It's not clear to me why you would want to kill the ibus-daemon process in the first place. It's setup (via im-config) to be started and configured at login.
As regards commands to start ibus from terminal it differs depending on the desktop environment. GNOME: ibus-daemon --panel disable --xim -d Other desktop environments: ibus-daemon --xim -d In situations where ibus crashes somehow, and IM inputting stops working, you normally can do: ibus restart to fix it. ** Changed in: ibus (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1922186 Title: ibus very difficult to restart To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ibus/+bug/1922186/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs