[SOLVED] No cursor in xfce4-notes, in Cinnamon 20.2

[ineuw]

I rely on xfce4-notes extensively, and recently the text cursor disappeared (but only in the app). I type or select text blindly, which makes for poor work . How can I correct this?

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System:    Kernel: 5.4.0-80-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0 
           Desktop: Cinnamon 5.0.5 Distro: Linux Mint 20.2 Uma base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal 
Machine:   Type: Desktop Mobo: ASRock model: B360 Pro4 serial: <filter> 
           UEFI: American Megatrends v: P4.30 date: 12/06/2019 
CPU:       Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Pentium Gold G5600 bits: 64 type: MT MCP 
           arch: Kaby Lake rev: B L2 cache: 4096 KiB 
           flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 31199 
           Speed: 800 MHz min/max: 800/3900 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 
           4: 800 
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel 8th Gen Core Processor Gaussian Mixture Model vendor: ASRock 
           driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.9 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa 
           resolution: 1536x864_59.00~59Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 630 (CFL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 20.2.6 
           direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH cAVS vendor: ASRock driver: snd_hda_intel 
           v: kernel bus ID: 00:1f.3 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-80-generic 
Network:   Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-V vendor: ASRock driver: e1000e v: 3.2.6-k 
           port: efa0 bus ID: 00:1f.6 
           IF: eno1 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 2.90 TiB used: 279.36 GiB (9.4%) 
           ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: SanDisk model: SDSSDHII120G size: 111.79 GiB 
           ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Seagate model: ST1000DM003-1SB10C size: 931.51 GiB 
           ID-3: /dev/sdc vendor: Seagate model: ST2000DM008-2FR102 size: 1.82 TiB 
           ID-4: /dev/sdd model: SATA3 64GB SSD size: 59.63 GiB 
Partition: ID-1: / size: 54.26 GiB used: 15.84 GiB (29.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdd3 
           ID-2: swap-1 size: 3.75 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sdd2 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 35.0 C mobo: N/A 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Info:      Processes: 216 Uptime: 47m Memory: 15.31 GiB used: 2.85 GiB (18.6%) 
           Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.3.0 Shell: bash v: 5.0.17 
           inxi: 3.0.38 

[Moonstone Man]

How can I correct this?

I did a small amount of google searching with different keywords but nothing remotely approaching your issue popped up. When xfce4-notes is run it creates a file: /home/your.username/.config/xfce4-notes.css, which loads yet another .css file out of /usr. Based on that, you might try changing the Cinnamon theme to see if that makes any difference.

[ineuw]

I did a small amount of google searching with different keywords but nothing remotely approaching your issue popped up. When xfce4-notes is run it creates a file: /home/your.username/.config/xfce4-notes.css, which loads yet another .css file out of /usr. Based on that, you might try changing the Cinnamon theme to see if that makes any difference.

Again much thanks. I also searched before posting. I saw the .css file but didn't know what to add. But now, at least I have an idea. I was under the impression that that it's managed by X.