Bug 170510

Summary:	Mouse Pointer Vanishes after busy application, leaving only swirling blue circle
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4	Reporter:	Bryan Che <bche>
Component:	redhat-artwork	Assignee:	David Zeuthen <davidz>
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Version:	4.0	CC:	mclasen
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Description Bryan Che 2005-10-12 14:28:16 UTC

Description of problem:

I just updated to RHEL 4 U2.  As part of that update, my mouse cursor's busy
icon changed to swirling blue circle below a mouse pointer.  But, often times,
the mouse pointer vanishes, and I am left with just the swirling blue circle
even though I have moved my mouse away from the busy application.  This makes
pointing at other applications or the desktop menus really difficult.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

RHEL 4 U2


How reproducible:


Steps to Reproduce:
1.  Make an application busy so that the swirling blue circle busy mouse icon
appears
2. Move the mouse to another app to a desktop menu
  
Actual results:

The mouse pointer disappears, and there is only the circle


Expected results:

The mouse pointer should be able to point at other apps


Additional info:

Comment 1 John (J5) Palmieri 2005-10-12 15:31:23 UTC

This should be no different from previous releases where the busy cursor was an
hourglass with no pointer.  The hotspot is in the center of the circle.  We do
have a "fix" in fedora where the busy cursor is the mouse pointer with the swirl
moving on an axis.  It did not get in on time for the U2 update.  If there are
more changes in redhat-artwork for U3 I will see if I can get it in.

Comment 2 Bryan Che 2005-10-12 15:43:52 UTC

Actually, sometimes I see the swirl with a mouse pointer above it, and sometimes
I see the swirl with no mouse pointer above it.  This inconsistency is what made
me first notice the behavior.  Also, the cursor should not display the circle
when I move away from the busy application.

Comment 3 John (J5) Palmieri 2005-10-12 15:50:46 UTC

Mozilla uses a different busy icon.  We switched to using that for everything
now in Fedora and it will be the default for RHEL5 but in previous RHEL's we
will need  a rec for it to be changed.

Comment 4 Jiri Pallich 2012-06-20 15:54:20 UTC

Thank you for submitting this issue for consideration in Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The release for which you requested us to review is now End of Life. 
Please See https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/

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