Thank you, Guillaume, for your advice. I tried this PPA with LyX 2.2. Unfortunately the problem persists also with this new version. Additionally, the selection of text is VERY slowly and the selection breaks again after some words or lines.
Yours, Hermann Josef Am Wed, 08 Jun 2016 15:35:35 +0100 schrieb Guillaume Munch: > I fixed a bug like this in 2.2. I would advise you to try 2.2 from the > PPA https://launchpad.net/~lyx-devel/+archive/ubuntu/release . > Le 08/06/2016 08:06, Hermann J. Eckl a écrit : >> Currently I have installed Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - and am facing a very >> strange an annoying problem: I have difficulties to select longer or >> even shortes pieces of text with the keyboard or mouse. >> >> If I am trying to select some text, the selection captures only short >> passages and fails after some words or paragraphs, regardless of >> whether I am selecting with the mouse or with keyboard shortcuts. ALl >> other programmes (text editor, Libre Office etc.) are working correctly >> and I can select text withput any problems. >> >> I am facing this problem with at least 4 computers, all of them have >> installed Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and LyX 2.1.4. I am running another machine >> with Debian 8.x and have no problems at all. Of course I have tried >> different keyboards and mice, I have also reinstalled Lyx and TexLive >> and I have deleted my old Lyx configuration files.
