Bug 373717

Summary:	no keyboard input when trying to edit message
Product:	[Applications] kmail2	Reporter:	Daniel Moyne <daniel.moyne>
Component:	composer	Assignee:	kdepim bugs <pim-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED DOWNSTREAM
Severity:	critical
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	5.2.3
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Kubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Daniel Moyne 2016-12-16 12:18:26 UTC

I cannot edit a new message as the keyboard is not seen. The same in kmail settings where there are text fields to be filled. The only way to edit a message is to use another text editor like kwrite or kate and then paste the text where I want to. Same for the email address etc... 
The same problem occurs when I want to use synaptic or gparted as I cannot enter the password. In this case I can bypass the problem by using the sudo command in a console.
The problem is obviously related to the text editor used in these cases. Please help me.

Comment 1 Christoph Feck 2016-12-18 03:39:57 UTC

Please ask for help in a user forum of your distribution. If you cannot use your keyboard in GTK applications, it is certainly no KMail issue.

Comment 2 Daniel Moyne 2016-12-19 21:03:30 UTC

I am using Kmail2 with Kubuntu and I dot know about any link between Kmail2 and GTK. What I can see is that the Kmail2 text editor is apparently the same that ask for a password for gparted and synaptic applications. The question is what is this text editor and why has it been chosen for Kmail2 as I am not using an external text editor. I which I could check the kmails configuration file for my user but I do not know where to search. Can you help me.

Comment 3 Daniel Moyne 2016-12-20 12:28:09 UTC

I found a way to solve the problem. I edited the kmail2rc file in ".config". I set the line "first-start=true" that was "first-start=false"in the section "[General]". I recovered the keyboard input but now each time I close Kmail I have an error message saying that the application has closed with an error!