Keyboard stops functioning

[nospam2009archive]

On 09/16/2012 08:51 AM, Shlomi Fish wrote:
> Hi nospam2009archive,
>
> On Sun, 16 Sep 2012 08:40:45 -0400
> nospam2009archive <nospam2009archive at videotron.ca> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am running Fedora 17 XFCE. The keyboard suddenly stops functioning
>> in pidgin. I found one workaround cited on google whereby one chooses
>> input method and reselects "system ( simple ). This works for entry
>> boxes used to send messages, but I noticed that when I try to create
>> a new status, the keyboard still does not function. I skipped the
>> latest fedora 17 prebuild and compiled directly from source. Still no
>> change. Is there a solution?
>>
> See this bug:
>
> http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/15220
>
> I reported it and it seems that upgrade to gtk+2.0 2.24.12 fixes it. Other gtk+2.0
> programs, such as claws-mail were also influenced by it.
>
> Regards,
>
> 	Shlomi Fish
>

Hi,

Thanks for the quick reply. I believe I have the latest version possible:

"Package gtk2-2.24.11-1.fc17.x86_64 already installed and latest version"

Go easy on me if I am wrong, because I am not the most savvy linux user 
out there.