[SCIM] Trouble installing Firefox 1.0.1 with SCIM

[Rachel Kronick]

Hi again,

I found the real answer on the 
LinuxQuestions.org website. Some kind soul wrote:

> 1. download the fire fox package and extract it
> 
> 2. copy and paste the following into the console:
> 
> scim -f x11 -c simple -ns socket -d
> export LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8
> export XMODIFIERS=@im=SCIM
> export GTK_IM_MODULE=xim
> 
> 3 run ./firefox installer
> 
> 4 after install edit the "firefox" shell script with a text editor
> 
> 5 paste the four line showen instage 2 under the opening comments and before "moz_pis_startstop_scripts()"
> save and exit
> 
> now when you run the firefox shell script firefox should work normally
> 
> this method also works for thunderbird ;)

After doing this, the Firefox 1.0.1 installation 
worked perfectly.

See the original thread at 
<http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?s=&threadid=300316&highlight=firefox+scim>.

-- Rachel Kronick 倪嘉雯

Zhe Su wrote:
> Hi,
>   You have three ways to resolve this issue:
> 
> 1. Compile and install firefox from source package.
> 2. Do not use scim gtk immodule by setting GTK_IM_MODULE=xim globally.
> 3. Do not use SCIM at all :-)
> 
> Regards
> James Su
> 
> 
> On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 00:32:05 -0600, Rachel Kronick
> <rachel_kronick at jiawen.net> wrote:
> 
>>I'm trying to install Firefox 1.0.1 but I
>>consistently get this error:
>>
>>SCIM: im_module_init
>>free(): invalid pointer 0x8265a30!
>>free(): invalid pointer 0x8265a08!
>>./firefox-installer: line 56: 27904 Segmentation
>>fault      ./${BINNAME}-bin $@
>>
>>What does this mean, and how do I fix it? It
>>appears to be specific to SCIM -- people who
>>remove it have no problem installing Firefox.
>>
>>Thanks! 多謝！
>>
>>-- Rachel Kronick 倪嘉雯
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