this is related to an issue at the ubuntu ibus level, affecting some environments, including Lubuntu. Supposedly it will be fixed in 13.04 automatically. (ref: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ibus/+bug/875435)
Until then, the solution is to install some missing dependencies: use synaptic or whatever, and make sure you have all these installed, then, log out and back in: libappindicator1 python-appindicator python-gconf python-glade2 python-pexpect -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to ibus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1078002 Title: "When active" setting does not work in Lubuntu. Status in “ibus” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: "When active" setting in "IBus Preferences" --> "Show language panel" does not work - the language panel is not shown when Input Method is active. The only setting that works is "Always", which is very inconvenient - the panel is shown always, even when playing fullscreen video, viewing photos etc. This bug appears only in Lubuntu, in usual Ubuntu this setting works OK. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: ibus 1.4.1-7ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-18.29-generic 3.5.7 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-18-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6 Architecture: i386 Date: Mon Nov 12 19:59:46 2012 ExecutablePath: /usr/share/ibus/setup/main.py InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-05-09 (186 days ago) InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 12.04 "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423.1) InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7 MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US:en PATH=(custom, user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: ibus UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-11-04 (8 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ibus/+bug/1078002/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
