[Solved] Programs hang on keyboard input (uim-xim)

Update: I've narrowed the issue down (via trial and error) to uim-xim. If it's running, it causes this problem (in XMonad) and if it isn't, gnucash has no issues. Oddly enough, when I start uim-xim by hand after gnucash, it works fine too. Starting uim-xim by hand before gnucash results in the same issue, and so I'm inclined to believe it's either an issue with XIM implementation, or simply uim-xim. Might also be a mixture of XMonad and uim-xim, as it works fine in Openbox.
I've noticed lately that certain GTK programs (I'd list them, but I haven't paid close attention until today, where I was using gnucash) work fine until I try to input anything via the keyboard. The moment I start typing (or, at the latest when I hit the shift key or backspace key) the program will hang (without any error message). I originally assumed that this was an issue with the program - not my window manager. However, I tried one of the problem programs (gnucash) in Openbox today, and it works just fine. That leads me to assume it's caused by my configuration in some way. I have absolutely no idea where to start debugging this issue.
A bit of information:
I use UIM (in both openbox and XMonad with identical configurations), run a script for a Japanese date format in XMonad (piped to dzen), and load the same xmodmap file in both window managers. Also, I start all my window managers using CDM (Console Display Manager), but in the case of XMonad I supply a bash script instead of the binary, in order to preload certain files. Also, I use a german keyboard layout.
<I removed the rest of this post because it was long and, ultimately, irrelevant>
Last edited by lswest (2012-05-01 09:53:46)

spectater wrote:
Same situation, Confirmed here
I'm having the same problem with my laptop after upgrading to gnome 3 :
gnome-terminal , gedit can not accept keyboard input , lower case letters, enter , backspace and so on , but upper case letters are OK.
files can not be renamed with nautilus , also the find function affected in nautilus
while other programs such as xterm ,firefox , pidgin skype , thunar leafpad libreofficecan ...and so on work out of the box .
lower case & upper case letters all are not accepted well in my case.

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