kwrite with kinput2 on SuSE8

Hello, I used kwrite with kinput2 on SuSE7.2. Currently, I'm using SuSE8, but I cannot input any Japanese character on kwrite by using kinput2. On kedit, I can input Japanese characters with kinput2, but preedit string is not displayed on the screen. Do you know something about it? ------ Ichiro Takiguchi IBM Japan Ltd.