I have installed fcitx to input Chinese method in my ubuntu 16.04 but it fails to start.

panda:~$ (WARN-25191 /build/fcitx-PSoVA1/fcitx-4.2.9.1/src/lib/fcitx-config/fcitx-config.c:172) missing value: Name

(INFO-25191 /build/fcitx-PSoVA1/fcitx-4.2.9.1/src/lib/fcitx/addon.c:151) Load Addon Config File:fcitx-x11.conf

(WARN-25191 /build/fcitx-PSoVA1/fcitx-4.2.9.1/src/lib/fcitx-config/fcitx-config.c:172) missing value: Name

(INFO-25191 /build/fcitx-PSoVA1/fcitx-4.2.9.1/src/lib/fcitx/addon.c:151) Load Addon Config File:fcitx-clipboard.conf

(INFO-25191 /build/fcitx-PSoVA1/fcitx-4.2.9.1/src/lib/fcitx/addon.c:151) Load Addon Config File:fcitx-sunpinyin.conf

(INFO-25191 /build/fcitx-PSoVA1/fcitx-4.2.9.1/src/lib/fcitx/addon.c:151) Load Addon Config File:fcitx-unicode.conf

(INFO-25191 /build/fcitx-PSoVA1/fcitx-4.2.9.1/src/lib/fcitx/addon.c:151) Load Addon Config File:fcitx-fullwidth-char.conf

(INFO-25191 /build/fcitx-PSoVA1/fcitx-4.2.9.1/src/lib/fcitx/addon.c:151) Load Addon Config File:fcitx-table.conf

(INFO-25191 /build/fcitx-PSoVA1/fcitx-4.2.9.1/src/lib/fcitx/addon.c:151) Load Addon Config File:fcitx-remote-module.conf

(INFO-25191 /build/fcitx-PSoVA1/fcitx-4.2.9.1/src/lib/fcitx/addon.c:151) Load Addon Config File:fcitx-chttrans.conf

(INFO-25191 /build/fcitx-PSoVA1/fcitx-4.2.9.1/src/lib/fcitx/addon.c:151) Load Addon Config File:fcitx-vk.conf

(INFO-25191 /build/fcitx-PSoVA1/fcitx-4.2.9.1/src/lib/fcitx/addon.c:151) Load Addon Config File:fcitx-xim.conf

(INFO-25191 /build/fcitx-PSoVA1/fcitx-4.2.9.1/src/lib/fcitx/addon.c:151) Load Addon Config File:fcitx-pinyin.conf

(INFO-25191 /build/fcitx-PSoVA1/fcitx-4.2.9.1/src/lib/fcitx/addon.c:151) Load Addon Config File:fcitx-quickphrase.conf

(INFO-25191 /build/fcitx-PSoVA1/fcitx-4.2.9.1/src/lib/fcitx/addon.c:151) Load Addon Config File:fcitx-imselector.conf

(INFO-25191 /build/fcitx-PSoVA1/fcitx-4.2.9.1/src/lib/fcitx/addon.c:151) Load Addon Config File:fcitx-xkbdbus.conf

(INFO-25191 /build/fcitx-PSoVA1/fcitx-4.2.9.1/src/lib/fcitx/addon.c:151) Load Addon Config File:fcitx-keyboard.conf

(INFO-25191 /build/fcitx-PSoVA1/fcitx-4.2.9.1/src/lib/fcitx/addon.c:151) Load Addon Config File:fcitx-xkb.conf

(INFO-25191 /build/fcitx-PSoVA1/fcitx-4.2.9.1/src/lib/fcitx/addon.c:151) Load Addon Config File:fcitx-classic-ui.conf

(INFO-25191 /build/fcitx-PSoVA1/fcitx-4.2.9.1/src/lib/fcitx/addon.c:151) Load Addon Config File:fcitx-autoeng.conf

(INFO-25191 /build/fcitx-PSoVA1/fcitx-4.2.9.1/src/lib/fcitx/addon.c:151) Load Addon Config File:fcitx-cloudpinyin.conf

(INFO-25191 /build/fcitx-PSoVA1/fcitx-4.2.9.1/src/lib/fcitx/addon.c:151) Load Addon Config File:fcitx-pinyin-enhance.conf

