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[Solved] iBus - Can't select input methods

Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2012 3:24 am
by jepperstone
Hello!

I'm using Mint wish to iBus for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. I am trying to add input methods from this menu:
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Unfortunately the screenshot doesn't show it, but when I click the drop down menu ("Select an input method") all the choices are greyed out, and I cannot select them.

I installed many fonts for all the languages that I will be using. If there is any other information that anyone needs for them to help me out, please ask. I am also open to the idea of using other input methods (although I am most familiar with, and prefer, iBus).

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~ $ uname -a
Linux x 3.2.0-32-generic #51-Ubuntu SMP Wed Sep 26 21:33:09 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Re: iBus - Can't select input methods

Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2012 5:14 am
by remoulder
Have you installed the relevant language support files via system settings applet of that name?

Re: iBus - Can't select input methods

Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2012 8:27 pm
by jepperstone
I have, as far as I know. Let me know if there is something I'm missing:

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~ $ apt search ibus
p   bibus                           - bibliographic database                    
p   bibus-doc-en                    - Bibus bibliographic database documentation
p   gir1.2-ibus-1.0                 - Intelligent Input Bus - introspection data
p   gir1.2-ibus-1.0:i386            - Intelligent Input Bus - introspection data
i A ibus                            - Intelligent Input Bus - core              
p   ibus:i386                       - Intelligent Input Bus - core              
i   ibus-anthy                      - anthy engine for IBus                     
p   ibus-anthy:i386                 - anthy engine for IBus                     
i   ibus-array                      - Array 30 input engine for iBus            
p   ibus-array:i386                 - Array 30 input engine for iBus            
p   ibus-chewing                    - Chewing engine for IBus                   
p   ibus-chewing:i386               - Chewing engine for IBus                   
p   ibus-clutter                    - ibus input method framework for clutter   
p   ibus-clutter:i386               - ibus input method framework for clutter   
p   ibus-doc                        - Intelligent Input Bus - development docume
p   ibus-el                         - IBus client for GNU Emacs                 
p   ibus-googlepinyin               - googlepinyin engine for ibus              
p   ibus-gtk                        - Intelligent Input Bus - GTK+2 support     
i A ibus-gtk:i386                   - Intelligent Input Bus - GTK+2 support     
i   ibus-gtk3                       - Intelligent Input Bus - GTK+3 support     
p   ibus-gtk3:i386                  - Intelligent Input Bus - GTK+3 support     
i   ibus-hangul                     - Hangul engine for IBus                    
p   ibus-hangul:i386                - Hangul engine for IBus                    
p   ibus-input-pad                  - Input Pad for IBus                        
p   ibus-input-pad:i386             - Input Pad for IBus                        
i   ibus-m17n                       - m17n engine for IBus                      
p   ibus-m17n:i386                  - m17n engine for IBus                      
p   ibus-mozc                       - Mozc engine for IBus - Client of the Mozc 
p   ibus-mozc:i386                  - Mozc engine for IBus - Client of the Mozc 
i   ibus-pinyin                     - Pinyin engine for IBus                    
p   ibus-pinyin:i386                - Pinyin engine for IBus                    
p   ibus-pinyin-db-android          - Pinyin engine for IBus - Android database 
i A ibus-pinyin-db-open-phrase      - Pinyin engine for IBus - open-phrase datab
i   ibus-qt4                        - qt-immodule for ibus (QT4)                
p   ibus-qt4:i386                   - qt-immodule for ibus (QT4)                
p   ibus-skk                        - SKK engine for IBus                       
i   ibus-sunpinyin                  - sunpinyin engine for ibus                 
p   ibus-sunpinyin:i386             - sunpinyin engine for ibus                 
i A ibus-table                      - table engine for IBus                     
p   ibus-table-array30              - Array30 input method based on table engine
p   ibus-table-cangjie              - ibus-table input method: CangJie (dummy pa
p   ibus-table-cangjie-big          - ibus-table input method: CangJie (big)    
p   ibus-table-cangjie3             - ibus-table input method: CangJie3         
p   ibus-table-cangjie5             - ibus-table input method: CangJie5         
i   ibus-table-cantonese            - ibus-table input method: Cantonese        
i   ibus-table-cantonhk             - ibus-table input method: Cantonhk         
p   ibus-table-cns11643             - ibus-table input method: Cns11643         
p   ibus-table-compose              - ibus-table input method: Compose          
p   ibus-table-easy                 - ibus-table input method: Easy (dummy packa
p   ibus-table-easy-big             - ibus-table input method: Easy (big)       
i   ibus-table-emoji                - ibus-table input method: Emoji            
p   ibus-table-erbi                 - ibus-table input method: ErBi             
p   ibus-table-erbi-qs              - ibus-table input method: ErBi(QS)         
p   ibus-table-extraphrase          - Extra phrase for table engine of ibus     
p   ibus-table-ipa-x-sampa          - ibus-table input method: IPA-X-SAMPA      
i   ibus-table-jyutping             - ibus-table input method: Jyutping         
p   ibus-table-latex                - ibus-table input method: LaTeX            
p   ibus-table-quick                - ibus-table input method: Quick (dummy pack
p   ibus-table-quick-classic        - ibus-table input method: Quick Classic    
p   ibus-table-quick3               - ibus-table input method: Quick3           
p   ibus-table-quick5               - ibus-table input method: Quick5           
p   ibus-table-rustrad              - ibus-table input method: Russian Tradition
p   ibus-table-scj6                 - ibus-table input method: Smart CangJie 6  
i   ibus-table-stroke5              - ibus-table input method: Stroke5          
i   ibus-table-thai                 - ibus-table input method: Thai             
p   ibus-table-translit             - ibus-table input method: Translit         
p   ibus-table-translit-ua          - ibus-table input method:  Ukrainian Transl
p   ibus-table-viqr                 - ibus-table input method: Viqr             
i   ibus-table-wu                   - ibus-table input method: Wu               
p   ibus-table-wubi                 - ibus-table input method: Wubi             
p   ibus-table-yawerty              - ibus-table input method: Yawerty          
p   ibus-table-yong                 - ibus-table input method: YongMa           
p   ibus-tegaki                     - tegaki engine for IBus                    
p   ibus-tegaki:i386                - tegaki engine for IBus                    
p   ibus-unikey                     - Vietnamese Input Method Engine for IBus us
p   ibus-unikey:i386                - Vietnamese Input Method Engine for IBus us
p   ibus-xkbc                       - keyboard layout emulation engine for IBus 
i A libibus-1.0-0                   - Intelligent Input Bus - shared library    
i A libibus-1.0-0:i386              - Intelligent Input Bus - shared library    
p   libibus-1.0-dev                 - Intelligent Input Bus - development file  
p   libibus-1.0-dev:i386            - Intelligent Input Bus - development file  
p   libibus-qt-dev                  - qt-immodule for ibus (QT4)                
p   libibus-qt-dev:i386             - qt-immodule for ibus (QT4)                
i   libibus-qt1                     - qt-immodule for ibus (QT4)                
p   libibus-qt1:i386                - qt-immodule for ibus (QT4)                
p   libusb++-0.1-4c2                - userspace C++ USB programming library     
p   libusb++-0.1-4c2:i386           - userspace C++ USB programming library     
p   libusb++-dev                    - userspace C++ USB programming library deve
p   libusb++-dev:i386               - userspace C++ USB programming library deve
i   libusb-0.1-4                    - userspace USB programming library         
i A libusb-0.1-4:i386               - userspace USB programming library         
i   libusb-1.0-0                    - userspace USB programming library         
p   libusb-1.0-0:i386               - userspace USB programming library         
p   libusb-1.0-0-dev                - userspace USB programming library developm
p   libusb-1.0-0-dev:i386           - userspace USB programming library developm
p   libusb-dev                      - userspace USB programming library developm
p   libusb-dev:i386                 - userspace USB programming library developm
p   libusb-ocaml                    - OCaml bindings to libusb-1.0 (runtime)    
p   libusb-ocaml:i386               - OCaml bindings to libusb-1.0 (runtime)    
p   libusb-ocaml-dev                - OCaml bindings to libusb-1.0              
p   libusb-ocaml-dev:i386           - OCaml bindings to libusb-1.0              
v   libusb-ocaml-dev-g8gf8:i386     -                                           
v   libusb-ocaml-dev-il1h1          -                                           
v   libusb-ocaml-g8gf8:i386         -                                           
v   libusb-ocaml-il1h1              -                                           
p   libusb-ruby                     - libusb binding for the Ruby language      
p   libusb-ruby1.8                  - libusb binding for Ruby                   
p   libusb-ruby1.8:i386             - libusb binding for Ruby                   
p   libusb-ruby1.9.1                - libusb binding for Ruby                   
p   libusb-ruby1.9.1:i386           - libusb binding for Ruby                   
p   libusbip-dev                    - USB device sharing system over IP network 
p   libusbip-dev:i386               - USB device sharing system over IP network 
p   libusbip0                       - USB device sharing system over IP network 
p   libusbip0:i386                  - USB device sharing system over IP network 
p   libusbmuxd-dev                  - USB multiplexor daemon for iPhone and iPod
p   libusbmuxd-dev:i386             - USB multiplexor daemon for iPhone and iPod
i   libusbmuxd1                     - USB multiplexor daemon for iPhone and iPod
p   libusbmuxd1:i386                - USB multiplexor daemon for iPhone and iPod
p   libusbmuxd1-dbg                 - USB multiplexor daemon for iPhone and iPod
p   libusbmuxd1-dbg:i386            - USB multiplexor daemon for iPhone and iPod
p   libusbprog-dev                  - Development files for libusbprog          
p   libusbprog-dev:i386             - Development files for libusbprog          
p   libusbprog0                     - Library for programming the USBprog hardwa
p   libusbprog0:i386                - Library for programming the USBprog hardwa
p   libusbtc08-1                    - Hardware interface library for PicoTech US
p   libusbtc08-1:i386               - Hardware interface library for PicoTech US
p   libusbtc08-dev                  - Development files for PicoTech USB TC08   
p   libusbtc08-dev:i386             - Development files for PicoTech USB TC08   
p   libuser                         - user and group account administration libr
p   libuser:i386                    - user and group account administration libr
p   libuser-identity-perl           - module to manage a person's identities/rol
p   libuser-perl                    - Provides user data in an OS independent ma
p   libuser-simple-perl             - Simple user sessions management           
p   libuser1                        - user and group account administration libr
p   libuser1:i386                   - user and group account administration libr
p   libuser1-dev                    - user and group account administration libr
p   libuser1-dev:i386               - user and group account administration libr
p   libustr-1.0-1                   - Micro string library: shared library      
p   libustr-1.0-1:i386              - Micro string library: shared library      
p   libustr-1.0-1-dbg               - Micro string library: debugging symbols   
p   libustr-1.0-1-dbg:i386          - Micro string library: debugging symbols   
p   libustr-dev                     - Micro string library: development stuff   
p   libustr-dev:i386                - Micro string library: development stuff   
p   libustr-doc                     - Micro string library: documentation       
p   mlterm-im-ibus                  - MultiLingual TERMinal, IBus input method p
p   mlterm-im-ibus:i386             - MultiLingual TERMinal, IBus input method p
i A python-ibus                     - Intelligent Input Bus - Python support    
p   python-libuser                  - user and group account administration libr
p   python-libuser:i386             - user and group account administration libr
v   python2.7-libuser               -                                           
v   python2.7-libuser:i386          -                                           
p   scribus                         - Open Source Desktop Page Layout - stable b
p   scribus:i386                    - Open Source Desktop Page Layout - stable b
p   scribus-doc                     - non-free documentation for Scribus        
p   scribus-ng                      - Transitional dummy package for the 1.4.0 S
p   scribus-ng-doc                  - non-free documentation for Developmental S
p   scribus-template                - additional scribus templates        

Re: iBus - Can't select input methods

Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2012 6:13 am
by abnvolk
Actually... It's a theme problem, the choices are there. Just add it and you'll see. :D

Re: iBus - Can't select input methods

Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 10:48 am
by laowei
installing ibus-pinyin packet maually (sudo apt-get install ibus-pinyin) seems to be a workaround. at least it works for me now for inputing chinese language. i installed mint 14 today, and had the same problem.

hope this helps