Yes, it does seem similar to #1760818. .xinputrc has a line:
run_im xim I will try commenting that out and then see if it fixes the problem ... that seemed to fix it, although I'm now getting a "Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module" " message. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gedit in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1926652 Title: gedit on launch shows only an image of the desktop To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gedit/+bug/1926652/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
