From Fedora Project Wiki
Description
This test case is to set up the input method to get it working on the desktop. if something is going wrong, please try to restart the desktop session. that may helps.
How to test
- For GNOME
- Click on the gear icon from the system status menu on the upper right corner or run gnome-control-center from Activity or the terminal.
- Click on Keyboard.
- Add your preferable input source and layout if not in Input Sources section.
- Try to click the 2-letter language icon on the panel and select the input source
- or press the Super+space or a shortcut key which is configured in Typing section on Shortcuts tab at Keyboard configuration.
- For Plasma (Wayland)
- Bring up systemsettings5
- Click on "Input Devices" and then "Virtual Keyboard"
- Select "IBus Wayland" and click on "Apply"
- For other desktop environments
- Prerequisites
- Make sure if you have
im-chooser
andimsettings
andimsettings-gsettings
and/orimsettings-plasma
for Plasma (X11),imsettings-mate
for MATE,imsettings-xfce
for Xfce,imsettings-lxde
for LXDE, andimsettings-cinnamon
for Cinnamon installed.
- Make sure if you have
- Prerequisites
- Select Input Method Selector from the desktop menu or run im-chooser from the terminal
- Select Use IBus, then click Preferences... at the right side.
- Open Input Method tab
- Add your preferable input source and layout if not in Input Method section.
- Click on the ibus icon and select the engine
- or press Super+space
- Reload ibus engine
- Install another ibus engine likes ibus-table-mathwriter with sysadmin account
- Check the current process ID of ibus-daemon with
pidof ibus-daemon
command with the current user account - Run
ibus restart
command with the current user account - Check the current process ID of ibus-daemon again
- Run
gnome-control-center keyboard
in GNOME oribus-setup
in non-GNOME desktop with the current user account and check the available input method engines
Expected Results
- For GNOME
- It may depends on the order of the input source, 2 letter language or a symbol for engine should appears at the panel.
- For other desktops
- "English (UK)" is available in Input Method -> English since Fedora 33
- IBus icon should appears at the panel if ibus is running
- Check the result of
imsettings-list
once selecting something on im-chooser.
- Reload ibus engine
- ibus-daemon PID is updated with
ibus restart
command. See alsoman ibus
oribus restart --help
. - gnome-control-center or ibus-setup shows the newly installed ibus enigne likes ibus-table-mathwriter