keyboard layout changers from de to en after restarting gnome shell 3.10

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If I start my Ubuntu 14.04 with Gnome Shell 3.10 the keyboard layout is set to de (german qwertz-layout). After restarting the gnome shell via ALT+F2 the keyboard layout is set to the english layout (y instead of z and so on). So I have to go to keyboard settings and reset the layout to de. This happens after every Gnome Shell Restart, not on computer reboot.

I tested it with other Linux Distros like Manjaro or Mint with Gnome Shell 3.10. There is no bug like this.

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[Robert Roygaard (ubuntu-robroyal)]

Same problem here. Anytime I restart the GNOME-Shell I have to reconfigure the keyboard to represent the german layout.

[Robert Roygaard (ubuntu-robroyal)]

Great ... Fixed it (for me) ... maybe my solution works for you too?

The problem seems to be the "ibus-config". I started "ibus-setup" and under "Eingabemethode/input method" I activated the option "Aktive Eingabemethode anpassen/configure active input method(?)" and selected the already activated "german" layout (and also deleted the english layout that appeared right after a ibus-setup restart, but maybe this also helped). Now the settings are static no matter if I reboot or [r]estart the gnome-shell.

Regards

[Lukas Strassel (lukasstrassel)]

Same Problem here. Sometimes the Language changes even without a Gnome-Shell restart (i.e. while typing this Report).

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Thomas Christian (sik)]

Same probleme here. Robert Roygaard's solution worked for me till the next system upgrade via apt-get.

[pheidrias (5-launchpad-net-pheidrias-info)]

same here

[Edouard Chevalier (doud-tech-data)]

Same for Ubuntu GNOME Trusty Tahr (even release canditate): keyboard is reset to english from French.
I noticed (with virtual box) that it does not happen on first boot after fresh install.

[m_heindl (moritz-heindl)]

I fixed it (for me) by changing the dconf key "desktop.ibus.general.use-system-keyboard-layout" to "true" (Ubuntu Gnome 14.04 Trusty Tahr).

[tommy (worldadmin)]

I had the same issue. The solution from "m_heindl" worked for me. (Ubuntu 14.04)

[Linuxsusefan (linuxsusefan)]

i confirm this, reloaded gnome-shell (alt+f2 r) is keyboardlayout english -default is de.
my system: ubuntugnome 14.04 64bit with gnome-shell 3.10 (upgraded from 12.04.3).

[Hadrien Titeux (hadware)]

Confirmed on a 14.04 Gnome-shell, upgraded from 13.10.
I applied what m_heindl suggested, waiting for G-S to crash again to see if it "fixed" the keyboard problem (i'm on a french AZERTY keyboard, and it does switch to qwerty as well after a crash).

[Martin Schröder (martinschroeder)]

Experiencing this bug after upgrading to 14.04

[lukasfischer (lukasfischer)]

Same here, ubuntu 14.04 and german lazout

[dj95 (dj-95)]

Experiencing this bug,too.

I use Ubuntu 14.04 since it is available on different pc's, but this bug appears now for the first time.
Normally I use gnome, but I haven't installed gnome on this machine with this bug.

[ng (ng-ngcorp)]

Same problem here.

Using the »setxkbmap« command on CLI like:

setxkbmap de

For german in this case, helps me to quickly resolve this.

[Boris Hollas (borish)]

I've just tried the work around proposed by heindl and it doesn't work for me. After Alt+F2, I have US-layout each time.

[Boris Hollas (borish)]

Also, Robert Roygards solution doesn't work for me.

[AbuMaia (abumaia01)]

Robert Roygaard's solution works for me, only after issuing another Alt-F2 + r command.

[mejo (jonas-freesources)]

This bug magically disappeared for me. I'm running up-to-date Ubuntu 14.04. I didn't have time to check all the updated packages for possible related changes yet, just wanted to report back.

[mejo (jonas-freesources)]

Now the bug reappeared again, so it's by no means solved for me. Sorry for the confusion.

[Julien Olivier (julo)]

Is it a known upstream bug or is it something related to Ubuntu only? Because I can't find any match on bugzilla.gnome.org.