Sorry, forgot to update this report. That is the proper fix for other application, but it wont fix unity dash because with out the sync mode ibus doesn't handle regular text. Here is the bug report form upstream.
http://code.google.com/p/ibus/issues/detail?id=1291 ** Bug watch added: IBus bugs #1291 http://code.google.com/p/ibus/issues/detail?id=1291 ** Changed in: unity Status: In Progress => Confirmed ** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu) Status: In Progress => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/880876 Title: Unity causes ibus to not work correctly To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/880876/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs