Comment 1 for bug 250046

I have the exact same problem. It happens only in Qt4-based applications I might add (like kwrite, dolphin, etc).

Description: Ubuntu 8.04.1
Release: 8.04
KDE 4.1.00 (KDE 4.1.0)

Below is some other information which might be of interest.

These packages related to scim are installed:
libscim8c2a 1.4.7-3ubuntu8
scim 1.4.7-3ubuntu8
scim-anthy 1.2.4-1ubuntu2
scim-bridge-agent 0.4.14-1ubuntu2
scim-bridge-client-gtk 0.4.14-1ubuntu2
scim-bridge-client-qt 0.4.14-1ubuntu2
scim-bridge-client-qt4 0.4.14-1ubuntu2
scim-gtk2-immodule 1.4.7-3ubuntu8
scim-modules-socket 1.4.7-3ubuntu8
scim-modules-table 0.5.7-2ubuntu1
scim-tables-ja 0.5.7-2ubuntu1
scim-uim 0.2.0-1build2

Qt4 packages are of version:
libqtcore4 4.4.0-1ubuntu5~hardy1

Output from the command "im-switch -l":
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Your input method setup under sv_SE locale as below.
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The configuration "/home/tomas/.xinput.d/sv_SE" is defined as a link pointing to
scim-bridge
This private configuration supersedes the system wide default.
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The system wide default is pointed by "/etc/alternatives/xinput-all_ALL" .
xinput-all_ALL - status är auto.
 länk pekar för närvarande på default
default - prioritet 10
default-xim - prioritet 0
none - prioritet 0
skim - prioritet 0
Nuvarande "bästa" version är default.
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The available input method configuration files are:
default default-xim kinput2-canna none scim scim-bridge scim-immodule scim_xim skim th-xim
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Output from the command "env | grep IM"
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QT_IM_MODULE=scim-bridge
XMODIFIERS=@im=SCIM
GTK_IM_MODULE=scim-bridge
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