Hi Ed, Login as "satimis", Chinese input on KDE under English locale is NOW working without running; $ export XMODIFIERS=@IM=SCIM [Ctrl]+[Space] - swiching English/Chinese input [Ctrl]+[Shift] - toggling input methods input methods commonly used are working (haven't tested all of them) Would it be "reboot" taking effect, just starting the PC? Anyway tks again for your advice. B.R. SL > > The situation is more less the same as while I ran FC2/FC3, about 1 > and > > half years ago. Chinese input on Gnome was possible. Chinese > input on > > KDE was unstable. Sometime I made it work on Kedit, OOWriter, > Mozilla, > > etc. Another time they failed. I tried some times without a > > breakthrough. > > What I would do is the following.... > > 1. Login as yourself "satimis". > > 2. In a terminal "su -" (don't forget the -) to root. > > 3. Create a totally new user. (I normally just use the "adduser" > command). For my example I use "testcn". > > 4. Then "su - testcn". At that point do the: > > mkdir ~/.xinput.d > cd ~/.xinput.d > ln -s /etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/scim default > > procedure. Do NOT modify any other files. > > 5. Then logout totally from your "satimis" account. > > 6. Make sure you select "Gnome" as your session and login as testcn. > Again, do not modify any files, do any extra environment settings or > anything. > > 7. Bring up gnome-terminal and test various input methods. *IF* > that > works fine. Then, logout, and login again selecting KDE as the > session. > > I think I asked you what is in your /etc/sysconfig/desktop file...but > you didn't say. > > Ed
