cannot load scim-pinyin imengine(ubuntu 8.04)

[gguoling]

Binary package hint: scim

$ env|grep im
QT_IM_MODULE=xim
XMODIFIERS=@im=SCIM
GTK_IM_MODULE=xim

$ dpkg -l scim*|grep ii
ii scim 1.4.7-3ubuntu8 smart common input method platform
ii scim-anthy 1.2.4-1ubuntu2 SCIM IMEngine module for Anthy
ii scim-bridge-agent 0.4.14-1ubuntu2 IME server of scim-bridge communicate with S
ii scim-bridge-client-gtk 0.4.14-1ubuntu2 IME server of scim-bridge communicate with S
ii scim-bridge-client-qt 0.4.14-1ubuntu2 IME server of scim-bridge communicate with S
ii scim-bridge-client-qt4 0.4.14-1ubuntu2 IME server of scim-bridge communicate with S
ii scim-canna 1.0.0-3build1 SCIM IMEngine module for Canna
ii scim-chewing 0.3.1-2ubuntu3 Chewing IM engine module for SCIM
ii scim-chinese 0.5.91-0ubuntu12 smart pinyin IM engine for SCIM (transitiona
ii scim-dev 1.4.7-3ubuntu8 development files for SCIM platform
ii scim-dev-doc 1.4.7-3ubuntu8 development documentation for SCIM platform
ii scim-gtk2-immodule 1.4.7-3ubuntu8 GTK+2 input method module with SCIM as backe
ii scim-hangul 0.3.1-1ubuntu2 Hangul Input Method Engine for SCIM
ii scim-m17n 0.2.2-2 M17N Input Method Engine for SCIM
ii scim-modules-socket 1.4.7-3ubuntu8 socket modules for SCIM platform
ii scim-modules-table 0.5.7-2ubuntu1 generic tables IM engine module for SCIM pla
ii scim-pinyin 0.5.91-0ubuntu12 smart pinyin IM engine for SCIM platform
ii scim-prime 1.0.0-3 SCIM IMEngine module for PRIME
ii scim-qtimm 0.9.4-2ubuntu3 SCIM context plugin for qt-immodule
ii scim-skk 0.5.2-5build1 SCIM IMEngine module like SKK input method
ii scim-tables-additional 0.5.7-2ubuntu1 miscellaneous input method data tables for S
ii scim-tables-ja 0.5.7-2ubuntu1 Japanese input method data tables for SCIM p
ii scim-tables-ko 0.5.7-2ubuntu1 Korean input method data tables for SCIM pla
ii scim-tables-zh 0.5.7-2ubuntu1 Chinese input method data tables for SCIM pl
ii scim-thai 0.1.0-2build1 Thai Input Method Engine for SCIM
ii scim-uim 0.2.0-1build2 UIM IM engine module for SCIM platform

$ps -A|grep scim
6444 ? 00:00:00 scim-launcher
6448 ? 00:00:00 scim-helper-man
6449 ? 00:00:00 scim-panel-gtk
6451 ? 00:00:00 scim-launcher

$scim -l
Smart Common Input Method 1.4.7

Available FrontEnd module:
socket
x11

Available Config module:
simple
socket
dummy

Available IMEngine module:
rawcode
socket

[Arne Goetje (arnegoetje)]

can you please try to use scim-bridge by issueing

im-switch -s scim-bridge

and see if that fixes the problem?

Thanks.

[Rolf Leggewie (r0lf)]

there isn't much we can do without further information. I'll close the bug now, feel free to reopen with more details.