2007/8/19, John Jason Jordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Sun, 19 Aug 2007 17:33:21 +0200 > "M Henri Day" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dijo: > > > > > 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» (2.6.22.9generic) > > 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.... > > Oh, I see. I thought you had upgraded to 2.6.20-16 and that it was the > cause of the problem. It appears that the cause is OOo 2.3, not the > kernel. > > If you go into Synaptic you can uninstall 2.3 and then install the > previous version. If the previous version is not listed, right click on > the one that is listed, and then on Package > Force Version. That > should show you the previous version and let you install it.
Unless my chronology is out of whack, the problem arose for me when I upgraded to the 2.6.20-16 kernel, and long before the 2.6.22.9 and Gutsy upgrades and the concommitant forced upgrade to the 2.3 test version of OOo. It may indeed, as you suggest, be a OOo version problem rather than a Linux kernel problem, but in that case it seems a bit odd that the Ubuntu text editor is also affected. You can still use the «Ctrl - Shift - u» method toenter Unicode glyphs into your text editor, n'est-ce pas ? Henri
