XIM and SCIM problems on SuSE 10.1

Hi, I installed SuSE 10.1 and when I start Xemacs I am experiencing the same problems as this poster who got the advice to ask at SuSE: http://www.archivesat.com/XEmacs_Beta_Testers/thread796578.htm

(1) (xintl/error) Can't initialize XIM: XCreateIC failed

I also installed scim, but it exits abnormally:

uli@toshi:~> scim Smart Common Input Method 1.4.4

Launching a SCIM process with x11... Loading socket Config module ... Creating backend ... Loading x11 FrontEnd module ... SCIM has exited abnormally. Any ideas how this can be solved or examined further?

Uli