(INFO-25191 /build/fcitx-PSoVA1/fcitx-4.2.9.1/src/lib/fcitx/addon.c:151) Load Addon Config File:fcitx-notificationitem.conf

(INFO-25191 /build/fcitx-PSoVA1/fcitx-4.2.9.1/src/lib/fcitx/addon.c:151) Load Addon Config File:fcitx-spell.conf

(INFO-25191 /build/fcitx-PSoVA1/fcitx-4.2.9.1/src/lib/fcitx/addon.c:151) Load Addon Config File:fcitx-punc.conf

(WARN-25191 /build/fcitx-PSoVA1/fcitx-4.2.9.1/src/lib/fcitx/addon.c:298) Disable addon fcitx-xkbdbus, dependency fcitx-xkb,fcitx-dbus cannot be satisfied.

(WARN-25191 /build/fcitx-PSoVA1/fcitx-4.2.9.1/src/lib/fcitx/addon.c:298) Disable addon fcitx-notificationitem, dependency fcitx-dbus cannot be satisfied.

(ERROR-25191 /build/fcitx-PSoVA1/fcitx-4.2.9.1/src/frontend/xim/xim.c:240) Start XIM error. Another XIM daemon named fcitx is running?

(ERROR-25191 /build/fcitx-PSoVA1/fcitx-4.2.9.1/src/lib/fcitx/instance.c:440) Exiting.

(ERROR-25191 /build/fcitx-PSoVA1/fcitx-4.2.9.1/src/lib/fcitx/frontend.c:565) No available frontend

I also perform fcitx-diagnose and get,

# System Info:

1. uname -a:

    Linux panda 4.4.0-66-generic #87-Ubuntu SMP Fri Mar 3 15:29:05 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

2. 
   

   lsb_release -a:

   
   
   

   No LSB modules are available.
   
   Distributor ID: Ubuntu
   
   Description:    Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS
   
   Release:    16.04
   
   Codename:   xenial
   
   

   
   


3. 
   

   lsb_release -d:

   
   
   

   Description:    Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS
   
   

   
   


4. 
   

   /etc/lsb-release:

   
   
   

   DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
   
   DISTRIB_RELEASE=16.04
   
   DISTRIB_CODENAME=xenial
   
   DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS"
   
   

   
   


5. 
   

   /etc/os-release:

   
   
   

   NAME="Ubuntu"
   
   VERSION="16.04.2 LTS (Xenial Xerus)"
   
   ID=ubuntu
   
   ID_LIKE=debian
   
   PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS"
   
   VERSION_ID="16.04"
   
   HOME_URL="http://www.ubuntu.com/"
   
   SUPPORT_URL="http://help.ubuntu.com/"
   
   BUG_REPORT_URL="http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/"
   
   VERSION_CODENAME=xenial
   
   UBUNTU_CODENAME=xenial
   
   

   
   


6. 
   

   Desktop Environment:

   
   
   

   Desktop environment is gnome3.

   
   


7. 
   

   Bash Version:

   
   
   

   BASH_VERSION='4.3.46(1)-release'
   
   

   
   

Environment:

1. 
   

   DISPLAY:

   
   
   

   DISPLAY=':0'
   
   

   
   


2. 
   

   Keyboard Layout:

   
   
   
   
   
   1. 
      

      setxkbmap:

      
      
      

      xkb_keymap {
      
          xkb_keycodes  { include "evdev+aliases(qwerty)" };
      
          xkb_types     { include "complete"  };
      
          xkb_compat    { include "complete"  };
      
          xkb_symbols   { include "pc+us+inet(evdev)" };
      
          xkb_geometry  { include "pc(pc105)" };
      
      };
      
      

      
      
   
   
   2. 
      

      xprop:

      
      
      

      _XKB_RULES_NAMES(STRING) = "evdev", "pc105", "us", "", ""
      
      

      
      
   
   
   
   


3. 
   

   Locale:

   
   
   
   
   
   1. 
      

