Can't type accents in qt/kde applications (i.e. áàóò...)

[Jordi Ferrando Fabra]

After installing kubuntu-desktop metapackage I can't type accents in qt/kde based applications: qtcreator, kate, konsole ...

Here is what I did to solve this bug:
I installed qt4-qtconfig. I checked that ibus-qt4 was already installed on the system as part of the kubuntu-desktop "recommends".

I needed to launch qtconfig and select manually "Default Input Method: ibus". The default entry value is "xim" and does not work with accents áàóò...

This should be a default in ubuntu 12.04 to allow qt/kde apps to work well with international keyboards that uses accents. I don't know where qtconfig stores the information, though.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: kubuntu-desktop 1.254
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-30.48-generic-pae 3.2.27
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-30-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu13
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Sep 19 23:59:59 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120817.3)
SourcePackage: kubuntu-meta
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.