Description of problem: Lxpanel + ibus + freemind (Java) After a few minute of usage, I lose keyboard input in the Java application. I had to kill the ibus daemon. See bug https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=800736 Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Freemind 0.9.0 LXPanel 0.5.6 (Fedora LXDE 15) java version "1.6.0_22" OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea6 1.10.6) (fedora-63.1.10.6.fc15-i386) OpenJDK Client VM (build 20.0-b11, mixed mode) ibus-daemon - Version 1.4.1 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Open Freemind 2. Type a few words 3. Actual results: I lose keyboard input in Freemind. I can only use the mouse. Additional info: The culprit is once again the LXDEPanel, see comment: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=800736#c6 Ibus panel icon conflicts with the LXDEPanel. Fedora 15 is soon EOL, and there is no LXDE Panel maintainer. But could you keep this bug open, for reference, until a new panel has come out?
It does not work. I had a respite of a few hours, removing the ibus icon from the panel, but the bug is back. I lose keyboard input in the Freemind window, unless I kill ibus-daemon. You rather close this bug. Sorry about it.
What makes you think the problem is in lxpanel? Did you ever try another panel or desktop?
(In reply to comment #2) > What makes you think the problem is in lxpanel? Did you ever try another panel > or desktop? by loose deduction. I first installed jedit at the request of fujiwara on notebook 1 (probably because it uses Swing as graphical system, as Freemind). I did not lose input (2 hours testing) with ibus-daemon running. Then I tried Freemind on my second notebook -- old panasonic let's note, with intel gpu 855 -- I had no problem using Freemind & ibus. I never had any problem with LXPanel on that notebook. Back to notebook 1. Since this notebook is affected by several lxpanel bugs (related or not?) - Firefox freeze the panel - LibreOffice freeze the panel I removed the ibus icon from the panel, to see if it would make a difference. Result: I used to lose keyboard input in Freemind after 3-5 minutes with ibus-daemon running, and the ibus icon in the panel. Now, after 5 hours of use (freemind & ibus-damon, no ibus icon in the panel) I have lost keyboard input in Freemind once. -- Can I install the XFCE panel (xfce4-panel) in LXDE without breaking anything? I was not aware of that. Should I try it and report
Yes, you can install xfce4-panel and use it in LXDE. You will need to edit /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE/autostart (and ~/.config/lxsession/LXDE/autostart if you have it) to call xfce4-panel instead of lxpanel. Please test and report back.
Any news here?
There are good news, and thank you for the tip. XFCE4 panel solved this issue[1], and all the other issues I had on this machine for years using LXDE. It took me some time to get by the new file manager Thunar, and the plug-ins, and DE env. I do like the simplicity of LXDE DE over XFCE, but I feel some frustration about the LXDE panel stage now. I will probably use the XFCE Spin on this notebook, when F-17 comes out. [1]Removing ibus from the lxde panel had already greatly reduced the lose of input in Freemind.
I find it hard to believe that this problem is caused by lxpanel, but nevertheless I'd like to ask you to test the update from https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/lxpanel-0.5.9-1.fc15
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