[X4U] mail.app and keyboard reading

[Norman Cohen]

Have you installed any Mail add-ons? Check in:
  ~/Library/Mail/Bundles
/Library/Mail/Bundles

Also, you may want to see if you have any input managers that could  
be causing problems:
~/Library/InputManagers/
/Library/InputManagers/

Also, check under System Preferences/Universal Access/Keyboard and  
make sure sticky keys is turned off as this may explain this somewhat  
bizarre behavior.

One other option is to try a safe boot or other troubleshooting  
techniques listed at apple's website:

http://www.apple.com/support/mac101/help/

Give that a try. I've not had any similar problems with my 10.4.5  
update and have a number of Mail Bundles installed (GPGMail,  
MailTags, etc.)

Good luck,

Norm

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On Feb 18, 2006, at 10:18 AM, Richard Bullen wrote:

> This may not be an OS problem but it appeared in the wake of upgrading
> to 10.4.5
> Note: This may get duplicated since I sent the first posting from the
> wrong email address and it may subsequently appear in the postings.
>
>
>
> After upgrading to 10.4.5 I have the following symptoms in mail.app
>
> Typing into a new email only works for the letter keys. If I hit space
> bar or return the cursor leaves the text pane. Clicking the cursor  
> back
> in place with the mouse I can start typing again until I hit a non
> letter key and then the cursor disappears again.
>
> It appears that this only happens in Mail. I've tried typing in other
> applications and everything works as expected.
> I've no idea what would cause a problem like this so I've gone  
> through:
> Repair permissions
> Cache cleaning
> by running cocktail.
>
> I downloaded the combo 10.4.5 and installed the update again.
>
> I've tried different keyboards with the same result.
>
> Nothing worked.
>
> Can anyone suggest a possible cause and solution for this type of
> problem.
>
> This is occuring on G4 hardware.
>
> Thanks
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