From: Rafael Sadowski <rafael@sizeofvoid.org>
Subject: Re: Fcitx5 crashes in KDE Plasma on OpenBSD -current
To: Droid niu <lionux79@gmail.com>
Cc: ports@openbsd.org
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2025 20:26:11 +0200

On Tue Jul 29, 2025 at 08:08:42PM +0800, Droid niu wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm currently using OpenBSD -current (amd64) with KDE Plasma installed via
> packages. When trying to use fcitx5 as an input method framework, it fails
> to work properly in KDE, and crashes shortly after launching.
> 
> 
> Here's the output when I start fcitx5 manually:
> 
> ---
> 
> fcitx5
> 
> I2025-07-29 18:45:30.974558 xcbconnection.cpp:189] Connecting to X11
> display, display name::0.


> I2025-07-29 18:45:31.132227 dbusmodule.cpp:790] Service name change:
> org.fcitx.Fcitx5 :1.104
> E2025-07-29 18:45:31.132498 portalsettingmonitor.cpp:115] DBus call error:
> org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown The name
> org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop was not provided by any .service files
> 
> dbus[23920]: arguments to dbus_connection_dispatch() were incorrect,
> assertion "connection != NULL" failed
> Abort trap (core dumped)
> 
> ---
> 
> fcitx5 seems to work fine in `cwm` or minimal X11 sessions, but not in KDE.
> The same environment variables (`XMODIFIERS`, `GTK_IM_MODULE`,
> `QT_IM_MODULE`) are properly set.
> 
> This seems related to the lack of `xdg-desktop-portal` or some integration
> issue in KDE. Should I install anything else to make fcitx5 work on KDE
> under OpenBSD? Or is this a known issue?
> 
> Thanks for maintaining the KDE and fcitx ports. Let me know if I can help
> provide further logs or testing.
> 
> Regards,
> niu

For me it starts without issues:

fcitx5
I2025-07-29 20:21:03.622540 instance.cpp:1385] Override Enabled Addons: {}
I2025-07-29 20:21:03.622908 instance.cpp:1386] Override Disabled Addons: {}
I2025-07-29 20:21:03.630687 xcbconnection.cpp:189] Connecting to X11 display, display name::0.
I2025-07-29 20:21:03.631660 addonmanager.cpp:205] Loaded addon xcb
I2025-07-29 20:21:03.633498 addonmanager.cpp:205] Loaded addon quickphrase
I2025-07-29 20:21:03.639298 addonmanager.cpp:205] Loaded addon keyboard
I2025-07-29 20:21:03.639710 addonmanager.cpp:205] Loaded addon imselector
I2025-07-29 20:21:03.640785 addonmanager.cpp:205] Loaded addon clipboard
I2025-07-29 20:21:03.645802 addonmanager.cpp:205] Loaded addon dbus
I2025-07-29 20:21:03.646409 addonmanager.cpp:205] Loaded addon unicode
I2025-07-29 20:21:03.648677 addonmanager.cpp:205] Loaded addon ibusfrontend
I2025-07-29 20:21:03.649716 addonmanager.cpp:205] Loaded addon dbusfrontend
I2025-07-29 20:21:03.652153 addonmanager.cpp:205] Loaded addon fcitx4frontend
I2025-07-29 20:21:03.653556 addonmanager.cpp:205] Loaded addon xim
I2025-07-29 20:21:03.700214 inputmethodmanager.cpp:209] Found 617 input method(s) in addon keyboard
I2025-07-29 20:21:03.700452 inputmethodmanager.cpp:132] No valid input method group in configuration. Building a default one
I2025-07-29 20:21:03.701073 instance.cpp:379] Items in Group 1: [InputMethodGroupItem(keyboard-de,layout=)]
I2025-07-29 20:21:03.701290 instance.cpp:379] Items in Group 2: [InputMethodGroupItem(keyboard-gb,layout=)]
I2025-07-29 20:21:03.701333 instance.cpp:384] Generated groups: [Group 1, Group 2]
I2025-07-29 20:21:03.727220 addonmanager.cpp:205] Loaded addon kimpanel
I2025-07-29 20:21:03.727842 addonmanager.cpp:205] Loaded addon virtualkeyboard
I2025-07-29 20:21:03.768459 classicui.cpp:64] Created classicui for x11 display::0
I2025-07-29 20:21:03.768559 addonmanager.cpp:205] Loaded addon classicui
I2025-07-29 20:21:03.769350 addonmanager.cpp:205] Loaded addon notificationitem
I2025-07-29 20:21:03.770206 addonmanager.cpp:205] Loaded addon notifications
I2025-07-29 20:21:03.770721 dbusmodule.cpp:790] Service name change: org.fcitx.Fcitx5  :1.93
I2025-07-29 20:21:03.770880 kimpanel.cpp:116] Kimpanel new owner:
I2025-07-29 20:21:03.770998 virtualkeyboard.cpp:216] VirtualKeyboard new owner:
E2025-07-29 20:21:03.771097 portalsettingmonitor.cpp:115] DBus call error: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown The name org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop was not provided by any .service files


Do you have running a systemwide (rcctl start messagebus) dbus
and a session one?