Description of problem: On RHEL6 and older Fedora versions, a machine running a synergy client had a visible mouse pointer even if that machine had no mouse connected. Now that I've upgraded the clients to Fedora 19, there is no mouse pointer visible unless I plug a real mouse into the machine. I actually suspect this is a problem of something else (gdm? gnome shell?) but thought someone who knows about synergy may have a better idea where to point the finger. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): synergy-1.4.10-1.fc19.x86_64 (synergy server is same version, but running on Fedora 17) gnome-shell-3.8.3-2.fc19.x86_64 gdm-3.8.1.1-6.fc19.x86_64 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. reboot a machine running synergy client and unplug its mouse before it starts up. 2. Move the mouse from the synergy server over onto the client's screen. Actual results: Mouse movement and clicks *do* still work (as long as you can guess the right amount of movement to get the invisible pointer where you want it), but the pointer is completely invisible except for a very short period right after you hit the Login button. Additional info: I'm not sure if this was a problem with F18, as I upgraded the machine with no mouse directly from F16 to F19.
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I just tested this on my F21 box - unplugged the mouse hanging out the back of the machine and rebooted - and it is still a problem with F21, so I'm changing the version. The symptoms are exactly the same - mouse pointer is invisible on the machine running synergyc, but it is still moving and if you guess correctly at the location, you can make stuff happen. Also, I've just noticed that it isn't necessary to keep the physical mouse plugged in - just temporarily plug it in and move the synergy-sourced mouse over onto that screen, then unplug the physical mouse; the pointer remains visible until you logout/login again (which presumably re-initializes something and loses the mouse pointer display).
Additional info - I just built the rawhide version of synergy (1.6.2-1) on my F20 synergy server and tried connecting to a synergy client on a virtual machine running Fedora rawhide (also 1.6.2-1) as well as on a physical machine running F21 with synergy-1.6.2-1. The mouse cursor was again invisible when moving to the client in both cases. So, 1) synergy 1.6 has the same problem 2) synergyc running on a virtual machine has the same problem as synergyc running on a machine with no physical mouse connected.
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As of Fedora 22, the version of synergy is still 1.6.2-1, but when I performed the same test as Comment 2 (same hardware) the mouse pointer *was* visible. So this problem must have had a cause somewhere else in the stack and it's now solved, so I'll give it a more honorable burial than just EOL.