[ubuntu-us-mi] Bug when typing into fields in Ubuntu

Wolfger wolfger at gmail.com
Thu Nov 11 18:40:19 GMT 2010


My fix is to disable my touchpad. Of course, I have the same problem
under Windows or Linux, so maybe your problem isn't quite the same.

On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 12:06 PM, Matt Arnold <matt.mattarn at gmail.com> wrote:
> This week I went back to using Ubuntu after leaving it for a couple of
> years. I'll start typing into the search box in Firefox, or the
> Subject line in Gmail. When I get a few characters in, a blue
> background flickers as if I had pressed "select all" and "delete", and
> instantly my input will be erased and I'll find myself typing the tail
> of my text into an otherwise empty field. I know it's not a broken
> keyboard, because I dual boot and this never happens under Windows XP.
> Has this happened to any of you? Did you find a fix?
>
> -Matt
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