diff -u scim-pinyin-0.5.91/debian/im-switch/scim-pinyin scim-pinyin-0.5.91/debian/im-switch/scim-pinyin
--- scim-pinyin-0.5.91/debian/im-switch/scim-pinyin
+++ scim-pinyin-0.5.91/debian/im-switch/scim-pinyin
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 XIM=SCIM
-XIM_PROGRAM=/usr/bin/scim
+if [ -e /usr/bin/skim ]; then 
+    XIM_PROGRAM=/usr/bin/skim
+else
+    XIM_PROGRAM=/usr/bin/scim
+fi
 XIM_ARGS="-d"
 GTK_IM_MODULE=scim
 QT_IM_MODULE=scim
diff -u scim-pinyin-0.5.91/debian/changelog scim-pinyin-0.5.91/debian/changelog
--- scim-pinyin-0.5.91/debian/changelog
+++ scim-pinyin-0.5.91/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+scim-pinyin (0.5.91-0ubuntu3) dapper; urgency=low
+
+  * check for skim in the im-switch file and sets XIM_PROGRAM=skim if 
+    it is installed (fixes the problem that skim is not started currently 
+    automatically in kubuntu)
+  
+ -- Hou ZhengPeng <zhengpeng.hou@gmail.com>  Thu, 23 Mar 2006 11:48:37 +0800
+
 scim-pinyin (0.5.91-0ubuntu2) dapper; urgency=low
 
   * Add im-switch configure file in debian/im-switch for postinst.