Mouse Cursor is always present (1 Viewer)

[tony3ridge]

Confirm. After 1.11 upgrade (skin Titan), mouse cursor is always present on screen. Mouse cursor disappearing after moving mouse.

[DOUBLEPOST=1428840125][/DOUBLEPOST]I too have this problem since upgrading mediaportal to 1.11
I have a logitech wireless keyboard with built in mouse.I enclose logs, hope they are of some help

So mouse always on screen (directly) ?
It can be a focus issue too.
Could you try to do alt+tab to select another app and back to select MP to have focus.
Could you try to disable TVSeries ? (i think i have read that it can be related even if i don't know why)
Thanks.

@Sebastiii
I can confirm mouse is always on screen
Tried the alt+tab to select another app then back to mp, mouse cursor still present
If I disable Tvseries, the cursor goes away

 

[volumia]

Updating MP-TVSeries to version 4.2.0.2138 fixed it for me.

 

[xppx]

Wow I thought I was the only one with this problem.
Not sure if it is related to MP 1.11 because the issue started after the very last update of StreamedMP [StreamedMP-3.1.0.3494].
The mouse pointer will only disapear if it was connected/found at start.
And as you can guess, I use my HTPC without a mouse. (don't need it, don't want it)

Setup: Windows 7 x64, MP 1.11.0, StreamedMP v3.1.0.3494.

I can verify that it only happens when there is no mouse connected to the system. If I put batteries in my mouse and the HTPC is rebooted it behaves as before: the mouse pointer disapears.

 

[Sebastiii]

Mouse cursor rework is old so something in SMP and/or TVS trigger this (it seems) but no clue why lol
Does it work now if you disable TVS (older version) ?
@ltfearme any idea ?

 

[xppx]

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As I said, the problem only started for me after installing StreamedMP [StreamedMP-3.1.0.3494] on top of MP 1.11. This is a must as the previous version of StreamedMP was not compatible anymore with 1.11 (editor crashed).

One of the packages of StreamedMP is MP-TVSeries.

I did the update as suggested by @volumia and the issue seemed to be gone.The mouse disappeared again even when the mouse is not connected.

HOWEVER ... the problem appeared again later on.

I was accessing the HTPC via VNC and this probably affected the behavior of MP.

When I did a cold restart later on, the problem - having a persistent cursor on top of MP - was again there.

Perhaps this can help you pinpoint the problem:

• When I reboot the HTPC with an unconnected mouse (batteries out)
• And when MP (1.11) is started up with StreamedMP [3.1.0.3494] as skin
  
• The mouse pointer/cursor is shown and remains in the middle of the screen during MP browsing and playback of video's
  
• BUT
• If I put the batteries in the mouse and as such activate the mouse, and the HTPC recognizes the mouse (takes 1 sec)
• Then after 2-3 seconds the mouse pointer/cursor disappears from the MP screen
• So just activating the mouse is sufficient to get the right behavior - you do not even have to move the mouse
  
• Afterwards you can deactivate the mouse again (take the batteries out) and during that MP session the mouse cursor will remain invisible

I tried several ways to get the mouse pointer invisible again: Alt-TAB or 'always on top' the MP configuration. They do not work.
nb. I've been using MP since 2006 - first time I encountered this problem

So in short:

• The problem with the persistent mouse pointer started after a mandatory major upgrade of StreamedMP [3.1.0.3494] on top of MP 1.11
• The only way I found to get the previous MP behavior is activating the mouse at a given time before or after MP is started

 

[volumia]

Sorry to say that the cursor shows up again on one of the mediacenters (Intel NUC) that I thought I'd fixed initially.
Even tried to move the installation from a working version, but no joy.
I did notice, that on the faulty one it takes well over 30 seconds to load the keymap.xml.

After the failed test, I reverted back to the original installation and kept the logs after first run. For some reason I don't seem to be able to upload them here, so if I put them here: http://www.haleysystems.nl/var/log.zip.

 

[tony3ridge]

I too updated to the latest tvseries plugin, it seemed to have worked, the mouse pointer had gone, however it is back again.I am not sure if it is a skin issue, as I am running the xtreme skin.The mouse issue is only fixed when mptvseries is removed

 

[xppx]

The mouse issue is only fixed when mptvseries is removed

No it is no skin issue. I just mentioned StreamedMP because it includes MP-TVSeries.

I'm pretty sure that the issue has been introduced via MP-TVSeries. If I remove StreamedMP - and as such MP-TVSeries - the mouse issue is fixed.

After some more testing the only way now to assure that your mouse cursor disappears - when using MP-TVSeries - is:
- to have a mouse connected; (can be connected after MediaPortal has started!)
- to at least have moved the mouse 1 pixel;

 

[volumia]

I'll try hooking up a mouse tomorrow when I get home from work.
Already know that a Logitech keyboard with built-in touch pad doesn't work...

 

[tony3ridge]

The mouse issue is only fixed when mptvseries is removed

No it is no skin issue. I just mentioned StreamedMP because it includes MP-TVSeries.

I'm pretty sure that the issue has been introduced via MP-TVSeries. If I remove StreamedMP - and as such MP-TVSeries - the mouse issue is fixed.

After some more testing the only way now to assure that your mouse cursor disappears - when using MP-TVSeries - is:
- to have a mouse connected; (can be connected after MediaPortal has started!)
- to at least have moved the mouse 1 pixel;

I agree, connecting a mouse does solve the problem, however the mouse cursor problem only appeared for me when upgrading to media portal 1.11 There must be something there causing it?