I noticed the following error messages on the console when starting evince from the command line:
(evince:14906): IBUS-WARNING **: Unable to connect to ibus: Could not connect: Permission denied (evince:14906): IBUS-WARNING **: Events queue growing too big, will start to drop. It looks like this is related to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/1587968 and the following workaround proposed by Sander van Malssen (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/1587968/comments/11) did work for me as well (confirmed with two different machines that have been upgraded to 16.04). rm -r ~/.config/ibus -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to evince in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1427974 Title: Evince keyboard input fails To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/1427974/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs