[kde-linux] Linux and Mathematica Input[] function

[Jim Philips]

On Tuesday 01 November 2005 11:56, Richard Pace wrote:
> On Tuesday 01 November 2005 07:54, Rex Dieter wrote:
> > Richard Pace wrote:
> > > I'm running SuSe 9.3 with KDE 3.4.1 level a and Mathematica 5.2
> > > (Student Version).  I'm trying to use "interactive input" in a
> > > Mathematica Notebook. Within a Mathematica Notebook I enter something
> > > like the following:
> > >
> > > x = Input["test"]
> >
> > ...
> >
> > > However, I am unable to type anything in the input area.  The cursor
> > > appears, but I cannot type.  If I press the "OK" button, the window
> > > flickers and reappears.  I have to "abort" the Mathematica command to
> > > terminate the window.
> >
> >  From past experience, Mathematica didn't play nice with klipper.  Try
> > disabling klipper if you have it running.
>
> I "quit" klipper and tried again with same results.  Just in case, I
> restarted Mathematica and tried again with same results.  I don't know much
> about this - is X Windows system involved here?
> Richard

Well, the time-honored technique on that front is to invoke the program from 
the command line and see if it throws any meaningful errors in the terminal 
window. I don't know what toolkit (Java?) they're using to draw the window, 
but that may be causing you problems.