Switching to new input method does nothing

Bug #1993928 reported by O Gopal
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This bug affects 3 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
ibus-m17n (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
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Bug Description

I have ibus-m17n installed, but switching to a different input method does nothing.

STR:
1. Make sure my 2nd input method (in my case, "Sanskrit (sa-IAST (m17n))" appears under "Settings-->Keyboard-->Input sources."
2. Use alt-space to switch to my second input method.
3. Notice on the top panel that the indicator shows that the input method has changed.
4. Attempt to key in some special characters (using Gedit, LibreOffice, etc.).

Expected result:
The special characters will appear.

Actual result:
The keyboard behaves as if the input method were my usual "English (US)."

No such problem with 22.04.

Removing and re-adding "Sanskrit (sa-IAST (m17n))" in Settings doesn't solve the issue.

Hardware: IBM ThinkPad Carbon X-1, 5th generation.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.10
Package: ibus 1.5.27-2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.19.0-21.21-generic 5.19.7
Uname: Linux 5.19.0-21-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.23.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Sun Oct 23 08:44:46 2022
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-12-08 (1779 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64 (20171018)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ibus
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to kinetic on 2022-10-21 (1 days ago)

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O Gopal (jswami) wrote :
O Gopal (jswami)
affects: ibus (Ubuntu) → ibus-m17n (Ubuntu)
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PDT (ashinpan) wrote :

The same issue with my Ubuntu 22.10 Cinnamon Desktop.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in ibus-m17n (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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O Gopal (jswami) wrote :

This is the fix:

     https://github.com/ibus/ibus-m17n/commit/b94603b6feb7696b9f43f0bea907e6acc63a13c7

The fix is included in ibus-m17n >= 1.4.17

Latest release: https://github.com/ibus/ibus-m17n/releases/tag/1.4.18

So either you can upgrade ibus-m17n to >= 1.4.17 or use the workaround described in comment # 52: https://github.com/ibus/ibus-m17n/issues/52#issuecomment-1249995669

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