[Bug 1633721] Re: Weird input behaviour in some Plasma stuff (Kicker, KRunner, privilege window)

2017-12-08 Thread kecsap
The problem started for me also after some upgrade. Somehow the IM env. variables are set to ibus on my system: GTK_IM_MODULE=ibus QT4_IM_MODULE=ibus QT_IM_MODULE=ibus XMODIFIERS=@im=ibus Since KDE/Plasma has its own keyboard icon in the system tray, I advise to run ibus-daemon without icon: ibu

[Bug 1633721] Re: Weird input behaviour in some Plasma stuff (Kicker, KRunner, privilege window)

2017-04-19 Thread Denny
@EliasTurner I don't know. However, after updating to 17.04 Ibus was reinstalled and I had to purge it again and reconfigure fcitx to get things working. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1

[Bug 1633721] Re: Weird input behaviour in some Plasma stuff (Kicker, KRunner, privilege window)

2017-04-12 Thread Elias Turner
@Denny that Ubuntu documentation only seeks to confuse me more... So if my keyboard input isn't controlled with fcitx, or ibus (I had to install it) then what was it being controller by? 0_o spooky -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 1633721] Re: Weird input behaviour in some Plasma stuff (Kicker, KRunner, privilege window)

2017-04-12 Thread Denny
Never mind what is default, installing fcitx worked fine. Thank you. Lets see what happens tomorrow when I update to 17.04 ;-). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1633721 Title: Weird inp

[Bug 1633721] Re: Weird input behaviour in some Plasma stuff (Kicker, KRunner, privilege window)

2017-04-12 Thread Denny
This: https://help.ubuntu.com/stable/ubuntu-help/keyboard-layouts.html seems to indicate that fcitx is default only for Asian languages. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1633721 Title:

[Bug 1633721] Re: Weird input behaviour in some Plasma stuff (Kicker, KRunner, privilege window)

2017-04-11 Thread Denny
@EliasTurner Are you sure about this? I get: sudo dpkg-reconfigure fcitx dpkg-query: package 'fcitx' is not installed and no information is available Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files, and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents. /usr/sbin/dpkg-re

[Bug 1633721] Re: Weird input behaviour in some Plasma stuff (Kicker, KRunner, privilege window)

2017-04-11 Thread Elias Turner
I will reiterate to everyone that ibus is not the default input method for Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Xubuntu etc. They all use fcitx. If everyone having this problem could just do as comment #25 suggests I strongly believe their problem will be solved. -- You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 1633721] Re: Weird input behaviour in some Plasma stuff (Kicker, KRunner, privilege window)

2017-04-11 Thread Elias Turner
Joel, Please do the following in a terminal: sudo apt purge ibus sudo dpkg-reconfigure fcitx sudo reboot Everything should be back to normal after this. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1

[Bug 1633721] Re: Weird input behaviour in some Plasma stuff (Kicker, KRunner, privilege window)

2017-04-10 Thread Joel SolĂ­s
I can confirm I have the same issue. For now, I run "ibus-daemon -d -n --desktop=KDE" as a workaround when I am using KDE. I have ubuntu 16.10 installed, with KDE and unity. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.

[Bug 1633721] Re: Weird input behaviour in some Plasma stuff (Kicker, KRunner, privilege window)

2017-04-02 Thread Ilya Bizyaev
Thank you, you got further in solving this problem than everyone else :) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1633721 Title: Weird input behaviour in some Plasma stuff (Kicker, KRunner, pri

[Bug 1633721] Re: Weird input behaviour in some Plasma stuff (Kicker, KRunner, privilege window)

2017-04-01 Thread Elias Turner
I am truly sorry for wasting everyone's time with so many junk posts. I finally figured out what to do instead of messing around with ibus which isn't even the default input method. it's this simple, go to a terminal and type sudo dpkg-reconfigure fcitx and then reboot. This works perfectly for m

[Bug 1633721] Re: Weird input behaviour in some Plasma stuff (Kicker, KRunner, privilege window)

2017-03-19 Thread Elias Turner
One last thing everyone... you're gonna wanna put that code ibus-daemon -d -n --desktop=KDE on your list of autostart programs so it boots up every time the PC does. Also you will wanna change it if you end up using a different desktop environment of course (and possibly why I was having errors in

[Bug 1633721] Re: Weird input behaviour in some Plasma stuff (Kicker, KRunner, privilege window)

2017-03-15 Thread Elias Turner
meant to say "it's because ibus is improperly installed." I found this out because I was getting errors opening Synaptic using KDEsudo that basically said "could not find ibus daemon" etc. Now if only I could get Synaptic to run outside of opening it with the terminal... -- You received this bug

[Bug 1633721] Re: Weird input behaviour in some Plasma stuff (Kicker, KRunner, privilege window)

2017-03-15 Thread Elias Turner
I found the solution! It's because ibus is properly installed. so do `sudo apt remove --purge ibus` after this, do `sudo apt install ibus` (or build it from source using the tar.gz file here http://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial/ibus) reboot your PC. Now do `ibus-daemon -d -n --desktop=KDE` This wor

[Bug 1633721] Re: Weird input behaviour in some Plasma stuff (Kicker, KRunner, privilege window)

