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Using Ubuntu 15.10. Configuring input using the Input Method Configuration screen. Whenever I change Extra key for trigger input method it works for only that session. Once I restart the computer it goes back to the default value of SHIFT Both which is annoying.

Is there a config file that is being overwritten every time I boot up? How can I prevent this?

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  • So you're just running the normal flavour of Ubuntu? And how exactly are you accessing the settings you speak of?
    – user364819
    Mar 31, 2016 at 15:25
  • thanks and I solved this problem now ,you can use: fcitx-configtool to get this settings
    – Larry Yang
    Mar 31, 2016 at 15:26
  • If you have found the solution please post it as an answer to help others in the future.
    – user364819
    Mar 31, 2016 at 15:27
  • Yes I'm going to post the solution tomorrow, it's pretty late in China now, so I will post it tomorrow morning.
    – Larry Yang
    Mar 31, 2016 at 15:32
  • Right, yes, of course, I understand.
    – user364819
    Mar 31, 2016 at 15:47

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I had the same problem, until I realized that I was using Sougou Pinyin on top of fcitx. In the settings of Sougou Pinyin, there is a hotkey (the default is SHIFT) for switching between Chinese and English. I believe it overwrites the settings of fcitx. I changed the hotkey to none and now the settings of fcitx are kept. If you are using Sougou Pinyin as I do, that might be the problem.

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  • Thanks, I think this is better than setting 400 for the config file.
    – Q. Qiao
    Aug 5, 2019 at 18:41
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First you can use this command fcitx-configtool to open the fcitx config window,then you can change Extra key for trigger input method to whatever you want.

Then you can cd into the fcitx config folder: cd ~/.config/fcitx and use chmod 444 profile to change the permission of the profile to read only, so that no one can change back to default value.

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@LarryYang 's solution didn't work for me, when I restarted my laptop, it seemed that a new profile was created and replaced the old one even after chmod +444 profile is used.

After some experiment I'm sure it is a behavior introduced by sogou pinyin instead of fcitx. Uninstalling sogou pinyin using sudo apt-get purge sogoupinyin saved my day.

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@Larry Yang's answer did not help me either. ~/.config/fcitx/profile seems to re-create and replace itself on each login.

Instead, edit ~/.config/fcitx/config

Change SwitchKey=SHIFT Both to SwitchKey=Disabled or whatever you like.

After saving and exiting, use chmod 400 config to make the configuration persist between logins.

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Changing permission of the config file works for me.

  • disable switchKey via fcitx-configtool
  • run chmod 400 ~/.config/fcitx/config
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  • Seems to be pretty much the same as this answer?
    – Zanna
    Aug 7, 2017 at 10:57
  • Is this a "thanks worked for me too" comment to the link @Zanna posted? Aug 7, 2017 at 16:25

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