I have two accounts on all of my computers, one for me and one for my wife. I am a Dvorak user and she is a QWERTY user. If I go to System Settings and set the only layout to "Dvorak" for me, those changes propagate across the entire OS. She can't log in because the layout is in Dvorak. If she sets the only layout to "US (QWERTY)," those changes are likewise global and I can't log in because I assume the keyboard is in Dvorak for my account. Once I do log in via QWERTY, my account is now QWERTY.
Expected functionality:
Each user should be able to maintain their own keyboard layout(s) separate from other users.
At the login screen, each user's main layout should be used. When I select my wife's account, I should expect that the layout will be set to QWERTY. When I select my account, I should expect that the layout be set to Dvorak.
Once a user logs in using their layout for their account, their layout should be used for their entire session.
Currently, none of the above is working and it's pretty frustrating.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: elementary OS 0.2
Package: elementary-desktop 1.284-0~355~precise1 [origin: LP-PPA-elementary-os-daily]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-34.53-generic 3.2.33
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-34-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu15
Architecture: amd64
CrashDB: elementary_meta
Date: Wed Dec 5 12:41:41 2012
InstallationMedia: elementary OS 0.2 "Luna" - Beta 1 amd64 (20121114)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: elementary-meta
SuspiciousXErrors:
ThirdParty: True
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
Or at least there should be a way to easily and immediatly set keyboard & language on the login-screen (without rebooting) !
This is how it works on most of the other OS.
Bug #1444118 is mainly about setting one's needed language through the whole systeme (and so login-screen). Language problem can be solved. But keyboard problem remains. So it might be two different problems.