Japanese character input ibus-kkc broken

magnet helper · 2026-04-09 08:02:15

was working fine, but i didn't use it for a while - after a few updates, i recently went to use it and it's broken. tried reinstalling package, restarting, etc. but with ibus as my input method editor i can no longer use the Kana Kanji input. english works fine, as does SKK (simple kana kanji). i can select it from the tray icon or with my keyboard shortcut (super + space), but it is unresponsive and eventually kicks me back to english or skk.

thanks!

seth · 2026-04-09 08:38:25

https://github.com/ueno/ibus-kkc hasn't been udpated in 5 years
Does it produce errors or coredumps in the system journal?
On what kind of session are you running this (desktop and display server)

for a while

Any chance to quantify that? Day-while, month-while or i-used-it-before-my-child-was-born-and-am-now-a-grandparent-while ?

magnet helper · 2026-04-10 05:27:33

seth wrote:

https://github.com/ueno/ibus-kkc hasn't been udpated in 5 years
Does it produce errors or coredumps in the system journal?
On what kind of session are you running this (desktop and display server)
for a while
Any chance to quantify that? Day-while, month-while or i-used-it-before-my-child-was-born-and-am-now-a-grandparent-while ?

i haven't looked in the system journal before - is there a tutorial for how to browse it for the pertinent info? didn't see any wiki pages that jumped out immediately.

i am using xfce4. i would quantify "a while" as a couple months at most. probably last used it a couple updates ago. ibus-kkc is the input system that i've gotten used to and makes the most sense to me; i suppose i could try its Fcitx5 implementation if it can't be resurrected on this install for whatever reason.

seth · 2026-04-10 07:15:24

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Systemd/Journal

sudo journalctl -b

will print the current journal (you need to be root or in the adm/wheel group)

Are you https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Xfce#U … nd_support ?

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#1 2026-04-09 08:02:15

Japanese character input ibus-kkc broken

#2 2026-04-09 08:38:25

Re: Japanese character input ibus-kkc broken

#3 2026-04-10 05:27:33

Re: Japanese character input ibus-kkc broken

#4 2026-04-10 07:15:24

Re: Japanese character input ibus-kkc broken

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