[tor-bugs] #9353 [Tor bundles/installation]: Keyboard does not work in 64-bit TBB 2.3.25-10 and 3.0 when ibus is running

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#9353: Keyboard does not work in 64-bit TBB 2.3.25-10 and 3.0 when ibus is running
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     Reporter:  biosh                |      Owner:  erinn
         Type:  defect               |     Status:  new
     Priority:  normal               |  Milestone:  TorBrowserBundle
    Component:  Tor                  |  2.3.x-stable
  bundles/installation               |    Version:
   Resolution:                       |   Keywords:  ibus
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Comment (by checkmate):

 Replying to [comment:38 Radu Rădeanu]:
 > Until this bug will be fixed, I found the followings to be the right
 solution:
 >
 > 1. Open `start-tor-browser` script file with your favorite editor. I use
 `gedit` for scripts:
 >
 >
 > {{{
 > gedit /path/to/start-tor-browser
 > }}}
 >
 >
 > 2. Add the following line on the second line (immediately after the line
 containing shebang interpreter directive - `#!/bin/sh`):
 >
 >
 > {{{
 > export GTK_IM_MODULE="xim"
 > }}}
 >
 > 3. Save the file and close it.
 >
 > Source: [http://askubuntu.com/a/377321/147044].


 Radu´s entry nonetheless, took me the best part of two nights to decipher.
 In simpler terms, this is how I got the keyboard to work in tor browser
 (under Ubuntu 13.10 3.11.0-14-generic HP Pavilion dv9843cl with 4 GB and
 500 MB hdd 7200):

 1. Open a terminal [Ctrl]+[Alt]+T
 2. Type/copy and paste ´cd ~/.tor-browser-en/INSTALL´ (not the single
 qoute marks!)
 3. Type/copy and paste ´gksu gedit ./start-tor-browser´
 4. In the window that pops up, on the 3rd line type ´export
 GTK_IM_MODULE=xim´. The end result will show the following in the first
 five lines:
      1 #!/bin/sh
      2 #
      3 export GTK_IM_MODULE=xim
      4 #
      5 # GNU/Linux does not really require something like RelativeLink.c
 5. Save the above. Close tor, reopen it and give it a try. Hopefully this
 will do it until a permanent fix is worked out!

 Toodles!

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