Since you mentioned Lubuntu, they have this in the desktop seed: $ apt-cache depends lubuntu-desktop | grep fcitx Depends: fcitx Depends: fcitx-config-gtk2 Depends: fcitx-frontend-gtk2 Depends: fcitx-ui-classic
Without having tested, I suspect that something like that is what's needed to actually be able to use Fcitx easily in a live session. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to im-config in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1605571 Title: apt install --no-install-recommends fcitx-bin, breaks dead keys Status in ubuntu-mate: New Status in im-config package in Ubuntu: New Status in ubuntu-mate-meta package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Test case: remove everything related to fcitx. Then run: apt install --no-install-recommends fcitx-bin Then login with some locale that uses dead keys, for example the Greek locale. Then type e.g. ";"+"a". It's supposed to show "ά", but instead it shows "´α". At that point, fcitx isn't running, yet `im-config -a` reports that it's the selected input method. $ env | egrep '_IM|XMOD' CLUTTER_IM_MODULE=xim QT_IM_MODULE=xim XMODIFIERS=@im=fcitx QT4_IM_MODULE=xim GTK_IM_MODULE=xim If fcitx-bin is installed along with all its recommended dependencies, then fcitx is running normally and the issue described above doesn't occur anymore. At that point, the environment variables are: $ env | egrep '_IM|XMOD' CLUTTER_IM_MODULE=xim QT_IM_MODULE=fcitx XMODIFIERS=@im=fcitx QT4_IM_MODULE=fcitx GTK_IM_MODULE=fcitx At present I've only tested with the MATE desktop environment. It also happens with the MATE live CD, as fcitx-bin is indeed preinstalled there without its recommended dependencies. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mate/+bug/1605571/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
