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Comment 10 for bug 80551

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Ming Hua (minghua) wrote : Re: [Bug 80551] Re: openoffice fails to start if scim is the default GTK_IM_MODULE

On Mon, Apr 30, 2007 at 07:04:30AM -0000, xbx wrote:
> in scim bug tracker, there is this similar looking bug:
> [ 1618699 ] Firefox does not start when GTK_IM_MODULE=scim
> http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1618699&group_id=108454&atid=650539

No, that is a completely different bug. That bug only happens when you
use scim in an application linked to libstdc++5, such as the official
firefox binary from mozilla.org, or acroread from adobe.com.

That problem is reported in Ubuntu as well, for example bug #39026.

> it says:
> > This should be due to weak symbol conflicts between different versions of
> > libstdc++ libs.
> >
> > The workaround you suggest is probably the easiest one.
> > You could also try using scim-bridge's gtk immodule instead.
> >
> > If you don't do so already you may also want to try configuring your
> > scim build with --enable-ld-version-script, but this is not guaranteed
> > to fix such symbol conflicts.

As said, this option doesn't guarantee to fix symbol collision. And
Debian/Ubuntu doesn't use it.

Ming
2007.05.09