I'm having the same problem, when connected to mobile broadband via wvdial. It works when connected via network manager.
** Summary changed: - unable to input any text (text input disabled?) + gwibber dependent on network-manager connection, cannot use wvdial (text input disabled) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/668150 Title: gwibber dependent on network-manager connection, cannot use wvdial (text input disabled) -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs