Questions tagged [ibus]
Intelligent Input Bus, Ubuntu's default and officially supported input framework.
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No Indian (and Bengali) keyboard layout in Ubuntu 17.04?
I've upgraded from Ubuntu 16.10 to 17.04 today. I'm from Bangladesh, and Bengali is my native language. There was an option to set keyboard layout to Bengali in all previous Ubuntu versions I've used. ...
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"ctrl+space" has been bound to invoke some input method and does not work in Emacs or Eclipse auto-complete
In Emacs run in terminal, ctrl+space is a standard shortcut key to select region. But under Ubuntu 12.04, it will invoke some input method for non-English language. I was wondering if I can reserve it ...
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How do I input text in Tamil?
I would like to type a non-Latin script (Tamil) in Ubuntu 10.10.
I have installed iBUS, added all the Tamil packages in synaptic, and installed Tamil in Languages support and I still can't get it to ...
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Make IBus-Mozc start in Hiragana rather than Direct input mode
Every time I restart my computer and want to type in Japanese, pressing Super+Space is not enough, I also have to select Hiragana in Mozc's menu:
It gets me everytime. It is a bit like if your car's ...
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How to add iBus to start up applications?
I use Keyboard Input Methods program for inputting Tamil. I need to manually start it everytime I need to use it. How can I add it to start up?
I don't want it asking me this everytime I start it:
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When using mozc to input Japanese, it's using the last selected keyboard layout to input romaji - can I fix which one it uses?
I'm setting up Ubuntu to be able to input in three keyboard layouts:
English (US)
German
Japanese (Mozc)(IBus)
What I'm finding is if I switch from English to Japanese directly, then romaji is ...
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How do I switch input modes in mozc without going to the IBus menu?
I have installed mozc (a Japanese input method editor (IME)) on Ubuntu 14.10. It is working fine. I am able to write in Japanese by going to the icon in the upper-right-hand corner of my screen (what ...
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Installing Avro in 18.04 LTS
How can I install Avro in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS release? I have tried with this method but not working (previously worked in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS).
Edit: This question is not a duplicated version of this one. ...
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Japanese input on 16.04 with Fcitx and Mozc
Typing Japanese on Ubuntu used to mean ibus-mozc, but ibus-mozc has been less and less maintained since 2015:
Ubuntu 15.10 is supposed to start using Fcitx rather than ibus as their default input ...
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Gtk-WARNING : Calling Inhibit failed [duplicate]
I was trying to use gedit, when I came across the following problem:
myPC@TM77:~$ sudo gedit /etc/pm/config.d/config
(gedit:12512): IBUS-WARNING **: The owner of /home/myPC/.config/ibus/bus is not ...
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How to type Hindi in open office?
i m using ubuntu 10.10. please tell me how to type in hindi fonts in open office word. please help
jitendra sharma
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Japanese (Mozc) Wrong Keyboard Layout
I just upgraded from Ubuntu 16.04 to 18.04 because of the Japanese (Mozc) Keyboard Layout problem and it persists in 18.04. Here is the problem described:
When using mozc to input Japanese, it's ...
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iBus doesn't seem to restart
After running in the terminal ibus exit, it successfully exited in the terminal.
It was interfering with a program where it did not allow typing in that program. Or rather maybe the program was ...
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Why do I get IBUS-Warning on running the sudo gedit command?
Whenever I try to run a sudo gedit command as instructed in Step 4 of this answer, my terminal puts out:
(gedit:7549): IBUS-WARNING **: The owner of /home/jared/.config/ibus/bus is not root!
How ...
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How can I make IBus not ignore ~/.XCompose?
Since UIM didn't want to play ball after installing Ubuntu 12.04 from scratch, I tried IBus, since that's the IME framework that's coming with Ubuntu by default.
However, ibus-table-compose is a pain ...
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How do reactivate IBUS after upgrading to Ubuntu 13.10
IBUS icon does not appear after upgrading to Ubuntu 13.10. I can't even find the IBUS icon from the Dash. May I know how to reactivate the IBUS? Thanks.
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Dead keys (accents) stopped working after upgrading to Ubuntu 16.04
Dead keys for accents (like â, è, ç) stopped working in LibreOffice and Pidgin after I upgraded to Ubuntu 16.04.
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Why Does My Emoji Picker ibus Key Combo Fail to Respond in Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic
When I press Ctrl+Shift+E in a native Linux app (e.g., Gedit, TODO, Geary, etc), nothing happens. Why is this, and how can I get a key combo for the default system emoji menu to work?
I have tried ...
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Terminal command for changing ibus keyboard layout?
Is it possible to use terminal commands to switch between keyboard layouts in ibus? I can't see any GUI way to do it in XFCE.
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Ibus incompatible with Tor Browser in 13.10
I have recently updated to 13.10 from 13.04 and noticed a compatibility issue between the new Ibus and the Tor Browser.
Basically, the Tor Browser does not accept any keyboard inputs, while all other ...
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How can I type Japanese characters?
What is the way to be able to type Japanese characters? Could someone make a how-to in order to explain the few steps to get it?
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Is removing ibus enough?
I am using Kubuntu 14.04.
I had to completely remove ibus because not only it bugged chromium, but also I do not need it at all.
Unfortunately, I have the feeling it is not completely disabled ...
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"Error found when loading /etc/profile"
The following problem persists even after upgrading from 17.10 to 18.04:
After upgrading my Kubuntu 17.04 to 17.10 by running
do-release-upgrade
I get the following error message after each reboot....
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How to install Chinese input in English Ubuntu
I haven't found the right setting for Chinese input, IBus pinyin.
If I want to write "ni hao" the correct alternative shows up after writing "nih" (as second alternative). But if I continue writing "...
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How do I add Bengali support?
How to type Bengali using Ubuntu 12.04. I had installed IBus but unable to find the list of languages from the drop down list when I try to add Bengali through input method.
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Enabling/installing Japanese input
How do I get Japanese input on 18.04? I have gone and installed Japanese as a language and experimenting, I can change the language setting to Japanese and restart. This shows all my menus in Japanese....
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What can I do to make ibus-unikey work on Ubuntu 16.04
I use an Asus GL552VW and I installed Ubuntu 16.04. I searched Google "How to type Vietnamese on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS" but after I installed ibus-unikey (for typing Vietnamese), it wasn't working. I found ...
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IBus methods do not show up in text entry settings
I installed both Korean and Japanese using the Language Support window, and expected Korean (Hangul) and Japanese (Anthy) to show up in the input sources for Text Entry Settings (having both packages ...
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Issues with Remington Hindi Keyboard Layout (m17n), Small diacritical sign in hindi using remington keyboard layout is shifting to previous character
Remington Hindi Keyboard Layout not working properly in Ubuntu 16.04 - Hindi-Remington (m17n)
while typing on Remington layout in Ubuntu some of the text is not being rendered correctly, for example: ...
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No iBus icon in Kubuntu 12.04
I have the same problem as https://askubuntu.com/q/71177/64152.
I am trying to use iBus for Japanese input in kubuntu, but neither the icon nor the candidates box appear.
I have found a few threads ...
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How to add chinese input system in ubuntu 20.04?
I've been using ubuntu operating system for a long time from ubuntu 14.04 to ubuntu 20.04. I recently had to reinstall the operating system from scratch because I had a problem and could not find the ...
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Unable to type in Greek using iBus but can type Japaneese and English as well
Because I need to type in Japanese I switched my language input into iBus as seen in this question. But whilst I am able to type in Japanese and in English I am unable to type into Greek even if I ...
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How can I get compose back on ibus?
I can't seem to get Compose in Ibus since I upgraded to Natty, and the unicode option doesn't cut it. I cannot enter custom latin characters with the unicode option :/.
How do I get it back?
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ibus not working in Lubuntu
I install lubuntu few days ago and I tried to add my locale(sinhala). By using command ibus-setup I got the ibus configuration window and then I add my locale. I can see the keyboard icon on the top ...
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How can I find out what ibus-daemon and ibus-ui-gtk3 are doing?
Occasionally my desktop slows down a lot. The mouse pointer moves slowly or not at all, my fan starts whirring, and the end is generally nigh. If I'm very patient normality usually restores itself, ...
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Input methods after upgrade to 13.10
After upgrading to 13.10, ibus (which had its own little icon in the task bar) fails to load. Instead I get a little icon, whose preferences direct me to "Text Entry". When I try open the "Input ...
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14.04 Chinese Ibus Input - No Options
getting my new 14.04 rig going ;-) Pretty happy with it, everything seems to be working great.
For Chinese input, however, having a problem. I went through the typical steps, open language in ...
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“Emoji Choice” popup (Ctrl-Shift-E) stopped working in 20.10
In previous versions of Ubuntu, one could press Ctrl-Shift-E in any text input area to activate the “Emoji Choice” popup – see, for example, these answers to “What does [Ctrl] + [Shift] + [e] do, ...
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My IBus pinyin broke with 14.04 release upgrade
I've just upgraded to 14.04 and I've got a problem with IBus pinyin input. While it is very-very nice that now I have a little floating panel on which I can switch between simplified and traditional ...
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Unable to type in korean?
I have just installed Ubuntu 14.04 and tried to type in Korean by adding the Korean language by using the language support and input method switcher. However, I am still unable to type in Korean. I ...
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Troubleshooting layout switching in Ubuntu Studio 15.04
After some experiments to enable Alt+Shift for layout switching on freshly installed Ubuntu Studio 15.04, the layout switch stopped to work at all. The language indicator changes if I switch by ...
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Ubuntu 14.04: language switch between first/last source
In older versions of Ubuntu I used to switch between languages using last/first sources (e.g. Caps Lock always turn on English and Shift + Caps Lock switches to Russian, no matter what current ...
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What happened to Ibus Emoji Typing in Ubuntu 20.04?
In the past few Ubuntu releases (and if my memory serves me right also in 20.04 at the beginning), I was able to insert emoji in every application by clicking ctrl + shift + e and then typing out the ...
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How to choose input method on Kubuntu 18.04?
I have a new fresh Kubuntu installation. I have used Linux Mint and Ubuntu before, those OS have GUI settings for input method, where I can choose ibus or fcitx and type Vietnamese (my language, we ...
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How to change the font size of preview options when using an input method?
I'm using IBus for pinyin in 11.10. A previous AskUbuntu poster mentioned that s/he increased font size to 14 point in Preferences. I'm unable to find a setting in Preferences that allows me to do ...
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Vietnamese input method
After re-installing Ubuntu 13.10, the Vietnamese input settings in iBus changed. Before this it used the telex input method (same as Android and iOS defaults). Now it has a very strange keyboard with ...
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Ubuntu Mate disable xkb and use iBus
In my computer I need keyboard language support for:
English (US)
Greek
Japaneese
Hence the anthy (that I am used from 16.04LTS) is an option for me. Recently I ugraded from Ubuntu 16.04LTS into 18....
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IBus input methods work only in system search
I have just upgraded Ubuntu from 19.10 to 20.04, and suddenly find that I can type Chinese characters with IBus only in the system search (the search bar that appears after pressing the Super key) and ...
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install ibus-typing-booster on Ubuntu
I tried ibus-typing-booster software on fedora. Is this available for Ubuntu?
This is really useful software that I will like to use.
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I tried to install it using the following steps. But ...
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LXDE ubuntu 17.04 - The use of dead keys to type accents does not seem to work
The use of dead keys to type accents does not seem to work in any progam. I have physical keyboard MICROSOFT NATURAL (English) and languages installed Portuguese (Brasil) and English (USA). For ...
