Ubuntu
poedit package

Keyboard input does not work as expected

Bug #1397116 reported by drei
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poedit (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
High
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Bug Description

Opening a .po file in poedit is possible, however, editing the file is not. I can enter ASCII characters just fine but the backspce key doesn't work, umlauts and other combined characters don't work. The only combined character that seems to be working is @. I had especially trouble entering «»¢„“~ which are all working as expected in other applications like in Firefox now.

When entering a translation window the mouse cursor also starts flickering as if the text field is doing something. I sometimes see this when apps have a continuous stream of input and thus stops being responsive. Still this doesn't really explain why it's not even working with backspace.

I am using Gnome Ubuntu 14.04 (originally via Lubuntu 14.04) I have Gnome 3.14 (via the gnome ppas) I have also the latest po edit installed.

Tags: gnome3 utopic
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drei (dreinull) wrote :

Tried again, this time from Terminal. This is the error message I get:

** (poedit:30057): WARNING **: Error converting text from IM to UTF-8: Invalid byte sequence in conversion input

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in poedit (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Aminda Suomalainen (mikaela) wrote :

I also started experiencing this issue some time ago. I can input all other characters than Ä/Ö (I didn't try Å). My keyboard is Finnish.

Whenever I try to type those letters, I see the same errors in terminal.

`** (poedit:14304): WARNING **: Error converting text from IM to UTF-8: Invalid byte sequence in conversion input`

It's also weird that this issue affects only my desktop, Poedit with same Ubuntu 14.10 works without any issues.

Alberto Salvia Novella (es20490446e)
Changed in poedit (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
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Adolfo Jayme Barrientos (fitojb) wrote :

Poedit has been upgraded in Ubuntu Vivid. Can you still reproduce the issue with that version?

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drei (dreinull) wrote :

That would be 15.04? I run ubuntu on an older MBP without DVD drive. So any risky upgrades are out of the question right now. Maybe someone else can check this?

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wmwmwm (index-html) wrote :

I think i am having same problem too.

I was using ubuntu 14.10 upraged incrementally since 12.04. Poedit was working beautifully. (I still have same system on my other harddrive working.)

But i brought a new hdd, and installed a fresh ubuntu 14.10 then, poedit does not work as expected.

Symptoms:

POEDIT 1.5.4

None of the non-english characters work. For instance: ı, ö, Ö,ç,Ç,ü,Ü,ğ,Ğ etc.
Also sometimes ö character acts as backspace. Also backspace does not work too.

If i continue to push those characters fast, poedit crashes and closes itself.

Is there any way to solve this problem on our own without waiting for a new release?

Thanks.

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wmwmwm (index-html) wrote :

Also i checked my old harddrive, it is same version of a fresh install. (Ubuntu 14.10 and poedit 1.5.4)
But it is working beautifully.

I checked another fresh install 14.10, poedit does the same thing at it too.

This bug might be related to ubuntu core perhaps?

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wmwmwm (index-html) wrote :

I found out the gnome is buggy in last release. Upgrading gnome is fixed my problem. (also graphical glitch and freeze problems).

But now nautilus does not work perfectly. Now i gotta fix it :)

Here's the solution worked for me:
http://www.webupd8.org/2014/10/how-to-install-gnome-314-in-ubuntu.html

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wmwmwm (index-html) wrote :

Also I checked my old haddisk, gnome 3.10 also working just fine. This bug might be related to buggy gnome 3.12.

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wmwmwm (index-html) wrote :

Update:

Gnome 3.14 update produces same issues again. Had to downgrade to original gnome (3.12).

I'm going to install ubuntu 14.04 tomorrow. 14.04 is solid.

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