I noticed that the issue is present also on Kubuntu 20.04, so it has been there for a while. It's not present on Ubuntu MATE, though, which indicates that it's a KDE issue rather than an ibus one.
But @Cory, it would be good if you could clarify why it is a problem. In short: Why do you want to have ibus-daemon running without seeing which input source is currently in use? Understanding that would be useful to determine the importance of the issue. ** Also affects: plasma-desktop (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: plasma-desktop (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed ** Tags added: focal hirsute impish -- 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/1930145 Title: IBus Panel Show Icon on system tray doesn't persist Status in ibus package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Status in plasma-desktop package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: After a reboot in Kubuntu 21.04 (and 20.10) the IBus Panel icon appears in the system tray despite "Show icon on system tray" NOT being checked. Right clicking on the IBus Panel icon, checking "Show icon on system tray" and then unchecking again it causes the icon to be correctly hidden. But the problem reappears after the next reboot. Another user reporting what is almost certainly the same behavior: https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/j91t8f/ibus_panel_icon_in_system_tray/ And this is an _identical_ bug report from 2012, so maybe it's a regression of some sort? https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=877135 Based om the trouble shooting requested at that time I get: $ gconftool-2 --get /desktop/ibus/panel/show_icon_on_systray No value set for `/desktop/ibus/panel/show_icon_on_systray' Note that I am running KDE, in case that's the important detail. The primary problem is that if you click on it accidentally and close the panel, you lose all keyboard input. $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 21.04 Release: 21.04 $ apt-cache policy ibus ibus: Installed: 1.5.24-1 Candidate: 1.5.24-1 Version table: *** 1.5.24-1 500 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hirsute/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ibus/+bug/1930145/+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