From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: qwms-avib@dea.spamcon.org Subject: weird keyboard problem Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2003 13:01:18 +1200 Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <20030720130118.4352e3be.qwms-avib@dea.spamcon.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from BasicLinux (202-154-142-177-tollfree.connections.net.nz [202.154.142.177]) by desire.actrix.co.nz (Postfix) with SMTP id 2AB2A1500D for <*Email Address Suppressed*>; Sun, 20 Jul 2003 13:01:19 +1200 (NZST) List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Linux-Newbie I have just installed AbiWord to my modified Slackware system. Everything is working fine, EXCEPT the letters/numbers on the keyboard. When I press a letter/number key nothing happens. All the other keys work: Space, Backspace, Home, End, UpArrow, DownArrow, LeftArrow, RightArrow, keys, PageUp, PageDown, Enter. Even the Ctrl and Alt combinations work (eg. I can exit AbiWork using Ctrl-Q). Mouse is fine: I can click on drop-down menus and select options. I can use the symbol tool (with the mouse) to enter letters/numbers. They show up on the screen just fine (it's just their keys that don't work). I can load documents and edit them using the keys that work (space, backspace, etc.). And here's the weirdest part: if I click on File->Save As, the letter/number keys all work in the little box. But as soon as I close the window and return to the main AbiWord text-entry area, the keys do nothing. I have never seen this problem before. The Ted wordprocessor is working fine on this system (and I've also run a couple of other wordprocessors without this problem). Mozilla runs fine. What's with AbiWord???? Cheers, Steven - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs