Hi,
I was just stacked by this trouble ... (1) cannot input Japanese characters via Mozc (Japanese input method) in Dash search window (2) cannot input any Japanese characters for Skype. I suppose these troubles closely connected to this bug. Both troubles was solved like a magic by installing gnome-session packages at Gunnar's PPA (ppa:gunnarhj/gnome-im). I suggest this modification will link to solve the problem. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-settings-daemon in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1594681 Title: Don't override IM variables Status in gnome-session: Confirmed Status in Ubuntu GNOME: Fix Committed Status in gnome-session package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in gnome-settings-daemon package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in gnome-session source package in Xenial: In Progress Status in gnome-settings-daemon source package in Xenial: In Progress Bug description: [Impact] Currently these variable settings are hardcoded in gnome-session and gnome-settings-daemon: QT_IM_MODULE=ibus XMODIFIERS=@im=ibus That way the use of alternative IM frameworks, for instance fcitx, is prevented. The variables should only be set if they are empty, so the values set by im-config are honored. [Test Case] * Install Ubuntu GNOME * Install both the gnome-session and gnome-settings-daemon proposed updates * Install fcitx * Set fcitx as the input method: im-config -n fcitx * Relogin * Check the IM-related environment variables: env | grep -E '_IM|XMOD' After the proposed uploads of gnome-session and gnome-settings-daemon, those variables are consistently (unlike before) set to "fcitx". [Regression Potential] Low. im-config sets "ibus" by default in Ubuntu GNOME anyway. This change prevents an inconsistent input method configuration for users who have actively chosen some other IM framework. The gnome-settings-daemon change was included upstream in 3.19.3 and the gnome-session change was included upstream in 3.21.90. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-session/+bug/1594681/+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
