Discussion:
Bug#747375: ibus-daemon does not start - no engine set and has no icon and cannot be run from command line
Osamu Aoki
2014-05-08 12:29:45 UTC
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Hi,
Package: ibus
Version: 1.5.5-1
Severity: important
I have
+++-==============-============-============-=================================
ii ibus 1.5.5-1 amd64 Intelligent Input Bus - core
ibus does not work and has not worked for a long time. I am a sid user.
Same here and ibus working OK here with GNOME3 started by GDM3. What DE
do you use.
I have
uninstalled a long while ago and have reinstalled recently. It does not start; there is
no menu, and I cannot even run it from the command line. If I run it in terminal and
I added few IMs via GNOME&s menu and tested.

$ ibus engine
kkc
$ ibus engine
m17n:ja:tcode
$ ibus engine
pinyin
$ ibus engine
libpinyin
(process:17576): IBUS-CRITICAL **: ibus_bus_get_global_engine: assertion 'IBUS_IS_BUS
(bus)' failed No engine is set.
I originally had problems with the ibus-pinyin and the Chinese in ibus-m17n. But I have
not even got to try it yet, as ibus won't start. Thank you.
I used to use ibus with ibus-anthy. Now I am using it with ibus-kkc
(not yet in unstable).

So we use different engin.

ibus-pinyin has bug
#746969 [src:ibus-pinyin] ibus-pinyin depends on Gobject Introspection
==> Can you install gobject-introspection package?

I have both ibus-m17n and ibus-pinyin installed. So they should not
break system foy you.

If you are using ibus-setup to set, it may not be working... I did not
use it.

Osamu
Dean Chia 贾定
2014-05-08 14:15:53 UTC
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I use Gnome3 - the standard that comes with Debian Sid.

The ibus icon is now showing up in my gnome-task-panel on top. My engine is
now registered as m17n:zh:py. Unfortunately, it still cannot type Chinese.
And when I restarted my computer and did ibus-setup to start ibus-daemon
(still no icon in Gnome Shell), it turned on ibus but than that replaced my
normal keyboard input switches (I use US-Dvorak International, TIRO Hebrew,
and Greek), so I had to re-activate them by removing and re-adding a
keyboard back in System Settings --> Keyboard.

I tried uninstalling and reinstalling ibus-pinyin as well as
ibus-googlepinyin. However, it seems that there is no engine that drives my
Chinese. All I get is more English.
Post by Osamu Aoki
Hi,
Package: ibus
Version: 1.5.5-1
Severity: important
I have
+++-==============-============-============-=================================
ii ibus 1.5.5-1 amd64 Intelligent Input Bus - core
ibus does not work and has not worked for a long time. I am a sid user.
Same here and ibus working OK here with GNOME3 started by GDM3. What DE
do you use.
I have
uninstalled a long while ago and have reinstalled recently. It does not
start; there is
no menu, and I cannot even run it from the command line. If I run it in
terminal and
I added few IMs via GNOME&s menu and tested.
$ ibus engine
kkc
$ ibus engine
m17n:ja:tcode
$ ibus engine
pinyin
$ ibus engine
libpinyin
(process:17576): IBUS-CRITICAL **: ibus_bus_get_global_engine: assertion
'IBUS_IS_BUS
(bus)' failed No engine is set.
I originally had problems with the ibus-pinyin and the Chinese in
ibus-m17n. But I have
not even got to try it yet, as ibus won't start. Thank you.
I used to use ibus with ibus-anthy. Now I am using it with ibus-kkc
(not yet in unstable).
So we use different engin.
ibus-pinyin has bug
#746969 [src:ibus-pinyin] ibus-pinyin depends on Gobject Introspection
==> Can you install gobject-introspection package?
I have both ibus-m17n and ibus-pinyin installed. So they should not
break system foy you.
If you are using ibus-setup to set, it may not be working... I did not
use it.
Osamu
Osamu Aoki
2014-05-08 14:49:17 UTC
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Hi,

