IBus in 12.04 and earlier versions lacks a dependency to "gnome-icon-theme", you may need to install it manually for Kubuntu. sudo apt-get install gnome-icon-theme
im-switch should be the recommended way of enabling IBus, instead of manually change environmental variables. Built-in Firefox should work. Changes are that you download Firefox from Mozilla which is 32bit. 32bit Firefox don't work automatically on a 64bit system because of some technical reasons. LibreOffice works on my Kubuntu 12.04 64bit box currently. Other random apps should be discussed case-by-case. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1007423 Title: ibus won't turn 'on' when in certain programs To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ibus/+bug/1007423/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs