Password Gorilla ignores keyboard input

[firebus]

I'm running version 1.5.3.4 in Ubuntu 11.10/Oneiric.

After reboot Password Gorilla works fine. Eventually it crashes. On restart, it ignores keyboard input. Mouse/Menus work fine, but keyboard shortcuts are ignored, it's impossible to enter text when creating or editing entries, impossible to enter search text.

Pasting doesn't work either.

I can't find anyone else having this problem on the internets - any advice for troubleshooting?

Thanks!

[rich123]

I assume when you say "it crashes" you mean that Password Gorilla crashes, correct? If so, are there any error messages given when a crash of Password Gorilla occurs? Tcl/Tk are very good at providing error messages for most any irregularity, so if it just "disappears" with no message then this would imply the crash is being generated outside of PWG's control.

When you say restart, I also assume you mean restarting Password Gorilla, not Ubuntu. Does the unlock safe window respond to keyboard input (i.e., you can enter your unlock password), but the rest of Gorilla does not, after a restart?

I have a couple ideas to try:

1. Reset/reboot things appropriately so that Password Gorilla works properly. Then open a terminal window and type:

ps ax | grep -i [g]orilla

And see if a process shows up in the results for PWGorilla. Note, the above assumes that the executable name for PWGorilla on your system contains the string "gorilla" in the name. If it is named differently you will need to adjust the "[g]orilla" portion to match that different name.

Then, wait until it crashes again, and repeat the identical terminal window check after it has crashed, to see if the same entry appears as before the crash (or if no entry appears). Let us know which you find.

2. try the latest Linux Gorilla package from here on Github. I don't expect this to actually change anything, but it is always worth a try.

Given that mouse/menus work but the keyboard does not, I am suspecting some kind of weird interaction with keyboard focus and the Ubuntu window manager after this crash happens. Determining the cause for the crash will, I think, also fix the ignore keyboard issue.

[firebus]

Yes, password gorilla crashes. I haven't been able to find any errors trolling the logs (having started from the task bar, there's no terminal attached). Next time I'll try starting it from terminal and see if I get anything. If there's a specific log I should look in, let me know!

Yes, restarting password gorilla. Yes, I can unlock it, but after that I can't enter text. If the safe locks itself, I can't reenter the password to unlock.

1. I did check that. After the crash, there is no process anymore in ps. It seems to be dying completely.

2. It can't hurt, I'll try it.

Thanks for your response!