[SOLVED] Can't get ibus to work

qwertynoob · 2024-02-03 10:29:08

Hello, everyone!

I've just installed ibus, in order to set up the keyboard toggle shortcuts.
I've added "ibus-daemon &" to autostart, and the tray applet shows up, but the shortcut doesn't work. It works briefly after I restart ibus, but then everything freezes, and I have to reboot. I doesn't seem to matter which keys I choose for the toggle.

Any ideas on how to fix it, or perhaps use an alternative to set up the shortcut?

Last edited by qwertynoob (2024-02-10 15:05:33)

Pinhead · 2024-02-03 15:54:37

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/IBus

Robi · 2024-02-03 21:52:58

@qwertynoob

sudo apt install gxkb

insert into
~/.config/bunsen/autostart

gxkb &

After the first run of gxkb in ~.config/gxkb a gxkb.conf will be
created.

[xkb config]
group_policy=2
default_group=0
never_modify_config=false
model=pc105
layouts=hu,pl
variants=,qwertz
toggle_option=grp:alt_shift_toggle
compose_key_position=

modify it as you like
https://www.thegeekdiary.com/setxkbmap- … -in-linux/
/etc/locale.gen code pages you need should be uncommented
#locale-gen makes it usable
What languages do you need? Maybe East-Asian ones need ibus.

Last edited by Robi (2024-02-04 08:07:12)

johnraff · 2024-02-04 02:18:19

You've installed im-config (it's a recommend of ibus)?
'im-config -l' might have some hints?

qwertynoob · 2024-02-04 07:48:28

Robi wrote:

@qwertynoob
insert into
~/.config/bunsen/autostart
a line like this
setxkbmap -layout "hu,pl" -variant ,qwertz -option "grp:alt_shift_toggle" & 

Thank you, Robi. This works - for Polish and Hungarian. Where can I find a list of keyboard layouts names, so I can correctly codify my chosen languages? I get errors when I try to guess (I can't find Kurmanji/Northern Kurdish - ku and kmr give me errors).

johnraff wrote:

You've installed im-config (it's a recommend of ibus)?
'im-config -l' might have some hints?

im-config -l
 ibus fcitx xim

I installed fcitx in order to replace ibus (it doesn't work at all).

Last edited by qwertynoob (2024-02-04 08:14:50)

johnraff · 2024-02-04 08:03:52

I've been using fcitx (with mocz for Japanese) for several years now with no problems.

qwertynoob · 2024-02-04 12:06:05

johnraff wrote:

I've been using fcitx (with mocz for Japanese) for several years now with no problems.

I've just installed fcitx5.
When I run it, everything hangs up, like when restarting ibus.

Robi · 2024-02-04 13:27:21

@qwertynoob
Forget fcitx. Remove/purge it. It's for other languages.

sudo apt install xfce4-settings

Main Menu/Keyboard/Layout switch off 'Use system defaults' and
add / choose Kurdish from under either Arabic (Syria) or Turkish.
There are cca 6 options. Sorry for my ignorance about Kurmanji.
In gxkb.cfg write only one of these:
layouts=en,ar
layouts=en,tr
or layouts=en,tr,ar if both were added
You can test by starting gxkb in a terminal first to see errors.
The flag is missing from /usr/share/gxkb/flags. It is not critical. You may create a png file instead of the ? mark.

Last edited by Robi (2024-02-04 13:33:04)

qwertynoob · 2024-02-04 14:13:40

@Robi

I found those keyboards in xfce4-settings, the toggle shortcut still doesn't work.

I edited the gxkb.cfg to the following:

[xkb config]
group_policy=2
default_group=0
never_modify_config=false
model=pc105
layouts=pl,tr,ua
variants=qwerty
toggle_option=grp:alt_shift_toggle
compose_key_position=

Once I ran gxkb and there was only PL flag, no way to toggle.
Now when I run gxkb everything hangs i.e. I'm confined to the terminal window, can't switch windows, workspaces, nothing else works - this is the same kind of crash I mentioned above, same thing keeps happening with different apps. We're not seeing something here... :-/

EDIT: NOW, it's working, both the tray widget and the keyboard shortcut (but I only have Turkish, not Kurdish, I'll try to get that fixed now)!

Last edited by qwertynoob (2024-02-04 14:17:27)

qwertynoob · 2024-02-04 14:23:57

Trying to set up Kurdish/Kurmanji...
Example:

xkb config]
group_policy=2
default_group=0
never_modify_config=false
model=pc105
layouts=pl,ua,ku ir
variants=qwerty
toggle_option=grp:alt_shift_toggle
compose_key_position=

I get:

qwerty@debian:~$ gxkb
Error:            Can't find file "kuir" for symbols include
                  Exiting
                  Abandoning symbols file "(null)"
[1707056498,000,xklavier_config_xkb.c:xkl_config_get_keyboard/] 	Could not load /usr/bin/xkbcomp output as XKM file, got 127 (asked 127)
Segmentation fault

EDIT: Found a list of Kurdish layouts here: https://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=106496
Nothing works, it's like they're missing from my system(?)

