Ibus input method on RHEL not producing correct non-English characters
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Ibus input method on RHEL not producing correct non-English characters
Hello,
I have a recently installed (close to vanilla/stock) RHEL 7.4 system, and I used its built in GNOME `Settings` -> `Region & Language` -> `Input Sources` GUI to add the Chinese Intelligent Bopomofo (pinyin) input method.
I was able to switch to said input method (which appears to be based on Ibus), but typing with it outputs the literal English character letters rather than the Chinese characters (in this case, the phonetic symbols) that are supposed to be mapped to those keys. It's also strange because the input method actually shows me candidate characters to choose from, so it does recognise what I'm typing, but when I select a character it outputs the literal series of English characters associated with my keystrokes.....
Firstly, did you install the Chinese support package?
yum groupinstall "Chinese Support"
Then you need to go to the menu for System - Preferences - Input (or something like that)
Select "ibus" and click on "Input method preferences" to give more details.
This advice may need some updating: I know that "yum" has been replaced by something else, and I can't remember what!
Firstly, did you install the Chinese support package?
yum groupinstall "Chinese Support"
Then you need to go to the menu for System - Preferences - Input (or something like that)
Select "ibus" and click on "Input method preferences" to give more details.
This advice may need some updating: I know that "yum" has been replaced by something else, and I can't remember what!
Has "yum" been replaced by something???? I'm still using it all the time in this installation of RHEL 7.4...
Running `yum groupinstall "Chinese Support"` did not give any results, how do I look for that package group? Maybe it's under another name? BTW, I used `yum search Chinese` and looked at all the results. Looks like I've installed all the relevant packages anyway...
I've uploaded a GIF demonstrating this strange behaviour, please check it out: https://imgur.com/a/kzL1h
It may be that SL has followed Fedora and you now need
yum groupinstall traditional-chinese-support
I ran `yum groups list` to see the full list of installable groups:
Code:
Available Environment Groups:
Minimal Install
Infrastructure Server
File and Print Server
MATE Desktop
Basic Web Server
Virtualization Host
Server with GUI
Installed Groups:
Emacs
Input Methods
Zhong Yi Song Fonts
Available Groups:
Additional Development
Backup Client
Backup Server
Base
CIFS file server
Compatibility libraries
Console internet tools
Debugging Tools
Desktop
Desktop Debugging and Performance Tools
Desktop Platform
Desktop Platform Development
Development tools
Dial-up Networking Support
Directory Client
Directory Server
E-mail server
Eclipse
Educational Software
Electronic Lab
FCoE Storage Client
FTP server
Fedora Packager
Fonts
General Purpose Desktop
Graphical Administration Tools
Graphics Creation Tools
Hardware monitoring utilities
Haskell
Infiniband Support
Internet Applications
Internet Browser
Java Base
Java Browser
Java Database
Java Platform
KDE Desktop
Large Systems Performance
Legacy UNIX compatibility
Legacy X Window System compatibility
Mainframe Access
Messaging Client Support
Messaging Server Support
Milkymist
Misc
MySQL Database client
MySQL Database server
NFS file server
Network Infrastructure Server
Network Storage Server
Network file system client
Networking Tools
Office Suite and Productivity
PHP Support
Performance Tools
Perl Support
PostgreSQL Database client
PostgreSQL Database server
Print Server
Printing client
RT
Remote Desktop Clients
SNMP Support
Scientific support
Security Tools
Server Platform
Server Platform Development
Smart card support
Storage Availability Tools
System Management
System administration tools
TeX support
Technical Writing
TurboGears application framework
Virtualisation
Virtualisation Client
Virtualisation Platform
Virtualisation Tools
Web Server
Web Servlet Engine
Web-Based Enterprise Management
X Window System
Xfce
iSCSI Storage Client
Done
As you can see, I've tried installing the "Input Methods" and "Zhong Yi Song Fonts" groups which are the only two that look relevant to me... Is there anything else I can try?
Quote:
Originally Posted by DavidMcCann
The imgur site doesn't work on my computer, so I couldn't see your GIF.
I've re-uploaded the GIF to the libre Lut.im service with a direct link here:
The old support package was never listed by "yum grouplist", so perhaps the new one isn't! Have you actually tried "yum groupinstall traditional-chinese-support"?
I still can't see the gif: none of those fancy sites ever work for me, although I can see images posted at this one.
The old support package was never listed by "yum grouplist", so perhaps the new one isn't! Have you actually tried "yum groupinstall traditional-chinese-support"?
Thanks for sticking with me and for your patience. Yes I did try "yum groupinstall traditional-chinese-support", and yum said it was not found... Do you think it might be a problem with GNOME 3 vs Ibus instead?
Quote:
Originally Posted by DavidMcCann
I still can't see the gif: none of those fancy sites ever work for me, although I can see images posted at this one.
You should be able to directly wget or curl the URL to download the GIF onto your computer, it is a direct link to the file. If that doesn't work, I supposed I can try to record it again but to a WebM video instead!
I'm out of ideas here, I'm sorry to say. This might be a Scientific Linux problem, although at the CentOS forum, some people say they have problems with ibus and are using fcitx https://fcitx-im.org/wiki/Fcitx
I'm out of ideas here, I'm sorry to say. This might be a Scientific Linux problem, although at the CentOS forum, some people say they have problems with ibus and are using fcitx https://fcitx-im.org/wiki/Fcitx
Oh well, thanks anyway for your patience! Hopefully someone else has suggestions?
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