warren   11509  7177  0 21:29 ?        00:00:00 [auxmenu] <defunct>
I forgot to mention that I have dozens of these defunct processes that
are unkillable with even kill -9.  tagoh thinks this is somehow
related to the trouble I am seeing.

(gdb) thread apply all bt full

Thread 2 (Thread -154874960 (LWP 11737)):
#0  0xf6fe9782 in _dl_sysinfo_int80 () from /lib/ld-linux.so.2
No symbol table info available.
#1  0xf6e694cb in __read_nocancel () from /lib/tls/libpthread.so.0
No symbol table info available.
#2  0x00bac1a3 in RkcRecvWReply () from /usr/lib/libcanna.so.1
No symbol table info available.
#3  0x00bacc59 in RkcSendWRequest () from /usr/lib/libcanna.so.1
No symbol table info available.
#4  0x00000005 in ?? ()
No symbol table info available.
#5  0x00000000 in ?? ()
No symbol table info available.

Thread 1 (Thread -154156288 (LWP 11734)):
#0  0xf6fe9782 in _dl_sysinfo_int80 () from /lib/ld-linux.so.2
No symbol table info available.
#1  0xf6dcc444 in poll () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6
No symbol table info available.
#2  0x08091bbe in IMSocketListen::accept (this=0x9d6f748) at
IMUtil.cpp:632
        fd = 8
        i = 1
        fds = (pollfd *) 0x9d7dd10
        it = {_M_current = 0x9d6f764}
        pims = (IMSocket *) 0x9d78678
        n = 1
#3  0x08072b61 in IIIMProtocol::accept (this=0x9d785d0, flags=0) at
IIIMProtocol.cpp:59
        pimt = (IIIMPTrans *) 0xfeedb194
        pims = (class IIIMP_IMState *) 0xf6e32ff4
        pimst = (class IMSocketTrans *) 0x0
#4  0x0806e904 in IMScheduler_MTPC::start (this=0x9d67800) at
IMScheduler_MTPC.cpp:53
        pims = (class IMState *) 0x0
        th = 4140092336
        attr = {__detachstate = 0, __schedpolicy = 0, __schedparam =
{__sched_priority = 1}, __inheritsched = 4096,
  __scope = 0, __guardsize = 0, __stackaddr_set = 0, __stackaddr =
0x0, __stacksize = 0}
#5  0x0804da8a in IMSvr::start (this=0xfeedb020) at IMSvr.cpp:82
No locals.
---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit---
#6  0x0804d44a in main (argc=2, argv=0xfeedb194) at main.cpp:44
        svr = {<IMAccept> = {_vptr.IMAccept = 0x8098610}, pcfg =
0xfeedb0b0, usermgr = {<IMAuth> = {
      _vptr.IMAuth = 0x8099250, ae_num = 3, alloced_ae_num = 10,
auth_type = 2, pae = 0x9d669e8, def_at = DENY, sm = {
        alloced_size = 10, size = 2, psym = 0x9d66990}, from_address =
0x0, from_address_bitlen = 0,
      from_hostname = 0x9d7a5e0 "localhost", command_name = 0x9d6fc30
"/usr/sbin/htt_server", domainname = 0x0},
    alloced_ue_num = 0, ue_num = 0, pue = 0x0, sysuser_at =
IMAuth::PASSWORD, usermap = {_M_t = {
        _M_impl = {<std::allocator<std::_Rb_tree_node<std::pair<const
u16string, IMUser*> > >> =
{<__gnu_cxx::new_allocator<std::_Rb_tree_node<std::pair<const
u16string, IMUser*> > >> = {<No data fields>}, <No data fields>},
          _M_key_compare =
{<std::binary_function<u16string,u16string,bool>> = {<No data
fields>}, <No data fields>},
          _M_header = {_M_color = std::_S_red, _M_parent = 0x9d7dd50,
_M_left = 0x9d7dd50, _M_right = 0x9d7dd50},
          _M_node_count = 1}}}}, plemgr = 0x9d7a340, pimprotocol =
0x9d785d0,
  addrvec =
{<std::_Vector_base<IMSocketAddress,std::allocator<IMSocketAddress> >> = {
      _M_impl = {<std::allocator<IMSocketAddress>> =
{<__gnu_cxx::new_allocator<IMSocketAddress>> = {<No data fields>}, <No
data fields>}, _M_start = 0x9d6f730, _M_finish = 0x9d6f744,
_M_end_of_storage = 0x9d6f744}}, <No data fields>},
  imclist =
{<std::_List_base<IMConnection*,std::allocator<IMConnection*> >> = {
      _M_impl = {<std::allocator<std::_List_node<IMConnection*> >> =
{<__gnu_cxx::new_allocator<std::_List_node<IMConnection*> >> = {<No
data fields>}, <No data fields>}, _M_node = {_M_next = 0x9d7de28,
_M_prev = 0x9d7de28}}}, <No data fields>},
  pkeyparser = 0x9d7a580}
        pimlog = (class IMLog *) 0x9d677e8
        pimsch = (class IMScheduler *) 0x9d67800
        pimobjmgr = (IMObjectMgr *) 0x9d67810
        exitcode = -152883212
        arg = {<IMSvrCfg> = {_vptr.IMSvrCfg = 0x8098968, pbase = 0x0,
popts = 0x9d66034, command_name = {
      static npos = 4294967295,
      _M_dataplus = {<std::allocator<char>> =
{<__gnu_cxx::new_allocator<char>> = {<No data fields>}, <No data fields>},
        _M_p = 0x9d66014 "/usr/sbin/htt_server"}}}, valid_flag = true,
pxmlsvrcfg = 0x9d6f8a0, pxmllecfg = 0x9d6f8f0,
  optmap = {_M_t = {
      _M_impl = {<std::allocator<std::_Rb_tree_node<std::pair<const
char* const, IMSvrArg::ArgVal> > >> =
{<__gnu_cxx::new_allocator<std::_Rb_tree_node<std::pair<const char*
const, IMSvrArg::ArgVal> > >> = {<No data fields>}, <No data fields>},
        _M_key_compare = {<No data fields>}, _M_header = {_M_color =
std::_S_red, _M_parent = 0x9d666c0,
          _M_left = 0x9d667e0, _M_right = 0x9d66960}, _M_node_count =
15}}}}
        pimsignal = (IMSignal *) 0x9d66fb8
        ptls = (class IMTLS *) 0x9d67810
#7  0xf6d26af3 in __libc_start_main () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6
No symbol table info available.
#8  0x0804d1f9 in _start ()
No symbol table info available.

12.0.1-8.svn1891 seems to have the same problem, although seemingly
less serious.  In any case, I consider this to be serious enough to be
a FC3 blocker.

12.0.1-13.svn1943 should be better than others. at least it's no
auxmenu defunct and no crashes for me. please try.

auxmenu still somehow becomes defunct, although not as easily. 
Crashes are indeed gone, but slowness is still apparent.

btw doesn't this problem appear on iiimf-le-chinput which also uses
the aux object?

The gtk2 delays seem gone with -14, and so far no auxmenu defunct
processes yet.  Please keep this open a day or two for verification. 
I will test with cannaLE, and llim should test with S Chinese.

any progress for testing?

Good news: No defunct processes.
Bad  news: Slow gtk2 window closing when cannaLE is the current LE.

Nothing significant for both cannaLE and chinput LE. auxmenu does not
appear anymore. I will leave it turn on tonight and see if anything
will happen. :)

However, I did notice the gtk2 window closing issue on my box as well.

Confirmed fixed in im-sdk-12.0.1-17.svn1994. Resolving the bug for now.