Last edited by qwertynoob (2024-02-04 14:36:31)

Robi · 2024-02-04 17:55:24

qwertynoob
So, as root to show what maps exist:

localectl list-x11-keymap-layouts

localectl list-x11-keymap-layouts | grep ua

ua

localectl list-x11-keymap-variants ua

...
let's see variants for ku

localectl list-x11-keymap-variants tr | grep ku

ku
ku_alt
ku_f

localectl list-x11-keymap-variants iq

ku
ku_alt
ku_ara
ku_f
So the maps you want to use have to be unblocked in
/etc/locale.gen
by deleting the hashmarks in the line. Then

sudo locale-gen

Generating locales (this might take a while)...
ar_IQ.UTF-8... done
en_US.UTF-8... done
ku_TR.UTF-8... done
pl_PL.UTF-8... done
uk_UA.UTF-8... done
And in gxkb.cfg
number of layouts/commas
must be equal to the number of variants/commas
layouts=hu,pl,ua
variants=,qwertz,rstu

Last edited by Robi (2024-02-04 17:58:40)

qwertynoob · 2024-02-04 18:40:27

Thank you for your patience, Robi.

sudo locale-gen

Generating locales (this might take a while)...
  en_US.UTF-8... done
  ku_TR.ISO-8859-9... done
  ku_TR.UTF-8... done

What should my gxkb.cfg look like?

[xkb config]
group_policy=2
default_group=0
never_modify_config=false
model=pc105
layouts=pl,ua,ku_tr
variants=qwerty,legacy,qwerty
toggle_option=grp:ctrl_shift_toggle
compose_key_position=

gxkb gives:

Error:            No Symbols named "qwerty" in the include file "pl"
                  Exiting
                  Abandoning symbols file "(null)"
[1707071591,000,xklavier_config_xkb.c:xkl_config_get_keyboard/] 	Could not load /usr/bin/xkbcomp output as XKM file, got 127 (asked 127)

But polish works, KU_TR shows up as an option, but can't be activated.

Robi · 2024-02-04 19:03:22

@qwertynoob
layouts=pl,ua,tr
variants=qwertz,legacy,ku

seems to be legal

sudo localectl list-x11-keymap-variants pl

shows possible variants for pl
but polish is not enabled in /etc/locale.gen as I see.

Last edited by Robi (2024-02-04 19:10:53)

qwertynoob · 2024-02-04 19:23:25

Generated the pl locales, checked the variants, and this seems to work:

layouts=pl,ua,tr
variants=legacy,legacy,ku

No error message this time - but the system hangs up (the way described above). Replicated several times. Any ideas?

Robi · 2024-02-04 19:50:59

@qwertynoop
may I see whether pl_PL is present
sudo locale-gen
the code page is either UTF or other but not both
I'd drop (comment out with hashtag) this next line in /etc/locale.gen
ku_TR.ISO-8859-9... done
sudo locale-gen
it works for me (with hu at the 1st place)
ps -ef | grep gxkb
ps -ef | grep ibus
ps -ef | grep fcitx
the last 2 should be empty

Last edited by Robi (2024-02-04 20:00:11)

qwertynoob · 2024-02-04 19:58:02

Locales generated:
pl_PL.ISO-8859-2
pl_PL.UTF-8

qwerty@debian:~$ ps -ef | grep gxkb
qwerty      3601    3531  0 20:56 pts/2    00:00:00 grep gxkb
qwerty@debian:~$ ps -ef | grep ibus
qwerty      3603    3531  0 20:56 pts/2    00:00:00 grep ibus
qwerty@debian:~$ ps -ef | grep fcitx
qwerty      3605    3531  0 20:56 pts/2    00:00:00 grep fcitx

Robi · 2024-02-04 20:07:48

#pl_PL.ISO-8859-2
pl_PL.UTF-8

either or conflicting code pages

in ~/.config/bunsen/autostart
show me / check
gxkb &
ampersand means start as a background process
logout login

Last edited by Robi (2024-02-04 20:45:39)

johnraff · 2024-02-05 01:58:02

qwertynoob wrote:

johnraff wrote:
I've been using fcitx (with mocz for Japanese) for several years now with no problems.
I've just installed fcitx5.
When I run it, everything hangs up, like when restarting ibus.

fcitx5 and fcitx (ie fcitx 4) are different. I use fcitx because I need to input Japanese sometimes. With mozc it works very well for that. I think fcitx5 might still have some issues.

But Robi seems to have the situation well in hand so I'll say no more.

qwertynoob · 2024-02-05 09:14:48

Robi wrote:

#pl_PL.ISO-8859-2
pl_PL.UTF-8
either or conflicting code pages
in ~/.config/bunsen/autostart
show me / check
gxkb &
ampersand means start as a background process
logout login

Now it works! Although it's a weird layout (separate keys for êçşî).

In other news, I managed to get ibus running. Oddly, in both cases (or all three, counting fctix5) only running the service at session startup seems to be key (to avoid crash)...
What I did was remove the "super+space" shortcut from xbindkeysrc, and now the default shortcut works.

Gelek spas, Robi!

Robi · 2024-02-05 10:05:17

@qwertynoob
re strange layout:
Instead of ku you may try ku_alt or ku_f variants
Bila

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