http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1202057 Bug ID: 1202057 Summary: fcitx stopped running (and being started at startup) for no reason Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE Tumbleweed Version: Current Hardware: x86-64 OS: openSUSE Tumbleweed Status: NEW Severity: Major Priority: P5 - None Component: Other Assignee: screening-team-bugs@suse.de Reporter: php4fan@gmail.com QA Contact: qa-bugs@suse.de Found By: --- Blocker: --- Ages ago I had troubles with a particular application (PhpStorm) not being able to type dead keys (^, `, �, �, etc.) nor the unicode composite characters that start with them such as �, �, etc. because PhpStorm has some known issue with dBus that they haven't been able to figure out in 12 years. So I uninstalled iBus and installed Fcitx, which had been known to work for some users, and it actually worked for me. From that point, I was able to use dead keys in PhpStorm (and every other application, but those worked with iBus too). Recently dead keys stopped working again in PhpStorm and at first I thought it was an update of theirs, but it wasn't. Then I noticed that when I go to KDE's "System Settings -> whatever -> Input Method" it says "Cannot connect to Fcitx by DBus, is Fcitx running?" (btw I just had to TYPE this ****ing error message by hand. Please make every ****ing thing that is ever displayed on screen copy-pastable). So finally I ran fcitx-diagnose and it says: `````` 3. process: **Fcitx is not running.** **Please check the Configure link of your distribution in [Beginner's Guide](http://fcitx-im.org/wiki/Beginner%27s_Guide) for how to setup fcitx autostart.** `````` I never touched any of that, so there's no valid reason for fcitx to have stopped running. Something that I don't understand is that, despite that, in ALL applications except for PhpStorm, dead keys still work regardless. Also I had never tried fcitx-diagnose before so I cannot tell for sure that the process had EVER been running. But what I can tell is that PhpStorm used to work and one of the things that PhpStorm's staff asked me to check is that the process is running. When I first uninstalled iBus and before I installed Fcitx, I remember that dead keys did stop working in ALL applications, and they only started working again once I installed fcitx. So, my guess at this point is (but I'm totally guessing): - Fcitx is more than just a daemon process. It installs stuff _and_ a daemon. - Some applications (e.g. PhpStorm) need the daemon, some others (e.g. everything else I ever use) don't, though they do need the other stuff that fcitx is made of - the daemon process used to be running and isn't anymore. And that would be the bug. That's the only explanation I can come up with, that doesn't lead to a bunch of other contradictions and unanswered questions. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.