Can't set mark

[Hadmut Danisch]

Hi,

very strange effect with Ubuntu 14.04:

Usually I can set a mark (to mark a region) with Ctrl-Space under Emacs.

It does not work to set a mark under 14.04. Now the very strange part of the problem:

I have two desktop computers, one still with 13.10, the other with freshly installed 14.04. And I have a server still running 12.04.

When I login to the server from the 13.10 machine with ssh -X to the server and start emacs on the 12.04 server, I can use ctrl-space to set a mark.

But when I login to the same server from the 14.04 machine with ssh -X, starting the same emacs on the same 12.04 machine, I cannot set a mark with Ctrl-Space. So maybe it's not a problem of emacs itself, but something with the X and Keyboard environment.

To simple check this: Just start an emacs under Xubuntu 14.04, enter some text, and try to mark a region by marking with Ctrl-Space.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: emacs24 24.3+1-1ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-16.36-generic 3.13.5
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-16-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.13.2-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Fri Mar 7 21:18:44 2014
SourcePackage: emacs24
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Antti Harju (antti-harju)]

I just installed Xubuntu 14.04 beta in a VirtualBox running on Windows 7 host and noticed this issue. I also installed one on VMWare Player thinking this might be a VirtualBox issue, but had the same result.

[Jereba (jere2001)]

It's simple to resolve.

In "Input Methods" change the Shortcut Keyboard to "Next input method".

[rjspotter (rjspotter)]

the command line equivalent to 'In "Input Methods" change the Shortcut Keyboard to "Next input method".' above is to run ibus-setup