Freemind stop accepting keyboard input after around 50-100 keystrokes - was Re: [What is the subject of this post?] Re: ubuntu-users Digest, Vol 69, Issue 94

[Chris Jeffries]

>         I've seen that quite a bit. Is it a default behavior when
>         replying to a 
>         message in digest form?
>         
>         -- 
>         Bob Holtzman
>         Key ID: 8D549279
>         "If you think you're getting free lunch,
>           check the price of the beer"
I think you know exactly why it happens. The way this list it is almost
inevitable that that error will happen - well to people who take digests
rather than separate messages as I do, I cannot speak for other modes.

I realised as soon as I hit the send button that I had forgotten to cut
and paste across the title, but of course, by then it was too late.

However, the posting had the full thread in it, so I guess it was
obvious if you looked, but since you asked (though it seems overkill to
me, here is the posting again - and I edited the title.

> > > I post this in the hope it will warn others not to make the same
mistake
        > > > as me.
        > > >
        > > > Problem
        > > > -------
        > > > Freemind as installed from the repository through Synaptic
        appears to
        > > > stop accepting keyboard input after around 50-100
        keystrokes (or maybe
        > > > some other trigger)
        > > >
        > > > Solution
        > > > ---------
        > > > The version of Freemind in the repository for Ubuntu 10.4
        is an unstable
        > > > beta release candidate. Freemind web site says it is not
        yet ready for
        > > > production use, and to use 0.8 instead. However it also
        warns 0.9 and
        > > > 0.8 file formats are not compatible.
        > > >
        > > > Personal comment
        > > > ----------------
        > > > What on earth is that doing as the current version of an
        application for
        > > > an LTS version of Ubuntu. (However, mea culpa, I should
        have read more
        > > > carefully before I used it.)
        > > >    
        > > 
        > > Do you have the "Lucid pre-release proposed" source repo
        selected in 
        > > your Software Sources?
        > > 
        > > BC
        
        This is my sources.list (below). I do not see any such in the
        list, and
        I certainly did not add such repositories myself.
        
        deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid main restricted
        deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid main
        restricted
        
        ## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
        ## distribution.
        deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates main
        restricted
        deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates main
        restricted
        
        ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by
        the
        Ubuntu
        ## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT
        receive
        any
        ## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
        deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid universe
        deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid universe
        deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates universe
        deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates
        universe
        
        ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by
        the
        Ubuntu 
        ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy
        yourself as
        to 
        ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that
        software in 
        ## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the
        Ubuntu
        ## security team.
        deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid multiverse
        deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid multiverse
        deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates
        multiverse
        deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates
        multiverse
        
        ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the
        'backports'
        ## repository.
        ## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested
        as
        ## extensively as that contained in the main release, although
        it
        includes
        ## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful
        features.
        ## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive
        any
        review
        ## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
        # deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-backports main
        restricted universe multiverse
        # deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-backports
        main
        restricted universe multiverse
        
        ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from
        Canonical's
        ## 'partner' repository.
        ## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by
        Canonical and
        the
        ## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
        # deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu lucid partner
        # deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu lucid partner
        
        deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security main
        restricted
        deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security main
        restricted
        deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security universe
        deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security
        universe
        deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security multiverse
        deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security
        multiverse
        deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian lucid
        non-free