weird keyboard problem

weird keyboard problem

[qwms-avib]

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
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Re: weird keyboard problem

[jude dashiell]

antiword doesn't do that.

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Re: weird keyboard problem

[James Hatridge]

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Hi Steven et al...

You must be using an older version of AbiWord. This was "normal" with the 
verison that shipped with SuSE 7.3. But when I upgraded to SuSE 8.1 it was 
corrected. So I think that the anwser for you is to get the newst version and 
use it. 

Hope this help,

JIM

On Sunday 20 July 2003 03:01, qwms-avib@dea.spamcon.org wrote:
> 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
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