Please do not do TOP-POST.
I do not know if you followed all my points.
(Reordered to make this in logical order.)
...
Post by Dean Chia 贾定
Post by Osamu Aoki
ibus does not work and has not worked for a long time. I am a sid user.
When did it work?
Post by Dean Chia 贾定
Post by Osamu Aoki
Same here and ibus working OK here with GNOME3 started by GDM3. What DE
do you use.
I use Gnome3 - the standard that comes with Debian Sid.
OK.
Post by Dean Chia 贾定
Post by Osamu Aoki
I have
uninstalled a long while ago and have reinstalled recently. It does not
start; there is
no menu, and I cannot even run it from the command line. If I run it in
terminal and
I added few IMs via GNOME&s menu and tested.
$ ibus engine
kkc
$ ibus engine
m17n:ja:tcode
$ ibus engine
pinyin
$ ibus engine
libpinyin
This means ibus-pinin works on my end. You seem to be doing sopmething
wrong to me. Are you sure you have bug. (At least this is
unreproducible.)
Post by Dean Chia 贾定
Post by Osamu Aoki
(process:17576): IBUS-CRITICAL **: ibus_bus_get_global_engine: assertion
'IBUS_IS_BUS
(bus)' failed No engine is set.
I originally had problems with the ibus-pinyin and the Chinese in
ibus-m17n. But I have
not even got to try it yet, as ibus won't start. Thank you.
You had problem.
Post by Dean Chia 贾定
The ibus icon is now showing up in my gnome-task-panel on top. My engine is
now registered as m17n:zh:py. Unfortunately, it still cannot type Chinese.
And when I restarted my computer and did ibus-setup to start ibus-daemon
(still no icon in Gnome Shell), it turned on ibus but than that replaced my
normal keyboard input switches (I use US-Dvorak International, TIRO Hebrew,
and Greek), so I had to re-activate them by removing and re-adding a
keyboard back in System Settings --> Keyboard.
Sounds like you have a bit different situation.
Post by Dean Chia 贾定
Post by Osamu Aoki
I used to use ibus with ibus-anthy. Now I am using it with ibus-kkc
(not yet in unstable).
So we use different enginie.
Actually, I tested ibus-pinyin too. It is OK.
Post by Dean Chia 贾定
Post by Osamu Aoki
ibus-pinyin has bug
#746969 [src:ibus-pinyin] ibus-pinyin depends on Gobject Introspection
==> Can you install gobject-introspection package?
Did you do this?
Post by Dean Chia 贾定
Post by Osamu Aoki
I have both ibus-m17n and ibus-pinyin installed. So they should not
break system foy you.
If you are using ibus-setup to set, it may not be working... I did not
use it.
I tried uninstalling and reinstalling ibus-pinyin as well as
ibus-googlepinyin.
Wait. You use ibus-googlepinyin, too.

Anyway, do they still causing errors such as:
IBUS-CRITICAL **: ibus_bus_get_global_engine: assertion

Please test this with and without ibus-googlepinyin.
Post by Dean Chia 贾定
However, it seems that there is no engine that drives my
Chinese. All I get is more English.
How do you know? Habve you installed required fonts?

By the way, is this your first time setting up this kind of things or
are you familiar with things?

If you do not know how, please seek help elsewhere. This is bug report
communication only.

Also, have you configured system properly with "apt-get dist-upgrade"?
If you kept using "apt-get upgrade" only, system may get into funckey
situation beyond what we support.

