scim does not work. I cannot change the input method.

[Kevin]

I had used scim well since I installed Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid) beta for approximately 2 weeks or more. However, it suddenly did not work from 2 or 3 days ago (19th or 20th?) and still doesn't. I believe some updates I had a few days ago caused this.

My problem is that when I press the hotkey to change the input method to the one for another language that is Korean in my case, neither the scim icon on the tray is changed nor scim is working. I did not change any configuration related to scim. When it worked, if I click on the scim icon on the tray, I could see available input methods which were English and Korean yet now it does not appear when I click on it.

I'm not sure what kind of information I need to put here to give some idea to the development team so could you please let me know what to do?

The version of scim is
Smart Common Input Method 1.4.7

I'm using Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid) beta version updated about one hour ago and the kernel is
2.6.27-7-generic

and the following lines are what I got when I checked the currently working processes the names of which contain the word 'scim'.

$ ps -Al | grep scim
1 S 1000 5973 1 0 80 0 - 11586 select ? 00:00:00 scim-launcher
1 S 1000 5980 1 0 80 0 - 6866 select ? 00:00:00 scim-helper-man
1 S 1000 5981 1 0 80 0 - 35944 poll ? 00:00:00 scim-panel-gtk
1 S 1000 5983 1 0 80 0 - 11535 select ? 00:00:00 scim-launcher

Regards,
Kevin

[Arne Goetje (arnegoetje)]

* Do you use Gnome or KDE desktop?
* What does 'im-switch -l' show?
* Please post the output of 'dpkg -l | grep scim'
* Which locale are you using?
* If you go to System -> Administration -> Langauge Support, is the
checkbox for enabling complex character support checked?

I just tested an freshly installed daily image from today and it works
fine there... so, I need this information to figure out what went wrong
on your system... also, my development system which I also upgraded
today works fine too...

[Kevin (kevinshlee)]

Thank you, Arne for your comment and giving me the tasks. I did really not have any idea of what to do.

* Do you use Gnome or KDE desktop?
-Yes, I'm using Gnome, version 2.24.0 (build date: 07/10/08)

* What does 'im-switch -l' show?
$ im-switch -l
Your input method setup under en_AU locale as below.
=======================================================
The configuration "/home/blade2/.xinput.d/en_AU" is defined as a link pointing to
scim-bridge
This private configuration supersedes the system wide default.
=======================================================
The system wide default is pointed by "/etc/alternatives/xinput-all_ALL" .
xinput-all_ALL - status is auto.
 link currently points to default
default - priority 10
default-xim - priority 0
none - priority 0
Current `best' version is default.
=======================================================
The available input method configuration files are:
default default-xim nabi none scim scim~ scim-bridge scim-hangul scim-hangul_xim scim-immodule scim.original th-xim
=======================================================

* Please post the output of 'dpkg -l | grep scim'
$ dpkg -l | grep scim
ii libscim8c2a 1.4.7-3ubuntu10 library for SCIM platform
ii scim 1.4.7-3ubuntu10 smart common input method platform
ii scim-bridge-agent 0.4.14-2ubuntu3 IME server of scim-bridge communicate with S
ii scim-bridge-client-gtk 0.4.14-2ubuntu3 IME server of scim-bridge communicate with S
ii scim-bridge-client-qt 0.4.14-2ubuntu3 IME server of scim-bridge communicate with S
ii scim-bridge-client-qt4 0.4.14-2ubuntu3 IME server of scim-bridge communicate with S
ii scim-gtk2-immodule 1.4.7-3ubuntu10 GTK+2 input method module with SCIM as backe
ii scim-hangul 0.3.2-1 Hangul Input Method Engine for SCIM
ii scim-modules-socket 1.4.7-3ubuntu10 socket modules for SCIM platform
ii scim-qtimm 0.9.4-2ubuntu3 SCIM context plugin for qt-immodule

* Which locale are you using?
$ locale
LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=en_US
LC_CTYPE="en_AU.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="en_AU.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="en_AU.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE="en_AU.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY="en_AU.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="en_AU.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER="en_AU.UTF-8"
LC_NAME="en_AU.UTF-8"
LC_ADDRESS="en_AU.UTF-8"
LC_TELEPHONE="en_AU.UTF-8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="en_AU.UTF-8"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_AU.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=

* If you go to System -> Administration -> Langauge Support, is the
checkbox for enabling complex character support checked?
Yes, it is checked.

Thank you again.
Regards,
Kevin