text entry problem

davidsrsb · 08-02-2005, 02:44 AM

Slackware current, KDE 3.4.2, koffice 1.4.1

When I try to enter text in Kword the kword window freezes, with kdeinit taking 98% cpu
In kivio I can type in text but cannot select a font

OpenOffice 1.1.4 is working normally

This machine worked fine with older versions of "current"
Maybe I need to delete some kde or koffice setup files?

keefaz · 08-02-2005, 03:13 AM

Just curious, is kde clipper running, I mean the KDE app
which is in system tray

davidsrsb · 08-02-2005, 03:20 AM

Klipper is running

keefaz · 08-02-2005, 03:30 AM

When I use kde, the first thing I do is to quit Klipper
(right click in klipper in system tray) I don't know if
it is related to your problem though

davidsrsb · 08-02-2005, 03:34 AM

This seems to be something to do with cups, which seems to have stopped running.

davidsrsb · 08-02-2005, 03:48 AM

Got cups running again.
Now kivio works ok and kword print preview does not complain.
Selecting fonts now works and affects cursor entry size, BUT:
When a character is entered the wysiwyg part of the kwrite window freezes
When I try to close kwrite nothing happens for several seconds and then a window - kwin message appears saying that kwrite has stopped responding, do I want to close it anyway.
Closing klipper has no effect.

davidsrsb · 08-02-2005, 06:13 AM

I tried uninstalling koffice, remove the kwordrc and kpresentrc files, reboot and then reinstall koffice. No change
There are no error messages in the logs when the window hangs

davidsrsb · 08-02-2005, 08:45 PM

I am going to move this thread to linux-software
A second machine with kde 3.4.1 and koffice 1.4.0a has the same problem

davidsrsb · 08-02-2005, 09:24 PM

Problem solved by changing from default bitstream sans vers font to anything else before any text entry. Strangely I can revert to bitstream font later without problems.

davidsrsb · 08-02-2005, 10:09 PM

I can be more specific now. The hang is still occurring, but only with letters, not numerals or punctuation.
This is hinting at a spell check or autocompletion problem

davidsrsb · 08-09-2005, 03:28 AM

And also happening with a laptop so this is not a hardwqare specific problem, but not with a server that was at 10.0 release.

All these are running 2.4.x kernels.

thekad · 08-13-2005, 12:24 PM

I am having the exact same problem, though changing the font before typing produces the same result... any idea in how to debug kword? it happens in kpresenter too

davidsrsb · 08-14-2005, 09:21 AM

Starting kword from a terminal prompt does not reveal any clues.
Fonts DO NOT have anything to do with this. I have tried various combinations of spell check, auto correct without any differences in behaviour.

davidsrsb · 08-16-2005, 01:29 AM

The hang on letters only also happens if I try ctrl-v paste from buffer.

I can succesfully open an existing text document, but cannot edit its text.
This implies that the problem is not in displaying the characters

fujijr · 09-13-2005, 12:47 AM

I'm assuming this problem has never been solved. I have the same issue.