Openoffice mouse pointer disappears in draw

[mart_in_brasil]

Hi,

Using OpenOffice draw {2.4} on Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy the mouse pointer disappears when I try to draw anything. The other cursors for selecting/re-sizing etc.,. are available. The mark on the ruler for the XY position is updated OK.

I tried a couple of things, changing the System->Preferences->Appearance; both the complete theme and customizing the pointer inside the theme, {and restarting X to make sure the changes take effect}.

I do not know if this a theme problem or an OpenOffice problem. Since the cursor might be specific to that particular point in the Draw App it might be an OO problem.

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Martin

[jpeddicord]

Moved to Desktop Environments.

[mart_in_brasil]

Also tried deleting the hidden .OpenOffice etc.,. working directory created in home

[mart_in_brasil]

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