Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: language-selector
Ubuntu release : Karmic
In Karmic, scim is replaced by ibus for complex (simplified chinese)
input.
Before the upgrade, complex input was handled by scim : in ~/.xinput.d,
there was a symlink fr_FR -> /etc/xinput.d/scim (my system language is
french but I often write with a chinese input method).
After the upgrade, I removed scim, then launched language-selector to
switch to ibus. Problem is, this "fr_FR" symlink is now broken since
scim is uninstalled, and language-selector fails to change it :
selecting "ibus" from the complex input dropdown box doesn't change the
symlink, and language-selector returns to its default "empty" complex
input each time it's restarted. Another glitch is that language-selector
still proposes me a "scim_xim" input method, because uninstalling scim
left a /etc/xinput.d/scim_xim file that obviously shouldn't be there
anymore.
Removing ~/.xinput.d and restarting language-selector made it work again
(and I'm now an happy ibus user), but this is non-trivial for anybody
not knowing a bit about XInput and all ...
A simple fix in language-selector would be to make it more robust by
removing broken "fr_FR" (or any equivalent for other locales) symlink in
~/.xinput.d and replacing it with a new working symlink instead of
silently fail.
Steps to reproduce the bug :
* create a bogus broken symlink "your_locale" in ~/.xinput.d (as any upgrade
could leave behind)
* start language-selector
* watch how it doesn't update this symlink and resets itself each time it's
restarted
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Dec 26 20:23:37 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-language-selector
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.6
Package: language-selector 0.4.18
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-16.53-generic
SourcePackage: language-selector
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-16-generic i686
** Affects: language-selector (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-bug i386
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Upgrade from scim to ibus leaves broken language selector
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/500594
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