
ii  gnome-session-bin      3.34.1-1
ii  gnome-session-common   3.34.1-1
ii  gnome-settings-daemon  3.34.1-1+b1

Versions of packages gnome-session suggests:
ii  desktop-base   10.0.3
ii  gnome-keyring  3.34.0-1

Versions of packages gnome-settings-daemon depends on:
ii  gnome-settings-daemon-common  3.34.1-1
ii  gsettings-desktop-schemas     3.34.0-2
ii  libasound2                    1.1.8-2
ii  libc6                         2.29-2
ii  libcairo2                     1.16.0-4
ii  libcanberra-gtk3-0            0.30-7
ii  libcanberra0                  0.30-7
ii  libcolord2                    1.4.3-4
ii  libcups2                      2.3.0-5
ii  libfontconfig1                2.13.1-2+b1
ii  libgcr-base-3-1               3.33.4-2
ii  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0            2.40.0+dfsg-1
ii  libgeoclue-2-0                2.5.5-1
ii  libgeocode-glib0              3.26.1-1
ii  libglib2.0-0                  2.62.1-1
ii  libgnome-desktop-3-18         3.34.1-1
ii  libgtk-3-0                    3.24.12-1
ii  libgudev-1.0-0                233-1
ii  libgweather-3-16              3.34.0-1
ii  liblcms2-2                    2.9-3+b1
ii  libmm-glib0                   1.10.4-0.1
ii  libnm0                        1.20.4-2
ii  libnotify4                    0.7.8-1
ii  libnspr4                      2:4.21-2
ii  libnss3                       2:3.45-1
ii  libpam-systemd                242-7
ii  libpango-1.0-0                1.42.4-7
ii  libpangocairo-1.0-0           1.42.4-7
ii  libpolkit-gobject-1-0         0.105-26
ii  libpulse-mainloop-glib0       13.0-2
ii  libpulse0                     13.0-2
ii  libupower-glib3               0.99.11-1
ii  libwacom2                     1.1-1
ii  libwayland-client0            1.17.0-1
ii  libx11-6                      2:1.6.8-1
ii  libxext6                      2:1.3.3-1+b2
ii  libxi6                        2:1.7.9-1

Versions of packages gnome-settings-daemon recommends:
ii  iio-sensor-proxy  2.4-2+b1
ii  pulseaudio        13.0-2

Versions of packages libgjs0g depends on:
ii  gir1.2-glib-2.0        1.62.0-2
ii  libc6                  2.29-2
ii  libcairo-gobject2      1.16.0-4
ii  libcairo2              1.16.0-4
ii  libffi6                3.2.1-9
ii  libgcc1                1:9.2.1-8
ii  libgirepository-1.0-1  1.62.0-2
ii  libglib2.0-0           2.62.1-1
ii  libmozjs-60-0          60.8.0-2
ii  libreadline8           8.0-3
ii  libstdc++6             9.2.1-8
ii  libx11-6               2:1.6.8-1

Versions of packages gnome-shell is related to:
ii  libegl-mesa0 [libegl-vendor]  19.2.1-1
ii  libgl1-mesa-dri               19.2.1-1
ii  libglx-mesa0 [libglx-vendor]  19.2.1-1

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