Nautilus doesn't accept keyboard input

[Daeng Bo]

Binary package hint: nautilus

I noticed that I was unable to rename a file because Nautilus didn't accept my keyboard input. It won't use "/" to pull up a file path, either. Other keyboard input in Gnome works fine as far as I've seen.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Aug 31 09:02:22 2007
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nautilus
Package: nautilus 1:2.19.91-0ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcCmdline: nautilus --no-default-window --sm-client-id default2
ProcCwd: /home/danielbo2
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: nautilus
Uname: Linux danielbo-laptop 2.6.22-10-generic #1 SMP Wed Aug 22 08:11:52 GMT 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Unfortunately we can't fix it, because your description didn't include enough information. You may find it helpful to read "How to report bugs effectively" http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html. We'd be grateful if you would then provide a more complete description of the problem.
 We have instructions on debugging some types of problems. http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingProcedures
At a minimum, we need:
1. the specific steps or actions you took that caused you to encounter the problem,
2. the behavior you expected, and
3. the behavior you actually encountered (in as much detail as possible).
Thanks!

[Daeng Bo (daengbo)]

1. I logged in to a recently updated machine. I created a new folder.
I tried to type the name of the forlder. Nothing happened.
2. I expected what I typed to be entered into the field for the folder name.
3. Nothing happened. There was no input. Typing in other programs,
however, worked fine. In trying to determine if it was a Nautilus bug
or not, I opened the home folder and typed "/" which normally brings
up a file path box. Nothing happened there, either.

Hope this helps.

On 8/31/07, Pedro Villavicencio <email address hidden> wrote:
> Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Unfortunately we can't fix it, because your description didn't include enough information. You may find it helpful to read "How to report bugs effectively" http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html. We'd be grateful if you would then provide a more complete description of the problem.
> We have instructions on debugging some types of problems. http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingProcedures
> At a minimum, we need:
> 1. the specific steps or actions you took that caused you to encounter the problem,
> 2. the behavior you expected, and
> 3. the behavior you actually encountered (in as much detail as possible).
> Thanks!
>
> ** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu)
> Assignee: (unassigned) => Ubuntu Desktop Bugs
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
> --
> Nautilus doesn't accept keyboard input
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/136255
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

What sort of mouse focus do you use? Did you activate the desktop effects or something similar? Does it happen every time you do those actions?

[Daeng Bo (daengbo)]

Click to focus, or whatever the default in Ubuntu is. No desktop
effects or any 3D, actually (using an inegrated SIS chipset). And yes,
it still occurs every time. I can't rename anything. I just managed to
pull up the file URL box using "/" though. When I start to type, my
mouse disappears unitl I move it again. The input method is set to "X
Input Method" and can't be changed, either.

I'm running SCIM to switch between Thai, Korean, and English. Could
that have anything to do with it?

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Does it happen when scim is not running?

[Daeng Bo (daengbo)]

Check. Without SCIM running, the behavior is normal.

On 9/3/07, Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden> wrote:
> Does it happen when scim is not running?
>
> --
> Nautilus doesn't accept keyboard input
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/136255
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

reassigning the bug to scim then

[Jaemyung Kim (jam02k)]

I have found similar bugs.
When I type any English character with 'shift key' on nautilus, SCIM didn't work anymore.

[Jaemyung Kim (jam02k)]

I have found similar bugs.
When I change the directory name and type any English character with 'shift key' on nautilus, SCIM didn't work anymore.

[Jaemyung Kim (jam02k)]

I have found similar bugs.
When I change the directory name and type any English character with 'shift key' on nautilus, SCIM didn't work on Nautilus anymore.
It still works on the other applications.

[DickeyWang (invariance)]

Same problem here. Can't type into Nautilus when SCIM is installed. Can't rename files/directories in Nautilus. I am running Gusty with all the updates applied.

[Ming Hua (minghua)]

On Fri, Sep 28, 2007 at 07:42:54PM -0000, DickeyWang wrote:
> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 66104 ***
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/66104

As noted here and on the Launchpad bug page, this bug is a duplicate of
another bug.

> Same problem here. Can't type into Nautilus when SCIM is installed.
> Can't rename files/directories in Nautilus. I am running Gusty with all
> the updates applied.

Please read bug #66104 to see a workaround there. And please send any
reply to that bug instead of this duplicated one.

Ming
2007.09.29