That's not wrong if you have all of the three installed, but It's not a problem in im-config. ibus is started by dbus autostart mechanism, and fcitx is started by xdg autostart. You can remove fcitx to avoid it's startup, but you don't have a chance to remove ibus if you run unity.
** Changed in: im-config (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- 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/1310293 Title: fcitx, ibus and scim are running at the same time Status in “im-config” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: I configured with im-config to run scim for the user in question, but in my process list I can see ibus and fcitx processes. Should not only scim be running in this setup? ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: im-config 0.24-1ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3 Architecture: i386 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Sun Apr 20 22:40:17 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2009-12-23 (1579 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Netbook-Remix 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.4) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: im-config UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/im-config/+bug/1310293/+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