Hi Mike I don't know whether this is a know issue or not, but Google didn'd find a matching thread: xim: CVS version 1.5 [...] zh_CN*) # Simplified Chinese [...] case $tmplang in zh_CN.UTF-8|zh_CN.utf-8) chinput -gb & ;; *) chinput & ;; esac [...] I have the followig system settings (to combine german and chinese): RC_LANG="de_CH.UTF-8" RC_LC_CTYPE="zh_CN.UTF-8" Problem with chinput: 1) There is no need for an '&', it automatically goes to background 2) Option '-gb' results in: "Basic: Cannot open font "\ "-misc-zysong18030-medium-r-normal-16-000c0iso10646-1" 3) Startup *must* be: LANG=zh_CN LC_ALL=zh_CN chinput Otherwise it does not work! - without "LANG=..." -> Segmentation fault - With "LANG=zh_CN.UTF-8 ..." -> "Can't Open Input Method Service" Any idea? Other experiances? Could you correct it? BTW: Mike Fabian: Do you allow me to publish your xim file on my homepage (will be marc.waeckerlin.org/linux/i18n.php when it's finished)? I see no "License is GPL" comment. Regards Marc