[Bug 1550325] Re: gnome-language-selector is not MATE compatible [debdiff attached]

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson]

On 2016-07-21 21:57, Alkis Georgopoulos wrote:
> Hi, this patch indeed caused bug #1501832 to resurrect.

There is an issue with the Ubuntu MATE live session, but I don't think
the fix of this bug is the primary cause. I could see the issue when
running a live Swedish session, i.e. the dead keys were broken.

On 2016-07-21 22:01, Alkis Georgopoulos wrote:
> Btw, when I experience this issue, `ps aux` shows [fcitx] <defunct>.

Right. The fcitx-bin package is present in the live session, and it
looks like im-config tries to start fcitx but fails. The IM
configuration is inconsistent:

ubuntu-mate at ubuntu-mate:~$ env | grep -E '(_IM|XMOD)'
CLUTTER_IM_MODULE=xim
QT_IM_MODULE=xim
XMODIFIERS=@im=fcitx
QT4_IM_MODULE=xim
GTK_IM_MODULE=xim

Btw, the issue was present also when I tried a live Chinese session.

I would suggest that a separate bug is submitted about IM configuration
in Ubuntu MATE live session.

With that said, I have filed <https://launchpad.net/bugs/1605408>, and
when it has been fixed, making Ubuntu MATE work in the same way as e.g.
Xubuntu and Lubuntu in this respect would be an option. But that
wouldn't address this new issue for those who need fcitx in the live
session.

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Title:
  gnome-language-selector is not MATE compatible [debdiff attached]

Status in ubuntu-mate:
  Fix Released
Status in im-config package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in language-selector package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  The gnome-language-selector fallback input method is 'xim', which is
  not compatible with some applications when running under MATE. For
  example:

    * https://bugs.launchpad.net/synapse-project/+bug/1219314

  gnome-language-selector should use the same defaults for MATE as it
  does for Unity.

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