Bug 18139

Summary:	UIM will not change input method, and uim-pref crashes etc.
Product:	UIM	Reporter:	Marcus C. <Charon72M>
Component:	Other	Assignee:	uim-bugs
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID	QA Contact:
Severity:	major
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86 (IA32)
OS:	Linux (All)
Whiteboard:
i915 platform:		i915 features:

Description Marcus C. 2008-10-20 15:25:08 UTC

To be honest I'm not entirely sure whether this is a bug or something wrong with my system, but I feel I've tried about everything with little or no success. This is a multi-tiered problem:
-uim-toolbar-gtk and uim-toolbar-gtk-systray will appear when run but will never change from the default uim logo; uim-toolbar-applet is the only one that seems to change
-uim-pref-gtk, uim-pref-qt, and uim-im-switcher-qt all crash after a few seconds with "Segmentation fault" error, uim-im-switcher-gtk does not crash
-uim-im-switcher-gtk is entirely blank, even when one or more input methods have been installed and are recognized by uim
-uim will not change from its default IM (direct), due in part to the inability to run preferences.

I am running uim 1.4.1 (installed out of ubuntu's repository) in Ubuntu 8.04 running GNOME. The same exact issue occurs with uim 1.5.3 compiled from source. The command "export | grep im" lists the following:
declare -x GTK_IM_MODULE="uim"
declare -x QT_IM_MODULE="uim"
declare -x XIM_PROGRAM="/usr/bin/uim-xim"
declare -x XMODIFIERS="@im=uim"

And the following packages are (currently) installed: uim, uim-anthy, uim-applet-gnome, uim-applet-kde, uim-common, uim-fep, uim-gtk2.0, uim-qt, uim-utils, uim-xim, libuim5, libuim-data, and any other essential uim files. I have tried this with both none and every extension installed, all of which were exactly the same.

I have had similar issues with uim ever since I first installed it and have not been able to find any other examples of this happening. After countless hours of troubleshooting, this is essentially my last resort. Is there perhaps something I'm overlooking, or any other data which may assist in fixing this problem?

Comment 1 Etsushi Kato 2008-10-20 17:56:40 UTC

(In reply to comment #0)

> -uim-toolbar-gtk and uim-toolbar-gtk-systray will appear when run but will
> never change from the default uim logo; uim-toolbar-applet is the only one that
> seems to change
> -uim-pref-gtk, uim-pref-qt, and uim-im-switcher-qt all crash after a few
> seconds with "Segmentation fault" error, uim-im-switcher-gtk does not crash
> -uim-im-switcher-gtk is entirely blank, even when one or more input methods
> have been installed and are recognized by uim
> -uim will not change from its default IM (direct), due in part to the inability
> to run preferences.
> 
> I am running uim 1.4.1 (installed out of ubuntu's repository) in Ubuntu 8.04
> running GNOME. The same exact issue occurs with uim 1.5.3 compiled from source.

It seems something related to the mixup of the versions causes your current situation.  To clear the things out, I suggest removing uim related ubuntu packages completely and just install uim 1.5.3 from source, and also remove config  (rm -rf ~/.uim.d/) before using uim.

> The command "export | grep im" lists the following:
> declare -x GTK_IM_MODULE="uim"
> declare -x QT_IM_MODULE="uim"
> declare -x XIM_PROGRAM="/usr/bin/uim-xim"
> declare -x XMODIFIERS="@im=uim"

These environmental variables seem fine.

Maybe uim-en mailing list (http://groups.google.com/group/uim-en) is more suitable for these kind of trouble shootings.

Comment 2 Etsushi Kato 2010-08-11 17:51:41 UTC

Mark invalid.

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