[opensuse] Cannot type text in Libreoffice

James P. Bland

13 Mar 2011 13 Mar '11

15:04

Using the rpms from the repository or 11.4 DVD I am unable to enter text in any Libreoffice app. I can cut and paste text though. This is a fresh install of 11.4, but also had the issue in 11.3. I was able to work around it in 11.3 by downloading and installing rpms from the LO site. I'm at my wits ends here. Can anyone help? Thanks, James -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

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Oddball

13 Mar 13 Mar

17:32

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Using the rpms from the repository or 11.4 DVD I am unable to enter text in any Libreoffice app. I can cut and paste text though. This is a fresh install of 11.4, but also had the issue in 11.3. I was able to work around it in 11.3 by downloading and installing rpms from the LO site. I'm at my wits ends here. Can anyone help?

Thanks, James Over here when i want to close LO, there is a requester which only

Op 13-03-11 16:04, James P. Bland schreef: option is 'save', but you cannot do anything with it. Than the whole desktop falls apart, and nothing is readable anymore. As Kpatience 'crashes', when i shut down, the crashagent comes up, but the whole screen is shattered, so not possible to find the place where the close button is, i have to reboot with the hardware button. Than everything gets restored, and the whole story starts over again...(lol) -- Enjoy your time around, Oddball (M9.) (Now or never...) OS: Linux 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop x86_64 Huidige gebruiker: oddball@AMD64x2sfn1 Systeem: openSUSE 11.4 (x86_64) KDE: 4.6.00 (4.6.0) "release 6" -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Oddball

17:50

Op 13-03-11 18:32, Oddball schreef:

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Using the rpms from the repository or 11.4 DVD I am unable to enter text in any Libreoffice app. I can cut and paste text though. This is a fresh install of 11.4, but also had the issue in 11.3. I was able to work around it in 11.3 by downloading and installing rpms from the LO site. I'm at my wits ends here. Can anyone help?

Thanks, James Over here when i want to close LO, there is a requester which only

Op 13-03-11 16:04, James P. Bland schreef: option is 'save', but you cannot do anything with it. Than the whole desktop falls apart, and nothing is readable anymore. As Kpatience 'crashes', when i shut down, the crashagent comes up, but the whole screen is shattered, so not possible to find the place where the close button is, i have to reboot with the hardware button. Than everything gets restored, and the whole story starts over again...(lol)

After several fails and restarts LO has a complete requester, and is able to shut down, without destroying the desktop.. (i have always used Oo in the past..) Writing is possible here... It has taken over the settings (fonts and fontsize from the last document i wrote..) from my Oo writer, maybe that is why it went wrong at start, but i donot know for sure.. -- Enjoy your time around, Oddball (M9.) (Now or never...) OS: Linux 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop x86_64 Huidige gebruiker: oddball@AMD64x2sfn1 Systeem: openSUSE 11.4 (x86_64) KDE: 4.6.00 (4.6.0) "release 6" -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Harrie Baken

18:36

Hallo Oddball, op 2011-03-13 18:32 schreef je:

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i have to reboot with the hardware button.

That's rude! 8^) Did you try this first? Holding down Alt+SysRq, type: "reisub". -- Harrie Baken | Tekstbureau TekstBaken Copy-editing - proofreading - seo http://www.tekstbaken.nl/ | harriebaken@linux.com IRCNet #TekstBaken | Skype: harricot Registered Linux user #366560 | openSUSE 11.3 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Oddball

18:56

Op 13-03-11 19:36, Harrie Baken schreef:

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Hallo Oddball, op 2011-03-13 18:32 schreef je:

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i have to reboot with the hardware button.

That's rude! 8^) Did you try this first? Holding down Alt+SysRq, type: "reisub".

No, but if you've had seen how my screen looked like, you would have probably not have thought about that. Beside that: SysRq does not exist on my keyboard, this is a desktop. But it was funny to see the screen getting all garbled up..lol.. -- Enjoy your time around, Oddball (M9.) (Now or never...) OS: Linux 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop x86_64 Huidige gebruiker: oddball@AMD64x2sfn1 Systeem: openSUSE 11.4 (x86_64) KDE: 4.6.00 (4.6.0) "release 6" -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Harrie Baken

20:10

Hallo Oddball, op 2011-03-13 19:56 schreef je:

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i have to reboot with the hardware button.

That's rude! 8^) Did you try this first? Holding down Alt+SysRq, type: "reisub".

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No, but if you've had seen how my screen looked like, you would have probably not have thought about that.

Yes, weird screens happen. But I'll never forget "to reisub" first.

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Beside that: SysRq does not exist on my keyboard, this is a desktop. [...]

Well, Alt+Print Screen will do, unless you have a really crippled keyboard. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_request http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_SysRq_key http://fosswire.com/post/2007/09/fix-a-frozen-system-with-the-magic-sysrq-ke... -- Harrie Baken | Tekstbureau TekstBaken Copy-editing - proofreading - seo http://www.tekstbaken.nl/ | harriebaken@linux.com IRCNet #TekstBaken | Skype: harricot Registered Linux user #366560 | openSUSE 11.3 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Oddball

14 Mar 14 Mar

06:59

Op 13-03-11 21:10, Harrie Baken schreef:

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Hallo Oddball, op 2011-03-13 19:56 schreef je:

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i have to reboot with the hardware button.

That's rude! 8^) Did you try this first? Holding down Alt+SysRq, type: "reisub".

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No, but if you've had seen how my screen looked like, you would have probably not have thought about that.

Yes, weird screens happen. But I'll never forget "to reisub" first.

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Beside that: SysRq does not exist on my keyboard, this is a desktop. [...]

Well, Alt+Print Screen will do, unless you have a really crippled keyboard.

(to tell you the truth: i did not know about these commands...;-) Are they to use when you can't see what you're doing, and than they result in soft reset? -- Enjoy your time around, Oddball (M9.) (Now or never...) OS: Linux 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop x86_64 Huidige gebruiker: oddball@AMD64x2sfn1 Systeem: openSUSE 11.4 (x86_64) KDE: 4.6.00 (4.6.0) "release 6" -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Doug

00:17

On 03/13/2011 02:56 PM, Oddball wrote:

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Op 13-03-11 19:36, Harrie Baken schreef:

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Hallo Oddball, op 2011-03-13 18:32 schreef je:

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i have to reboot with the hardware button.

That's rude! 8^) Did you try this first? Holding down Alt+SysRq, type: "reisub".

No, but if you've had seen how my screen looked like, you would have probably not have thought about that. Beside that: SysRq does not exist on my keyboard, this is a desktop. But it was funny to see the screen getting all garbled up..lol..

All the keyboards I have seen have SysRq or SysReq on the Print Screen key. I don't know what control function you need to access it--shift, or ctrl, or alt, or what. --doug-- Blessed are the peacemakers...for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A. M. Greeley -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Oddball

07:01

Op 14-03-11 01:17, Doug schreef:

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On 03/13/2011 02:56 PM, Oddball wrote:

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Op 13-03-11 19:36, Harrie Baken schreef:

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Hallo Oddball, op 2011-03-13 18:32 schreef je:

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i have to reboot with the hardware button.

That's rude! 8^) Did you try this first? Holding down Alt+SysRq, type: "reisub".

No, but if you've had seen how my screen looked like, you would have probably not have thought about that. Beside that: SysRq does not exist on my keyboard, this is a desktop. But it was funny to see the screen getting all garbled up..lol..

All the keyboards I have seen have SysRq or SysReq on the Print Screen key. I don't know what control function you need to access it--shift, or ctrl, or alt, or what.

PrintScreen is there....

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--doug--

Blessed are the peacemakers...for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A. M. Greeley

Amen.. -- Enjoy your time around, Oddball (M9.) (Now or never...) OS: Linux 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop x86_64 Huidige gebruiker: oddball@AMD64x2sfn1 Systeem: openSUSE 11.4 (x86_64) KDE: 4.6.00 (4.6.0) "release 6" -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

James P. Bland

18 Mar 18 Mar

22:47

Getting back to the original topic... I found that the error was due to SCIM. I had to add the following to my .bashrc "export OOO_FORCE_DESKTOP=kde". ----- Original Message -----

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From: "Oddball" To: opensuse@opensuse.org Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 3:01:59 AM Subject: Re: [opensuse] Cannot type text in Libreoffice

Op 14-03-11 01:17, Doug schreef:

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On 03/13/2011 02:56 PM, Oddball wrote:

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Op 13-03-11 19:36, Harrie Baken schreef:

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Hallo Oddball, op 2011-03-13 18:32 schreef je:

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i have to reboot with the hardware button.

That's rude! 8^) Did you try this first? Holding down Alt+SysRq, type: "reisub".

No, but if you've had seen how my screen looked like, you would have probably not have thought about that. Beside that: SysRq does not exist on my keyboard, this is a desktop. But it was funny to see the screen getting all garbled up..lol..

All the keyboards I have seen have SysRq or SysReq on the Print Screen key. I don't know what control function you need to access it--shift, or ctrl, or alt, or what.

PrintScreen is there....

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--doug--

Blessed are the peacemakers...for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A. M. Greeley

Amen..

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Enjoy your time around,

Oddball (M9.) (Now or never...)

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Petr Mladek

31 Mar 31 Mar

14:46

James P. Bland píše v Pá 18. 03. 2011 v 18:47 -0400:

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Getting back to the original topic...

I found that the error was due to SCIM. I had to add the following to my .bashrc "export OOO_FORCE_DESKTOP=kde".

The bug is fixed in the LibreOffice:Stable repositories: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/LibreOffice:/Stable/ We are going to provide an official maintenance update for openSUSE-11.4. Best Regards, Petr -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

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