From 506e5f21f7994a6abaee03cffebd1a6079376d9b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gavin John <gavinnjohn@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2026 23:03:32 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] fix: detect ibus/fcitx5 via D-Bus instead of process name

---
 .../oslayer/linux/keyboardcontrol_uinput.py   | 55 +++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 49 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/plover/oslayer/linux/keyboardcontrol_uinput.py b/plover/oslayer/linux/keyboardcontrol_uinput.py
index f4835c684..fe2cf8c4d 100644
--- a/plover/oslayer/linux/keyboardcontrol_uinput.py
+++ b/plover/oslayer/linux/keyboardcontrol_uinput.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import os
 import selectors
 import threading
+import ctypes
+import ctypes.util
 
 from evdev import (
     InputDevice,
@@ -13,8 +15,6 @@
 from evdev import (
     ecodes as e,
 )
-from psutil import process_iter
-
 from plover import log
 from plover.key_combo import parse_key_combo
 from plover.machine.keyboard_capture import Capture
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@
     get_modifier_keycodes,
     get_wayland_keymap,
 )
+from plover.oslayer.linux.log_dbus import (
+    DBUS_BUS_SESSION,
+    DBusError,
+    ctypes_func,
+)
 from plover.output.keyboard import GenericKeyboardEmulation
 
 # EV keycodes of keys considered modifiers when not able to automatically be
@@ -46,6 +51,9 @@
 }
 
 
+IME_DBUS_NAMES = ("org.freedesktop.IBus", "org.fcitx.Fcitx5")
+
+
 def get_available_devices():
     input_devices = [InputDevice(path) for path in list_devices()]
     keyboard_devices = [dev for dev in input_devices if filter_devices(dev)]
@@ -78,10 +86,45 @@ def __init__(self):
         self._ui = UInput(res)
 
         # Check that ibus or fcitx5 is running
-        if not any(p.name() in ["ibus-daemon", "fcitx5"] for p in process_iter()):
-            log.warning(
-                "It appears that an input method, such as ibus or fcitx5, is not running on your system. Without this, some text may not be output correctly."
-            )
+        libname = ctypes.util.find_library("dbus-1")
+        if libname is None:
+            log.warning("Unable to find libdbus to probe for ibus and fcitx5")
+        else:
+            libdbus = ctypes.cdll.LoadLibrary(libname)
+            try:
+                error_init = ctypes_func(libdbus, "void dbus_error_init error_p")
+                error_is_set = ctypes_func(libdbus, "bool dbus_error_is_set error_p")
+                error_free = ctypes_func(libdbus, "void dbus_error_free error_p")
+                bus_get = ctypes_func(libdbus, "connection_p dbus_bus_get uint error_p")
+                bus_name_has_owner = ctypes_func(
+                    libdbus, "bool dbus_bus_name_has_owner connection_p char_p error_p"
+                )
+            except AttributeError:
+                log.warning("Unable to load libdbus symbols")
+            else:
+                error = DBusError()
+                error_init(error)
+                bus = bus_get(DBUS_BUS_SESSION, ctypes.byref(error))
+                if error_is_set(error):
+                    log.warning(f"Unable to connect to session bus: {error}")
+                    error_free(error)
+                elif bus is None:
+                    log.warning(f"Unable to connect to session bus (returned null)")
+                else:
+                    for name in IME_DBUS_NAMES:
+                        error_init(error)
+                        has_owner = bus_name_has_owner(
+                            bus, ctypes.c_char_p(name.encode()), ctypes.byref(error)
+                        )
+                        if error_is_set(error):
+                            error_free(error)
+                        elif has_owner:
+                            log.info(f"Found IME on D-Bus: ${name}")
+                            break
+                    else:
+                        log.warning(
+                            "It appears that an input method, such as ibus or fcitx5, is not running on your system. Without this, some text may not be output correctly."
+                        )
 
         self._key_to_keycodeinfo = {}
 

From 0e038f1852dc912e2061bf41c31a62faf592d7e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gavin John <gavinnjohn@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2026 19:28:55 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] docs: add news fragment for PR #1862

---
 news.d/bugfix/1862.linux.md | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
 create mode 100644 news.d/bugfix/1862.linux.md

diff --git a/news.d/bugfix/1862.linux.md b/news.d/bugfix/1862.linux.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b584c4491
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news.d/bugfix/1862.linux.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix ibus/fcitx5 detection incorrectly warning about a missing input method by probing D-Bus for the running service instead of matching on process name.