keyboard layout settings must be consistent between gnome-control-center keyboard, indicator-keyboard and gnome-tweak-tool and /etc/default/keyboard
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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One Hundred Papercuts |
Confirmed
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Medium
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Unassigned | ||
gnome-tweak-tool (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Medium
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Unassigned | ||
indicator-keyboard (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Medium
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Unassigned | ||
unity-control-center (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Dear Ubuntu developers.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS will be released very soon. It seems that it will be based on GNOME 3.8 or 3.10 (you know exact version).
It seems that because of modern GNOME Ubuntu users will have very reduced set of keyboard layout options.
Previous Ubuntu LTS version (12.04) was based on GNOME 3.4 and have very wide spectrum of keyboard layout options. But in newer GNOME versions, on which for example, Ubuntu 13.10 is based, this options are very limited.
Many options are moved from gnome-control-
I have suggested already to include gnome-tweak-tool in default Ubuntu 14.04 installation (see bug 1270572).
But for now it seems that settings between gnome-tweak-tool, gnome-control-
For example, if I set
"Use keyboard LED to show alternative layout" to "Scroll Lock"
on Typing section of gnome-tweak-tool the Scroll Lock does not indicate alternative keyboard layout as expected (it is a bug).
So please, keep settings between gnome-tweak-tool, gnome-control-
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For other layout switching problems introduced in Ubuntu 13.10 you can see bug 1218322.
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ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: indicator-keyboard 0.0.0+14.
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-4-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.13.1-0ubuntu1
Architecture: i386
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Sun Jan 19 16:55:42 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-20 (90 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release i386 (20131016.1)
SourcePackage: indicator-keyboard
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2013-11-19 (61 days ago)
Changed in gnome-control-center (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
Changed in indicator-keyboard (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
Changed in gnome-tweak-tool (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
Changed in hundredpapercuts: | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
Changed in ubuntu-gnome: | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
tags: | added: ubuntu-desktop-trusty |
summary: |
keyboard layout settings must be consistent between gnome-control-center - keyboard, indicator-keyboard and gnome-tweak-tool + keyboard, indicator-keyboard and gnome-tweak-tool and + /etc/default/keyboard |
description: | updated |
tags: |
added: ubuntu-gnome removed: saucy ubuntu-desktop-trusty |
tags: | added: saucy |
Changed in ubuntu-gnome: | |
milestone: | none → xx |
tags: | removed: saucy utopic |
affects: | gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) → unity-control-center (Ubuntu) |
no longer affects: | ubuntu-gnome |
tags: | added: xenial |
tags: | added: yakkety |
tags: |
added: artful zesty removed: vivid wily yakkety |
tags: | added: bionic |
tags: |
added: focal hirsute impish removed: artful trusty zesty |
Tested Scroll Lock LED behaviour on Ubuntu 13.10 - same result. I have set it from gnome-tweak-tool, but it does not light up on alternative layout.