It is not a problem anymore, I upgraded to entrepid successfully without any keyboard problems
> Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 10:46:32 +0000 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Bug 238849] Re: Unable to type in Arabic > > Hello, > > does anybody know if this issue is still present in the latest ubuntu > release? > > Maybe this report is somehow related to this upstream bug report? > http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=511771 > > Thanks > > -- > Unable to type in Arabic > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/238849 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in “scim” source package in Ubuntu: Incomplete > > Bug description: > hello > > I am using an HP Pavillion 2530 laptop. The laptop was bought in the Middle > East and has both Latin and Arabic characters on its keyboard. The keyboard > model (as detected automatically on both Gutsy and Hardy 8.04) is "Generic > 105-key (Intl) PC". > > Before switching from Gutsy to Hardy Heron 8.04 (fresh installation - main > language: USA English) I was able to type Latin and Arabic characters on any > kind of format (OO.org writer, Stardict, Firefox, etc) by clicking on the > keyboard indicator. To do this, I simply had to update the language support > (without downloading the Arabic package), add Arabic to the keyboard's layout > (system.preferences.keyboard>layout) as well as to OO.org writer > (tools.options.language settings). > > On Hardy 8.04 this is not working. Wherever I need to write in Arabic (and > click on the keyboard indicator)...all I get is Latin characters. All the > settings are as they were in Gutsy. I tried to download the Arabic package > from system>administration>language support, and found some SCIM program > sitting on my deskbar. If I'm on an OO.org writer documents, it works like > the keyboard indicator - so in theory I can use it there to type Arabic. > Anywhere else, though (internet browser, dictionaries, etc) it doesn't work. > > If I use SCIM to write in Arabic on an OO.org writer doc, though, it's a > complete disaster. At least one third of the keys on the keyboard do not > input an Arabic character at all - some strange symbols come up instead. In > short: it can't be used to type Arabic. I then tried to the following things, > to no avail: > > - uninstall the Arabic package from language support > - unclick "enable support to enter complex character" on language support > - a combination of these two + using keybord indicator instead of SCIM and > the other way around for each combination. > > This is a serious issue, and I'd be extremely grateful if a solution is > found. Please let me know if there's anything you need to know to solve this. > > Many thanks for taking the time to go through this. _________________________________________________________________ News, entertainment and everything you care about at Live.com. Get it now! http://www.live.com/getstarted.aspx -- Unable to type in Arabic https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/238849 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
