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When I initiate scim in bash
I get...

Smart Common Input Method 1.0.1

Launching a SCIM process with x11...
Running: /usr/lib/scim-1.0/scim-launcher -c simple
Loading simple Config module ...
Creating backend ...
Loading IMEngine module: pinyin ...
    Loading IMEngine Factory 0 ... : OK
pinyin IMEngine module is successfully loaded.
Loading IMEngine module: rawcode ...
    Loading IMEngine Factory 0 ... : OK
rawcode IMEngine module is successfully loaded.
Loading IMEngine module: table ...
Failed to load table IMEngine module.
Loading x11 FrontEnd module ...
Starting SCIM ...
scim::FrontEnd: X11 -- failed to initialize XIM Server!
SCIM has exited abnormally.

Can someone tell me why?
Now I still cannot input Chinese! What a hell!

[I'm using Novell Desktop based on Suse Linux 9.1]
Thanks a lot...