Osamu
Dean Chia 贾定
2014-05-08 15:57:35 UTC
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Post by Osamu Aoki
Hi,
Please do not do TOP-POST.
I do not know if you followed all my points.
(Reordered to make this in logical order.)
Sorry. I am still relatively new at reporting bugs. Thanks for your
patience. Btw, you'll see at the end, my problem is solved now. Don't know
if it was the hard reboot, the reboot after I installed
gobject-introspection and reinstalled ibus-pinyin. Btw, does ibus-m17n
chinese require the ibus-pinyin package? Thanks. I have responded in line
in following comments. You can mark this bug as solved (I guess it wasn't a
bug? I just never realized that gobject-introspection was a needed package).
Post by Osamu Aoki
...
Post by Dean Chia 贾定
Post by Osamu Aoki
ibus does not work and has not worked for a long time. I am a sid
user.
When did it work?
Post by Dean Chia 贾定
Post by Osamu Aoki
Same here and ibus working OK here with GNOME3 started by GDM3. What
DE
Post by Dean Chia 贾定
Post by Osamu Aoki
do you use.
I use Gnome3 - the standard that comes with Debian Sid.
OK.
Post by Dean Chia 贾定
Post by Osamu Aoki
I have
uninstalled a long while ago and have reinstalled recently. It does
not
Post by Dean Chia 贾定
Post by Osamu Aoki
start; there is
no menu, and I cannot even run it from the command line. If I run it
in
Post by Dean Chia 贾定
Post by Osamu Aoki
terminal and
I added few IMs via GNOME&s menu and tested.
$ ibus engine
kkc
$ ibus engine
m17n:ja:tcode
$ ibus engine
pinyin
$ ibus engine
libpinyin
This means ibus-pinin works on my end. You seem to be doing sopmething
wrong to me. Are you sure you have bug. (At least this is
unreproducible.)
It is finally working. I think what was necessary was the
gobject-introspection package. The Chinese finally works now (using the
m17n:zh:py), but only after I uninstalled ibus-pinyin and reinstalled and
then restart. (I'm not sure what procedure cleared things up, but I did
restart after install gobject-introspection, that didn't work. I did power
down, so maybe that was necessary).
Post by Osamu Aoki
assertion
Post by Dean Chia 贾定
Post by Osamu Aoki
'IBUS_IS_BUS
(bus)' failed No engine is set.
I originally had problems with the ibus-pinyin and the Chinese in
ibus-m17n. But I have
not even got to try it yet, as ibus won't start. Thank you.
You had problem.
Post by Dean Chia 贾定
The ibus icon is now showing up in my gnome-task-panel on top. My engine
is
Post by Dean Chia 贾定
now registered as m17n:zh:py. Unfortunately, it still cannot type
Chinese.
Post by Dean Chia 贾定
And when I restarted my computer and did ibus-setup to start ibus-daemon
(still no icon in Gnome Shell), it turned on ibus but than that replaced
my
Post by Dean Chia 贾定
normal keyboard input switches (I use US-Dvorak International, TIRO
Hebrew,
Post by Dean Chia 贾定
and Greek), so I had to re-activate them by removing and re-adding a
keyboard back in System Settings --> Keyboard.
Sounds like you have a bit different situation.
Yes, this was an old problem with overriding my original keyboard layouts.
Now, it is okay.
Post by Osamu Aoki
Post by Dean Chia 贾定
Post by Osamu Aoki
I used to use ibus with ibus-anthy. Now I am using it with ibus-kkc
(not yet in unstable).
So we use different enginie.
Actually, I tested ibus-pinyin too. It is OK.
Post by Dean Chia 贾定
Post by Osamu Aoki
ibus-pinyin has bug
#746969 [src:ibus-pinyin] ibus-pinyin depends on Gobject
Introspection
Post by Dean Chia 贾定
Post by Osamu Aoki
==> Can you install gobject-introspection package?
Did you do this?
Yes I did. Perhaps this is what helped. (Of course, when it finally worked,
my locales were switched to chinese, but I logged out, and everything is
back to English after I reset locale).
Post by Osamu Aoki
Post by Dean Chia 贾定
Post by Osamu Aoki
I have both ibus-m17n and ibus-pinyin installed. So they should not
break system foy you.
If you are using ibus-setup to set, it may not be working... I did not
use it.
I tried uninstalling and reinstalling ibus-pinyin as well as
ibus-googlepinyin.
Wait. You use ibus-googlepinyin, too.
I was being desperate. But it now works without it. I uninstalled it. So it
works, the m17n:zh:py. I want to see ifh
Post by Osamu Aoki
IBUS-CRITICAL **: ibus_bus_get_global_engine: assertion
Please test this with and without ibus-googlepinyin.
I uninstalled googlepinyin. It still works.
Post by Osamu Aoki
Post by Dean Chia 贾定
However, it seems that there is no engine that drives my
Chinese. All I get is more English.
How do you know? Have you installed required fonts?
I have Chinese fonts. It just didn't work. But after a hard reboot, it
works now.
Post by Osamu Aoki
By the way, is this your first time setting up this kind of things or
are you familiar with things?
If you do not know how, please seek help elsewhere. This is bug report
communication only.
Also, have you configured system properly with "apt-get dist-upgrade"?
If you kept using "apt-get upgrade" only, system may get into funckey
situation beyond what we support.
I am familiar with ibus policies, and I have been on sid for quite some
time. I use aptitude (not big difference), and I constantly upgrade. I did
a full-upgrade when I switched from testing to sid. But that was a while
back. It's working now, everything. I will see if I can uninstall
ibus-pinyin (keeping m17n).
Post by Osamu Aoki
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