2017-03-09 Thread Svetoslav
Whoah, finally I found other people experiencing the same bug. I was on Ubunut 16.04.01 plasma 5.7 which was working fine, but somehow broke. Then my troubles began. I installed 5.8 and experienced this bug for the first time. I decided to upgrade to Ubuntu 16.10 - the bug persisted. I upgraded to

[Bug 1633721] Re: Weird input behaviour in some Plasma stuff (Kicker, KRunner, privilege window)

2017-02-20 Thread Elias Turner
I get the exact same error. Like comment #15 says the workarounds from comment #5 and #9 work but only for certain text input fields i.e. trying to input my password for administrative activity popups is almost impossible. Same with inputting the wi-fi password. I have to resort to using my browser

[Bug 1633721] Re: Weird input behaviour in some Plasma stuff (Kicker, KRunner, privilege window)

2016-12-20 Thread Adrian Kalla
I am affected too after upgrading to 16.10 (from 16.04). Workaround from comment #5 works, but I also have to restart other affected applications (e.g. Yakuake) after restart plasmashell. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to the bu

[Bug 1633721] Re: Weird input behaviour in some Plasma stuff (Kicker, KRunner, privilege window)

2016-12-19 Thread Denny
The workaround also does not work for the wifi-password entry. Changed the Wifi password at work today but it is impossible to enter. Any ideas which process I should restart for this to work? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ub

[Bug 1633721] Re: Weird input behaviour in some Plasma stuff (Kicker, KRunner, privilege window)

2016-12-17 Thread jarek cichon
I faced this issue on Kubuntu 16.04 when upgraded plasma to 5.8.4. Workaround seems to work, except when entering password for openvpn connection. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1633721

[Bug 1633721] Re: Weird input behaviour in some Plasma stuff (Kicker, KRunner, privilege window)

2016-10-24 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: polkit-kde-agent-1 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/

[Bug 1633721] Re: Weird input behaviour in some Plasma stuff (Kicker, KRunner, privilege window)

2016-10-24 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: plasma-workspace (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1633721 Ti

[Bug 1633721] Re: Weird input behaviour in some Plasma stuff (Kicker, KRunner, privilege window)

2016-10-23 Thread Ilya Bizyaev
Sure. ** Also affects: plasma-workspace (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: polkit-kde-agent-1 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. htt

[Bug 1633721] Re: Weird input behaviour in some Plasma stuff (Kicker, KRunner, privilege window)

2016-10-23 Thread Denny
Confirmed. Still would like to find where the problem is. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1633721 Title: Weird input behaviour in some Plasma stuff (Kicker, KRunner, privilege window

[Bug 1633721] Re: Weird input behaviour in some Plasma stuff (Kicker, KRunner, privilege window)

2016-10-21 Thread Ilya Bizyaev
I have managed to workaround problems with priviledge windows by restarting polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1: killall polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libexec/polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1 & Seems to work fine. Please confirm if it works for you. -- You received

[Bug 1633721] Re: Weird input behaviour in some Plasma stuff (Kicker, KRunner, privilege window)

2016-10-21 Thread Ilya Bizyaev
Can confirm both workarounds. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1633721 Title: Weird input behaviour in some Plasma stuff (Kicker, KRunner, privilege window) To manage notifi

[Bug 1633721] Re: Weird input behaviour in some Plasma stuff (Kicker, KRunner, privilege window)

2016-10-19 Thread Denny
Ok, so krunner also works, if killed and restarted (did not know that this was something separate). The bug however remains on reboot. Which probably means that plasma and krunner get started to early or something like that. Is there something I could kill and restart to get my priviledge escalati

[Bug 1633721] Re: Weird input behaviour in some Plasma stuff (Kicker, KRunner, privilege window)

2016-10-18 Thread Denny
The latter is unfortunately true only for Kicker, not for Krunner or privilege windows. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1633721 Title: Weird input behaviour in some Plasma stuff (Kicke

[Bug 1633721] Re: Weird input behaviour in some Plasma stuff (Kicker, KRunner, privilege window)

2016-10-18 Thread Denny
Restarting plasma with: killall plasmashell kstart plasmashell resolves the problem until the next reboot. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1633721 Title: Weird input behavio

[Bug 1633721] Re: Weird input behaviour in some Plasma stuff (Kicker, KRunner, privilege window)

2016-10-18 Thread Ilya Bizyaev
So, we have the same case :) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1633721 Title: Weird input behaviour in some Plasma stuff (Kicker, KRunner, privilege window) To manage notifications ab

[Bug 1633721] Re: Weird input behaviour in some Plasma stuff (Kicker, KRunner, privilege window)

2016-10-18 Thread Denny
This bug affects me too. I have tried deleting cache to no avail. In my case this is not on a fresh install but on an update from Kubuntu 16.04 to 16.10. Would be happy with a workaround (preferably not involving having to change UID). -- You received this bug notification because you are a membe

[Bug 1633721] Re: Weird input behaviour in some Plasma stuff (Kicker, KRunner, privilege window)

2016-10-18 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: kubuntu-settings (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1633721 Ti

[Bug 1633721] Re: Weird input behaviour in some Plasma stuff (Kicker, KRunner, privilege window)

2016-10-17 Thread Ilya Bizyaev
As I have found out today, the problem affects only one user - administrator. And what's more, it does not occur under Wayland. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1633721 Title: Weird inp