gujarati layout makes keyboard or xkb unfunctional

[Scott Tankard]

Binary package hint: gnome-control-center

I am not sure if this is reported in the right package. It is here because it involves gnome-keyboard-properties , however it also involves xkb.

It seems that under Lucid (problem occurred with upgrade), having the Gujarati language keyboard layout (as one of the possible layouts in the layout switcher) causes an error in xkb and renders it impossible to enter text.

If gujarati is listed in the system-wide defaults, then the gdm login screen will not support any keyboard input. However, the keyboard will work in any user accounts which do not include the Gujarati layout as one of the switchable options. The gujarati layout does not have to be selected for the bug to occur, it needs only to be among the switchable options.

I do not know if this bug applies to other "exotic" layouts (i.e. not western like EN, FR).

The problem of not being able to enter any text was solved by removing Gujarati from the available options, first for the user account, then for the gdm login screen by applying system-wide.

I have attached the kxb error that occurred on login to the affected account. (I have 2 user accounts, one affected [guj, fr, us] and one not [fr, us].)

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: gnome-control-center 1:2.30.0-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-19.28-generic 2.6.32.10+drm33.1
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-19-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Apr 9 17:14:44 2010
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-keyboard-properties
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=fr_FR:fr:en_GB:en
 LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-control-center

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

the issue seems a xeyboard-config bug rather, it's the source which has the keyboard layout definitions

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

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[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

We're closing this bug since it is has been some time with no response from the original reporter. However, if the issue still exists please feel free to reopen with the requested information. Also, if you could, please test against the latest development version of Ubuntu, since this confirms the bug is one we may be able to pass upstream for help.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for xkeyboard-config (Ubuntu Lucid) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]