Re: SCIM problem
On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 07:59:14AM +0530, Sridhar M.A. wrote:
> I am currently running testing with few packages from unstable. After
> upgrading yesterday (or the day before), noticed that scim has stopped
> functioning. I do not get the scim window in the tray nor the keyboard
> selection window pops up. When I run scim -d, I get the following ouput
> :
>
> $ scim -d
> Smart Common Input Method 1.4.7
>
> Launching a SCIM daemon with Socket FrontEnd...
> Loading simple Config module ...
> Creating backend ...
> Error: in scm_symbol_value: unbound variable: create-context
>
> Launching a SCIM process with x11...
> Loading simple Config module ...
> Creating backend ...
> Error: in scm_symbol_value: unbound variable: create-context
> Failed to launch SCIM.
I am part of SCIM maintainer and using SCIM from unstable for Japanese.
> I tried im-switch and chose the scim method for input. Then restarted X
> with the same result. But, after I rebooted the machine, most of the
> apps refuse to run : gnome-terminal, liferea, iceweasel, etc.
> Ran im-switch and set the method to none. Now, at least, I can run
> programs. Bug reports for scim were not helpful :-(
I think you updated with unstable while they are going through halfway
in some gnome library transition. (I am upgrading now .... let's see)
> Is anyone else facing similar problems? Any pointers or remedy for this
> would be greatly helpful.
Usually, my advice for such case are one of the following
1. wait 1 or 2 days and upgrade again
2. downgrade to testing as emmergency cure
Good luck.... Osamu
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