      All locale:

      
      
      

      C
      
      C.UTF-8
      
      en_AG
      
      en_AG.utf8
      
      en_AU.utf8
      
      en_BW.utf8
      
      en_CA.utf8
      
      en_DK.utf8
      
      en_GB.utf8
      
      en_HK.utf8
      
      en_IE.utf8
      
      en_IN
      
      en_IN.utf8
      
      en_NG
      
      en_NG.utf8
      
      en_NZ.utf8
      
      en_PH.utf8
      
      en_SG.utf8
      
      en_US.utf8
      
      en_ZA.utf8
      
      en_ZM
      
      en_ZM.utf8
      
      en_ZW.utf8
      
      POSIX
      
      zh_CN.utf8
      
      zh_SG.utf8
      
      

      
      
   
   
   2. 
      

      Current locale:

      
      
      

      LANG=en_US.UTF-8
      
      LANGUAGE=en_US
      
      LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"
      
      LC_NUMERIC="en_US.UTF-8"
      
      LC_TIME="en_US.UTF-8"
      
      LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8"
      
      LC_MONETARY="en_US.UTF-8"
      
      LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8"
      
      LC_PAPER="en_US.UTF-8"
      
      LC_NAME="en_US.UTF-8"
      
      LC_ADDRESS="en_US.UTF-8"
      
      LC_TELEPHONE="en_US.UTF-8"
      
      LC_MEASUREMENT="en_US.UTF-8"
      
      LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_US.UTF-8"
      
      LC_ALL=
      
      

      
      
   
   
   
   


4. 
   

   Directories:

   
   
   
   
   
   1. 
      

      Home:

      
      
      

      /home/huangming
      
      

      
      
   
   
   2. 
      

      ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}:

      
      
      

      Environment variable XDG_CONFIG_HOME is not set.

      
      
      

      Current value of XDG_CONFIG_HOME is ~/.config (/home/huangming/.config).

      
      
   
   
   3. 
      

      Fcitx Settings Directory:

      
      
      

      Current fcitx settings directory is ~/.config/fcitx (/home/huangming/.config/fcitx).

      
      
   
   
   
   


5. 
   

   Current user:

   
   
   

   The script is run as huangming (1000).

   
   

Fcitx State:

1. 
   

   executable:

   
   
   

   Found fcitx at /usr/bin/fcitx.

   
   


2. 
   

   version:

   
   
   

   Fcitx version: 4.2.9.1

   
   


3. 
   

   process:

   
   
   

   Found 1 fcitx process:

   
   
   

   22793 fcitx
   
   

   
   


4. 
   

   fcitx-remote:

   
   
   

   Cannot connect to fcitx correctly.

   
   

Fcitx Configure UI:

1. 
   

   Config Tool Wrapper:

   
   
   

   Found fcitx-configtool at /usr/bin/fcitx-configtool.

   
   


2. 
   

   Config GUI for gtk2:

   
   
   

   Config GUI for gtk2 not found.

   
   


3. 
   

   Config GUI for gtk3:

   
   
   

   Found fcitx-config-gtk3 at /usr/bin/fcitx-config-gtk3.

   
   


4. 
   

   Config GUI for kde:

   
   
   

   kcmshell4 not found.

   
   

Frontends setup:

Xim:

1. 
   

   ${XMODIFIERS}:

   
   
   

   Environment variable XMODIFIERS is set to "@im=fcitx" correctly.
   Xim Server Name from Environment variable is fcitx.

   
   


2. 
   

   XIM_SERVERS on root window:

   
   
   

   Xim server name is the same with that set in the environment variable.

   
   

Qt:

1. 
   

   qt4 - ${QT4_IM_MODULE}:

   
   
   

   Environment variable QT_IM_MODULE is set to "fcitx" correctly.

   
   


2. 
   

   qt5 - ${QT_IM_MODULE}:

   
   
   

   Environment variable QT_IM_MODULE is set to "fcitx" correctly.

   
   



3. Qt IM module files:
   Cannot find fcitx input method module for Qt4.
   Cannot find fcitx input method module for Qt5.

Gtk:

1. 
   

   gtk - ${GTK_IM_MODULE}:

   
   
   

   Environment variable GTK_IM_MODULE is set to "fcitx" correctly.

   
   


2. 
   

   gtk-query-immodules:

   
   
   
   
   
   1. 
      

      gtk 2:

      
      
      

      Cannot find gtk-query-immodules for gtk 2

      
      
      

      Cannot find fcitx im module for gtk 2.

