The upgrade was smooth and without any problems except it broke my scim. I have exhausted the search on Internet for a fix but was disappointed. So, I tried to experiment with a few methods based on the information I had on the Internet and came up a work around for this problem.

Referring to my Chinese Input HOWTO here, I assume you have installed scim in Feisty Fawn (7.04) and later upgraded to Gutsy Gibbon (7.10).

1. Goto System -> Preference -> Sessions. Delete the “Input Method” as created in my previous HOWTO.
2. Uninstall and install again scim and all suggested packages.
3. Click on menu: System -> Preferences ->Sessions
   • Click Startup Program Tab then [New] button.
   • Name: Input Methods
   • Command: scim -d
   • Click [OK] button
4. Logout and login again.
5. Go to System -> Administration -> Language Support
   • Select your language(s) support. In my case, Chinese and Japanese.
   • Check the box at the bottom, Input Method, to activate complex characters input. Apply, uncheck it, apply and check again and apply then quit.
   • Restart Language Support to make sure the box is checked.
6. Logout and restart your system.
7. Login and launch any application, e.g. gedit or Terminal. Right click and select “Input Method” and check “SCIM Input Method”.
8. Now click on the “Input Method” tray icon on the top left of your screen to choose your desired language support and input method.

Now, you should be able to switch input method in some applications such as Terminal or gedit. It still does not work on every applications such as Open Office. To activate scim for every applications, use the command line (or Terminal):

1. Check your locale:

   
   $ locale | grep LANG=
   
   

   The answer would be something like below, which is in my case:

   
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   

2. Now, with the following command, insall scim-qtimm and tell your system you want to use scim for your input method in your locale:

   
   $ sudo apt-get install scim-qtimm
   $ im-switch -z en_US -s scim
   
   

3. Logout and login again and start Open Office. You should now able to select your input method in every applications.

This should also work (with instructions from my previous post here) if you have a fresh installation of Gutsy Gibbon. Please let me know if this works for you.