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Title:
  [Gutsy] scim: input freezes in various applications under XIM mode

Status in “libx11” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “scim” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “libx11” source package in Hardy:
  Fix Released
Status in “scim” source package in Hardy:
  Fix Released
Status in “scim” package in Debian:
  Fix Released
Status in Fedora:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  In gutsy, the default mode of scim (detemined by im-switch's settings
  "scim") uses XIM mode.  This may cause problems in some applications
  and make it impossible to input anything, even if you choose the
  English/Keyboard input method.  This happens most often in nautilus,
  but is also seen in gedit, gnome-terminal, etc.

  This bug has been around for a long time, it only became more visible
  because of the change in the default settings of scim and the Ubuntu
  package.

  There are two work arounds for this problem:

  1. If you do not use any programs linked to libstdc++5 (very few of
  the Ubuntu official packages do, one know exception is the fglrx video
  driver for ATi cards; but plenty of third-party programs do, such as
  firefox downloaded from www.mozilla.com, and Adobe's PDF reader), you
  can use the scim-immodule setting in im-switch.  To change the im-
  switch setting, just run "im-switch -s scim-immodule" command.

  2. If you do not use the deadkeys (often seen on European keyboards, and if you don't know what a deadkey is, you are not using it), you can change scim's "/FrontEnd/X11/Dynamic" setting.  The procedure to change this setting is:
  (a) Set scim not to start automatically (because it's useless to change the configuration file when scim is running) using the command "im-switch -s none".  Log out and re-login.
  (b) Edit your ~/.scim/config configuration file, change the /FrontEnd/X11/Dynamic option to true.
  (c) Reset scim to start automatically with command "im-switch -s scim". Log out and re-login.

  If you are using programs linked to libstdc++5 as well as deadkeys,
  there is no known workaround for you.  You may try the scim-bridge
  settings (you need to install scim-bridge-* packages first), but it's
  not clear whether it works or not (and I don't even know if there is a
  written scim-bridge setting for im-switch of not).

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