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I'm completely new to Linux. Ubuntu 18.04.03 is my first Linux I just installed last month. Please help.

I installed Japanese keyboard early on and it was working fine until one day, I believe after an update, about a week ago, the keyboard went completely awry. Japanese setting is still there, but when I type, wrong hiragana letters come out. It's almost as if I'm typing on a different keyboard.

I searched as much as I could in this forum and others asking for help, but I couldn't find anything. It seems as if it is a simple fix, just have a right kind of keyboard back, but I don't know where to find it. I tried going into settings "Region and Language" "Input Sources" and tried a few other Japanese (Kana, PC98, Macintosh, etc.) but none of them actually let me type in hiragana script.

This is a real serious problem - I do not want to go back to Windows. Somebody please help - and I need a clear step by step instructions as I am still learning my way around Ubuntu still.

2000dugongs
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Solution 1: install others japanese Input Methods Editors:

At the terminal:

  • mozc: sudo apt install ibus-mozc, and/or;
  • Anthy: sudo apt install ibus-anthy, and/or;
  • KKC: sudo apt install ibus-kkc, and/or;
  • SKK: sudo apt install ibus-skk.

With that, you will not depend more from one IME only. You need only to switch between IMEs. Even if a bug or other problem comes to you.

Solution 2: report the bug.

If you think it was a bug from MOZC, you can search at the MOZC official site. Specifically from the Issue tracker. Look/search for similar issues and submitt one if is that the case.

Solution 3: reset the MOZC configuration

If you messed things up from your MOZC's configurations:

  1. Click on Gnome Status menu (Gnome's top-left bar) > IBus menu (i.e. keyboard/input language selector) > Select Japanese Mozc input method.
  2. Again, click on Gnome Status Menu > IBuz > tools > Properties > Mozc Settings window.
  3. Click on reset to defaults button from Mozc Settings window.

MOZC menu

paulolimac
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