can't switch input method at all

[B Bobo]

Normally gnome-terminal allows the user to switch the input method by pressing a special key combination.

Sometimes gnome-terminal gets into a state where it seems to ignore the special key combination for switching the input method in ibus - it is permanently locked in the default input method for English. There is no clear pattern of usage or trigger for when it happens.

1. The problem is not solved by resetting the terminal using the menu Terminal -> Reset, or Terminal -> Reset and Clear
2. The problem is also not solved even by starting a new gnome-terminal from the menu, File -> Open Terminal -> Default
3. However, using the command-line to start a new terminal with the factory disabled does make input method switching work again: gnome-terminal --disable-factory but doing this obviously loses all the session information in the previous gnome-terminal.
4. Also, when the problem occurs, opening a new tab re-enables the input mode to be switched in the new tab as well as in the original tab. However, the problem usually re-occurs soon in the original tab.

This has been happening in all versions of Ubuntu since 10.04 until 12.04.02 precise, with gnome-terminal up to and including version 3.4.1.1-0ubuntu1 and ibus version 1.4.1-3ubuntu1

This is a really annoying bug.

[Liangfu Chen (chenclf)]

Yes, I go have this problem, too. Gnome Terminal in Gnome 3 don't response to keyboard input often.

Maybe due to I have installed *scim* along with Ubuntu 12.12. But when i switch input methods, the terminal responses to keyboard inputs again.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[L. David Baron (dbaron)]

This started happening for me with Ubuntu 14.04, to the extent that I didn't realize before seeing this bug (and learning that switching tabs in the terminal could fix it) that IME worked at *all* in gnome-terminal anymore. I didn't have problems in Ubuntu 12.04.

[Cyprian Guerra (cyprian-guerra)]

I have the very same issue but I don't think it's gnome-terminal related. Please confirm restarting gnome itself doesn't help (as in: alt+F2, type in letter "r" and press enter, you have to alt+tab twice afterwards to regain focus on terminal), we will be sure then it really is a gnome-terminal and not gnome issue.

[Yuan-Chen Cheng (ycheng-twn)]

Need information like which input method is in used, so that we can know if it's specific to certain input method.

[Paul White (paulw2u)]

is this still an issue or can this report be closed now?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for gnome-terminal (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]