can't change keyboard layout

[Teodori Serge]

Binary package hint: gnome-control-center

Hello,
Serious keyboard problems with Ubuntu 10.10

I changed my keyboard, now I need to change the layout from "Italy" to "Switzerland French".

I opened "gnome-terminal", then typed "sudo gnome-keyboard-properties", went to "Layout" tab, added the new layout, moved it up, pressed "Apply to whole system"and clicked on "Close". The result is as expected:
1. "Switzerland French"
2. "Italy"

Everything worked fine till I reboot. After reboot the layout returned from "Switzerland French" to "Italy", so I went again to "gnome-keyboard-properties", and the result was:
1. "Italy"
2. "Switzerland French"

At this point I thought, why keeping the old layout, so after moving up "Switzerland French" to the top (again), I deleted the "Italy" layout, and to be sure I applied it to the whole system, closed it, then I tried it in "gedit" (everything was fine the right layout is active), finally I thought let's check it out another time (just the layout I need was in the list of "gnome-keyboard-properties") and reboot the system.

After the second reboot the "Italy" layout showed up again on top:
1. "Italy"
2. "Switzerland French"
and the wrong layout was active once again.

I had this problem also on Ubuntu 8.04 two years back. Can anybody tell me where I can correct this, or at lease give me hint??? Last time I reinstalled Ubuntu, because nobody had an answer to this problem, which is still not corrected.
Can anybody tell me where to find those source and config files, I will try to fix this.

Thank you and best regards.

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thanks for the report, it has been some time without any response or feedback in this bug report and we are wondering if this is still an issue for you with the latest release of Ubuntu the Natty Narwhal, May you please test with that version and comment back if you're still having or not the issue? Please have a look at http://www.ubuntu.com/download to know how to install that version. Thanks in advance and sorry for the late response.

[Teodori Serge (teodori-serge)]

Hello,
well it seems that the problem has been solved on 11.04.
If it happens again, I'll send you an email.
Thanks

> Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2011 19:05:53 +0000
> From: <email address hidden>
> To: <email address hidden>
> Subject: [Bug 696826] can't change keyboard layout
>
> Thanks for the report, it has been some time without any response or
> feedback in this bug report and we are wondering if this is still an
> issue for you with the latest release of Ubuntu the Natty Narwhal, May
> you please test with that version and comment back if you're still
> having or not the issue? Please have a look at
> http://www.ubuntu.com/download to know how to install that version.
> Thanks in advance and sorry for the late response.
>
> ** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided => Low
>
> ** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
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> Title:
> can't change keyboard layout
>
> Status in “gnome-control-center” package in Ubuntu:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: gnome-control-center
>
> Hello,
> Serious keyboard problems with Ubuntu 10.10
>
> I changed my keyboard, now I need to change the layout from "Italy" to
> "Switzerland French".
>
> I opened "gnome-terminal", then typed "sudo gnome-keyboard-properties", went to "Layout" tab, added the new layout, moved it up, pressed "Apply to whole system"and clicked on "Close". The result is as expected:
> 1. "Switzerland French"
> 2. "Italy"
>
> Everything worked fine till I reboot. After reboot the layout returned from "Switzerland French" to "Italy", so I went again to "gnome-keyboard-properties", and the result was:
> 1. "Italy"
> 2. "Switzerland French"
>
> At this point I thought, why keeping the old layout, so after moving
> up "Switzerland French" to the top (again), I deleted the "Italy"
> layout, and to be sure I applied it to the whole system, closed it,
> then I tried it in "gedit" (everything was fine the right layout is
> active), finally I thought let's check it out another time (just the
> layout I need was in the list of "gnome-keyboard-properties") and
> reboot the system.
>
> After the second reboot the "Italy" layout showed up again on top:
> 1. "Italy"
> 2. "Switzerland French"
> and the wrong layout was active once again.
>
> I had this problem also on Ubuntu 8.04 two years back. Can anybody tell me where I can correct this, or at lease give me hint??? Last time I reinstalled Ubuntu, because nobody had an answer to this problem, which is still not corrected.
> Can anybody tell me where to find those source and config files, I will try to fix this.
>
> Thank you and best regards.
>
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