emacs-23.1.90 in terminal does not respond to keyboard input, but works fine as a standalone X11 app.

[Richard Lemieux]

Re: Emacs-23.1.90.1 on Slackware14.

Hi,

When I open Emacs-23.1.90.1 in a base Linux console or in a X11 xterm terminal, 
Emacs doen't respond to whatever I type.  After Emacs is killed, all the 
characters I typed appear in the console/terminal.

I have seen one prior reference to this problem on the net but it did not 
provide any clue as to how to solve this issue.  It just mentioned a link with Gtk.

This occurs following a system upgrade to Slackware14 64bit.  I guess this 
problem comes from the new Gtk libraries that come with the update.  The version 
of Emacs coming with the new Slackware14 works in a terminal but does not work 
with SCIM and I can't use Emacs to type Chinese characters this way (I 
understand it works with ibus with some setup).  SCIM works fine in xterm and 
Thunderbird/Firefox.

Emacs-23.1.90.1 has worked well for me for a long time and it used to work both 
in terminals and with SCIM on X11, so I compiled Emacs-23.1.90.1 for x86_64 and 
it works fine with SCIM under the new Slackware.  Unfortunately, but it does not 
work at all in a terminal.

So I am looking for a workaround that would allow Emacs-23.1.90.1 to work on a 
terminal under the new system.  Does someone has some clue as to why 
Emacs-23.1.90.1 can't get keyboard input in this new setting?

Thanks