As I installed app-i18n/scim-bridge and setup QT_IM_MODULE=scim-bridge, scim input method would start with kdm automatically. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.install scim-bridge, and setup QT_IM_MODULE=scim-bridge 2.login with kdm 3.scim starts itself automatically without other setting. Actual Results: scim starts before kde desktop starting. Expected Results: scim starts after kde desktop starting. emerge --info scim-bridge kdm Portage 2.3.4-r2 (default/linux/x86/2008.0/desktop, gcc-4.6.2, glibc-2.13-r4, 3.3.4-ck i686) ================================================================= System Settings ================================================================= System uname: Linux-3.3.4-ck-i686-Pentium-R-_Dual-Core_CPU_E5800_@_3.20GHz-with-gentoo-2.1.8 Timestamp of tree: Mon, 21 May 2012 06:00:01 +0000 app-shells/bash: 4.2_p24 dev-lang/python: 2.7.3-r1000, 3.2.3-r1000 dev-util/cmake: 2.8.8-r2 dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.26 sys-apps/baselayout: 2.1.8-r3 sys-apps/openrc: 0.8.3-r8 sys-apps/sandbox: 2.5 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.69 sys-devel/automake: 1.11.5 sys-devel/binutils: 2.21.1-r1 sys-devel/gcc: 4.6.2-r1 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.5 sys-devel/libtool: 2.4.2 sys-devel/make: 3.82-r3 sys-kernel/linux-headers: 2.6.39 (virtual/os-headers) sys-libs/glibc: 2.13-r4 Repositories: gentoo local Installed sets: ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=core2 -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/config /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt /usr/share/themes/oxygen-gtk/gtk-2.0" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo /etc/udev/rules.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=core2 -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs config-protect-if-modified distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles news parallel-fetch parse-eapi-ebuild-head preserve-libs protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch" FFLAGS="" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org" LANG="en_US.UTF-8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--sort-common -Wl,--as-needed" LINGUAS="en en_US zh zh_CN" MAKEOPTS="-j3" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="git://github.com/funtoo/ports-2012.git" SYNC_USER="root" USE="X a52 aac acl acpi alac alsa berkdb bluetooth branding bzip2 cairo cdda cdr cjk cli consolekit cracklib crypt cups cxx dbus dri dts dvd dvdr dvdread emboss encode exif fam firefox flac fortran gdbm gif gpm iconv ipv6 jpeg kde lame lcms ldap libnotify mad mng modules mp3 mp4 mpeg mudflap ncurses nls nptl ogg opengl openmp pam pango pcre pdf perl png policykit ppds pppd python qt3support qt4 readline sdl semantic-desktop session spell ssl startup-notification svg tcpd tiff truetype udev udisks unicode upower usb vorbis wavpack win32codecs wxwidgets x264 x86 xcb xml xorg xulrunner xv xvid zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1 emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="stage sheets words" CAMERAS="ptp2" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ubx" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS="presenter-console presenter-minimizer" LINGUAS="en en_US zh zh_CN" PHP_TARGETS="php5-3" PYTHON_TARGETS="python3_2 python2_7" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby18" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="intel" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, SYNC_UMASK ================================================================= Package Settings ================================================================= kde-base/kdm-4.8.3 was built with the following: USE="consolekit handbook pam (-aqua) -debug -kerberos" app-i18n/scim-bridge was built with the following: USE="gtk qt4 -doc"
When immodule is loaded, http://scim.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/scim/scim-bridge/trunk/client-qt/im-scim-bridge-qt.cpp?revision=93&view=markup#l110 QInputContext *ScimBridgeInputContextPlugin::create (const QString &key) is invoked. It create ScimBridgeClientQt instance. http://scim.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/scim/scim-bridge/trunk/client-qt/im-scim-bridge-qt.cpp?revision=93&view=markup#l119 > if (client == NULL) client = new ScimBridgeClientQt (); Then the ScimBridgeClientQt construtor call scim_bridge_client_open_messenger (); http://scim.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/scim/scim-bridge/trunk/client-qt/scim-bridge-client-qt.cpp?revision=93&view=markup#l48 > ScimBridgeClientQt::ScimBridgeClientQt (): socket_notifier (NULL) { > ... > scim_bridge_client_open_messenger (); It launch agent for you... http://scim.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/scim/scim-bridge/trunk/client-common/scim-bridge-client.c?revision=369&view=markup#l1051 > retval_t scim_bridge_client_open_messenger () > ... > if (i == 5 && launch_agent ()) { so, it's natural to see scim started with kdm. I think that's design decision of scim-bridge.
(In reply to comment #1) > When immodule is loaded, > > http://scim.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/scim/scim-bridge/trunk/client-qt/im- > scim-bridge-qt.cpp?revision=93&view=markup#l110 > QInputContext *ScimBridgeInputContextPlugin::create (const QString &key) is > invoked. > > It create ScimBridgeClientQt instance. > http://scim.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/scim/scim-bridge/trunk/client-qt/im- > scim-bridge-qt.cpp?revision=93&view=markup#l119 > > if (client == NULL) client = new ScimBridgeClientQt (); > > Then the ScimBridgeClientQt construtor call > scim_bridge_client_open_messenger (); > http://scim.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/scim/scim-bridge/trunk/client-qt/scim- > bridge-client-qt.cpp?revision=93&view=markup#l48 > > ScimBridgeClientQt::ScimBridgeClientQt (): socket_notifier (NULL) { > > ... > > scim_bridge_client_open_messenger (); > > It launch agent for you... > http://scim.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/scim/scim-bridge/trunk/client-common/ > scim-bridge-client.c?revision=369&view=markup#l1051 > > retval_t scim_bridge_client_open_messenger () > > ... > > if (i == 5 && launch_agent ()) { > > so, it's natural to see scim started with kdm. I think that's > design decision of scim-bridge. Thanks for your kindly replying, I get it.