Bug 730504

Summary:	Firefox/Thunderbird stops accepting input from keyboard
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	gcarter
Component:	thunderbird	Assignee:	Gecko Maintainer <gecko-bugs-nobody>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	15	CC:	gecko-bugs-nobody, mcepl
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Description gcarter 2011-08-13 20:37:57 UTC

Description of problem:

Input seems to stop working in firefox and thunderbird.   I start typing and input just stops working.

It is very annoying.   Happens I think mostly in Firefox, Thunderbird, I think.  I can get it too work again by focusing on a different window, type something then refocus back on where I left off so it starts accepting input again.


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How reproducible:

Haven't been able to reproduce it.   I will update the bug as I work on it.

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Actual results:

Stops accepting Keyboard Input

Expected results:

Should allow keyboard input.

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Comment 1 Matěj Cepl 2011-09-04 00:48:22 UTC

Seems like a window manager issue to me. Which one do you use? Gnome, KDE, or something else?

We will review this issue again once you've had a chance to attach this information.

Thanks in advance.

Comment 2 gcarter 2011-09-04 16:46:05 UTC

I discovered what the problem was.

When I write in Chinese, the input method i was using SCIM, would crash Thunderbird.

I have since removed SCIM, and have switched to the pinyin-ibus method.

很好！！

Pinyin-ibus has its own issues, but at least it does crash my app I am working in.

;-)

So I think we can close this ticket.

-gc

Comment 3 gcarter 2011-11-12 22:17:45 UTC

resolved by switching to ibus and dumping scim.