Bug 667031

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #666427 +++

Description of problem:
If doing a minimal installation and adding X afterwards, without adding a Desktop environment, ibus fails to work. 


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):



How reproducible:



Steps to Reproduce:
1. Do minimal installation
2.Install X afterwards, then a window manager, vs. a desktop environmentthen install ibus-anthy
3.Start X and run ibus-setup
  
Actual results:

After one selects the input manager, the setting doesn't hold.  If one re-runs ibus-setup, there is no manager selected. 


Expected results:
ibus should work without the necessity of installing Gnome or KDE.  (Or possibly other Desktop Environments).  


Additional info:
Installing kdebase will enable it to work as expected.  This is a package problem with RH--the same issue occurs in ScientificLinux 6 alpha and therefore RH6 almost certainly has the same problem.  

The reason I believe that this is a RH bug, rather than ibus bug is that it works as expected in ArchLinux--their packaging apparently includes all necessary dependencies.   By doing things such as installing gnome-terminal, which will pull in another group of dependencies, one can get it to semi-work--that is, it will work with some expected applications but not others.   As mentioned, if I install kdebase, everything will work as it should.

--- Additional comment from scottro11@gmail.com on 2010-12-31 19:27:26 EST ---

It turned out, upon testing with further installs, that kdebase didn't fix the issue.  However, by comparing it with a Debian installation, where it works as it should, the missing dependency seems to be dbus-x11.  Upon installing that, it works as expected.   

This also holds for Scientific Linux's 6 alpha, based on RHEL6, so perhaps someone could notify them as well.

--- Additional comment from tfujiwar@redhat.com on 2011-01-03 21:52:28 EST ---

Do you mean your problem is fixed when you install dbus-x11?
I guess you use TWM.

--- Additional comment from scottro11@gmail.com on 2011-01-03 22:00:35 EST ---

Yes, if one install dbus-x11, ibus works with any window manager.    For testing, I redid the Scientific Linux ibus spec file, (taken from RHEL6, as far as I know), just adding the line Requires: dbus-x11 and it then works with all window managers.  

(I primarily use either openbox or fluxbox, but if one adds dbus-x11, it works with all of them, including twm.)  

Thank you for your quick response.  
(Note that this problem occurs not only with Fedora, but also with Scientific Linux, and, I would guess, RHEL6.)

--- Additional comment from tfujiwar@redhat.com on 2011-01-03 22:22:11 EST ---

Thanks for the report.
I will update Fedora 14 & 13.
Probably I think we will not update RHEL6. If you wish, probably I think we can fix RHEL6.2.

--- Additional comment from scottro11@gmail.com on 2011-01-03 23:40:09 EST ---

Thank you for your time.  Even if it doesn't affect too many people, as it is just a matter of adding Requires: dbus-x11 to the ibus spec file, hopefully, the process of getting it into RH won't be too time consuming.  

Once again, thank you for your time and efforts.

--- Additional comment from tfujiwar@redhat.com on 2011-01-03 23:42:20 EST ---

http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/gitweb/?p=ibus.git;a=blobdiff;f=ibus.spec;h=50cb8ac9c019b10c9dc545ede7f15fc129681872;hp=6fa7f1d0ba1919c1e4195637360756e5a5fa2faf;hb=f2b74932a66b66dabbce26805e90b40192d2d6ee;hpb=aa00a29e99a61a0949bf7b1fc54e91ec0218b0ea

--- Additional comment from updates@fedoraproject.org on 2011-01-03 23:56:50 EST ---

ibus-1.3.9-2.fc14 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 14.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/ibus-1.3.9-2.fc14

--- Additional comment from updates@fedoraproject.org on 2011-01-04 00:12:52 EST ---

ibus-1.3.9-2.fc13 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 13.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/ibus-1.3.9-2.fc13