Gnucash won't edit lines after update to Kubuntu 14.04

Tony Likhite tony at likhite.net
Sat Aug 16 09:55:49 EDT 2014


I had the same problem with  Lubuntu 14.04. Per
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnucash/+bug/1306500, try running
'ibus exit' before you start gnucash and see if that affects the problem.


On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 8:37 PM, David Kreinick <dlk8 at cornell.edu> wrote:

> On 08/14/2014 07:59 PM, John Ralls wrote:
>
>> On Aug 14, 2014, at 9:43 AM, David Kreinick <dlk8 at cornell.edu> wrote:
>>
>>  Ever since I upgraded my OS to Kubuntu 14.04 from 12.04, I am unable to
>>> use the keyboard to edit transaction lines.  The delete and backspace keys
>>> don't work, and typing in text has no effect. There is a workaround:  I
>>> select the text I want to replace with the mouse, and type in the
>>> replacement text.  I have not seen this behavior in any other programs.
>>> I am running gnucash 2.6.1 on an Intel Core I-5.
>>>
>> Does text entry work anywhere else? The easiest place to try is likely
>> the account editor (select the "new" button when the Accounts page is
>> visible).
>>
>> Regards,
>> John Ralls
>>
>>
>>      Yes, John, that does work.  If I select a "new" account I can type
> into the name field and the backspace and delete keys work fine.  I only
> see the problem when trying to edit on an existing or new transaction line.
>             dlk
>
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