Bug#594856: xterm: pointer remains invisible after running aptitude

[Thomas Dickey <dickey@his.com>]

On Mon, 30 Aug 2010, Vincent Lefevre wrote:

> Package: xterm
> Version: 261-1
> Severity: normal
>
> After running aptitude and quitting it, the pointer remains invisible
> when one moves it, until one makes an xterm menu appear or one moves
> the pointer out of the xterm window. This is always reproducible.

this sounds like (man xterm):

       pointerMode (class PointerMode)
               Specifies when the pointer may be hidden as the user types.  It
               will be redisplayed if the user moves the mouse, or clicks  one
               of its buttons.

               0  never

               1  the  application  running  in  xterm has not activated mouse
                  mode.  This is the default.

               2  always.

(pointerMode resource was added at the beginning of 2008)

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