2007/8/19, John Jason Jordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Sun, 19 Aug 2007 13:10:24 +0200 > "M Henri Day" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dijo: > > > Six months ago several participants on this forum discussed using > various > > keyboard techniques to type Unicode glyphs into an OOo text. Users of > recent > > Ubuntu versions like Edgy and Feisty discovered that it was possible to > type > > in a glyph by first holding down «Ctrl + Shift + u», then typing the > glyph's > > hex code, and finally pressing the space bar. After the Linux kernel > update > > to 2.6.20-16, however, I find myself unable to use this technique, nor > have > > I been able to discover an alternative method. The situation has not, as > I > > naively hoped, been ameliorated by an upgrade to a test version Gutsy > > Gibbon, which uses the latest, 2.6.22.9, Linux kernel. Any suggestions > as to > > how I can recover this function ?... > > It still works for me, and I have the same kernel: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ uname -a > Linux Devil5 2.6.20-16-generic #2 SMP Thu Jun 7 19:00:28 UTC 2007 x86_64 > GNU/Linux > > However, mine is the 64-bit version of the kernel. > > What happens if you boot to the prior version of the kernel (in the Grub > boot menu).
John Jason, even when I successfully boot into the «old» kernel (Linux mhenriday-desktop 2.6.20-16-generic #2 SMP Thu Jun 7 19:00:28 UTC 2007 x86_64 GNU/Linux), I still get the same problem ; this seems to have to do with the fact that when I upgraded to the «new kernel» (2.6.22.9 generic) and the Gutsy test version, OOo 2.3 src was installed on the machine, regardless of kernel. In any event, when I attempt to enter, say, «⺅» into a text in OOo - or for that matter, in the Ubuntu text editor - by holding down «Ctrl + Shift + u» and typing «2e85», instead of getting the Chinese glyph element, I get neither more nor less than «2e85». So can it go ! I don't have the «old, old» 2.6.15 kernel available on my GRUB menu on my present machine - an AMD 64 X2 5000+ - and I've been reluctant to test my older (32-bit) machine, as this involves crawling around under my desk and loosening and attaching cabels, as I've cannabilised hardware and connections from the old machine to use in the new one. But a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do, so I guess I'll just have to get 'round to it.... Henri