      
      
   
   
   2. 
      

      gtk 3:

      
      
      

      Cannot find gtk-query-immodules for gtk 3

      
      
      

      Cannot find fcitx im module for gtk 3.

      
      
   
   
   
   


3. 
   

   Gtk IM module cache:

   
   
   
   
   
   1. 
      

      gtk 2:

      
      
      

      Found immodules cache for gtk 2.24.30 at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules.cache.
      Version Line:

      
      
      

      # Created by /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk2.0-0/gtk-query-immodules-2.0 from gtk+-2.24.30
      
      

      
      
      

      Failed to find fcitx in immodule cache at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules.cache

      
      
      

      Cannot find fcitx im module for gtk 2 in cache.

      
      
   
   
   2. 
      

      gtk 3:

      
      
      

      Found immodules cache for gtk 3.18.9 at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gtk-3.0/3.0.0/immodules.cache.
      Version Line:

      
      
      

      # Created by /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-3-0/gtk-query-immodules-3.0 from gtk+-3.18.9
      
      

      
      
      

      Failed to find fcitx in immodule cache at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gtk-3.0/3.0.0/immodules.cache

      
      
      

      Cannot find fcitx im module for gtk 3 in cache.

      
      
   
   
   
   


4. 
   

   Gtk IM module files:

   
   
   
   
   
   1. 
      

      gtk 2:

      
      
      

      All found Gtk 2 immodule files exist.

      
      
   
   
   2. 
      

      gtk 3:

      
      
      

      All found Gtk 3 immodule files exist.

      
      
   
   
   
   

Configuration:

Fcitx Addons:

1. 
   

   Addon Config Dir:

   
   
   

   Found fcitx addon config directory: /usr/share/fcitx/addon.

   
   


2. 
   

   Addon List:

   
   
   
   
   
   1. 
      

      Found 22 enabled addons:

      
      
      

      fcitx-autoeng
      
      fcitx-chttrans
      
      fcitx-classic-ui
      
      fcitx-cloudpinyin
      
      fcitx-fullwidth-char
      
      fcitx-imselector
      
      fcitx-keyboard
      
      fcitx-notificationitem
      
      fcitx-pinyin
      
      fcitx-pinyin-enhance
      
      fcitx-punc
      
      fcitx-quickphrase
      
      fcitx-remote
      
      fcitx-spell
      
      fcitx-sunpinyin
      
      fcitx-table
      
      fcitx-unicode
      
      fcitx-vk
      
      fcitx-x11
      
      fcitx-xim
      
      fcitx-xkb
      
      fcitx-xkbdbus
      
      

      
      
   
   
   2. 
      

      Found 1 disabled addons:

      
      
      

      fcitx-clipboard
      
      

      
      
   
   
   
   


3. 
   

   Addon Libraries:

   
   
   

   All libraries for all addons are found.

   
   


4. 
   

   User Interface:

   
   
   

   Found 1 enabled user interface addons:

   
   
   

   fcitx-classic-ui
   
   

   
   

Input Methods:

1. 
   

   Found 1 enabled input methods:

   
   
   

   fcitx-keyboard-us
   
   

   
   


2. 
   

   Default input methods:

   
   
   

   You only have one keyboard input method enabled. You may want to add another input method to input other languages.

   
   

Log:

1. 
   

   date:

   
   
   

   Sun Apr  9 16:16:42 EDT 2017
   
   

   
   


2. 
   

   ~/.config/fcitx/log/:

   
   
   

   total 4
   
   -rw-rw-r-- 1 huangming huangming 44 Mar 23 16:54 crash.log
   
   

   
   


3. 
   

   ~/.config/fcitx/log/crash.log:

   
   
   

   fcitx: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)
   
   

   
   

Any comments for help?

(ERROR-25191 /build/fcitx-PSoVA1/fcitx-4.2.9.1/src/frontend/xim/xim.c:240) Start XIM error. Another XIM daemon named fcitx is running?

indicates that fcitx has started

Under Input Methods from fcitx-diagnose, you have only one method enabled fcitx-keyboard-us. You need to add at least one, for example, googlepinyin

Hope this helps.