[developers] Weird GUI behavior on new ubuntu machine

[Yi Zhang]

> Also, the text input in the  [incr
> tsdb()] podium doesn't work, and when I quit (by selecting Quit in the
> lkb top menu or by typing :exit at the lisp prompt)  my emacs ceases
> to head any keyboard input.

i used to have similar problem with text input with tcl/tk GUIs.
my experience suggests that it might be related to the input methods
engine, say SCIM. maybe one can try to disable the input method and see
if that helps. there was a discussion on the lkb list:

http://lists.delph-in.net/archive/lkb/2006/000128.html


best,
yi