Comment 382 for bug 1218322

I am completely locked out of typing anything on my laptop Dell D620 4gb
ram 1.66ghz dual core intel processor 500 gb hitachi 7200 rpm hd. I am at
a point to where I think I need to pull my docs/music to another partition
and reformat the GNOME partition. What is most frustrating about this is I
just got my system set up perfect and of course this happens to be betta
and then I get this. Any suggestions are very much appreciated.

On Wednesday, November 20, 2013, Krisztian Poos <email address hidden>
wrote:

> Unfortunately neither the old ppa, ppa:attente/1218322 nor the new , the
> modifier-only-input-switch fixes the issue on my laptop.
> I tried to use also gsettings, I can finally map the keybindigs to
> ctrl-shift with the gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings
> switch-input-source "['<Primary>Shift_L']", however I still can use the
> Alt+Shift_L combo to change the keyboard.
> It changes the keyboard notifier in the panel, however I still type
> english keys instead of hungarian.
>
> I run ubuntu 13.10 on a Thinkpad T500, I use gnome shell.
> I also tried to upgrade my gnome to 3.10, however the problem remained
> after the upgrade as well, so I reverted these changes and went back to the
> 3.8.
>
> Do you have any idea what else should I try to get back for the long-
> ago-used Alt+Shift shortcut?
>
> I am happily providing any needed information for investigation as
> well.
>
> Thanks and regards,
> Krisztian
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1218322
>
> Title:
> Can't set keyboard layout change to alt+shift, ctrl+shift, etc.
>
> Status in Gnome Settings Daemon:
> Invalid
> Status in Ubuntu GNOME:
> Confirmed
> Status in “gnome-control-center” package in Ubuntu:
> Fix Released
> Status in “gnome-settings-daemon” package in Ubuntu:
> Triaged
> Status in “gnome-settings-daemon” source package in Saucy:
> Triaged
> Status in “gnome-control-center” package in ALT Linux:
> Unknown
> Status in “gnome-control-center” package in Gentoo Linux:
> Unknown
> Status in “gnome-control-center” package in Mandriva:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> ***
> The old PPA, ppa:attente/1218322 is superceded by the following one. You
> can remove the old repository using ppa-purge.
> ***
>
> A PPA which should provide some relief for this issue is available at
> https://launchpad.net/~attente/+archive/modifier-only-input-switch. To
> install:
>
> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:attente/modifier-only-input-switch
> sudo apt-get update
> sudo apt-get upgrade
> (log out, log in)
>
> If the packages improve the situation for you, you can pin them using:
>
> sudo apt-mark hold compiz
> sudo apt-mark hold gnome-settings-daemon
> sudo apt-mark hold unity
>
> If the packages don't work for you, you can purge them using:
>
> sudo ppa-purge ppa:attente/modifier-only-input-switch
>
> === compiz ===
>
> Impact: modifier-only key bindings need to be independent of key-press
> order, there's no support for double tapping two modifier keys of the
> same type
>
> Test case:
> - add at least two input sources through gnome-control-center's text
> entry settings
> - use gsettings to set the input switching shortcut to ctrl+left shift:
> gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-input-source
> "['<Primary>Shift_L']"
> - holding left shift, press and release ctrl
> -> the current input source should change
>
> Regression potential: possible, but highly unlikely, that some key
> bindings may be triggered due to the removal of some code that would
> normally prevent a possible tap from occurring.
>
> === unity ===
>
> Impact: gnome-settings-daemon eats modifier-only shortcuts preventing
> them from propagating down to applications
>
> Test case:
> - open gnome-control-center's text input settings
> - set the next input source key binding to ctrl+left shift
> - open gnome-terminal
> - press ctrl+shift+t
> -> gnome-terminal should open a new tab
>
> Regression potential: the additional input switch key bindings could
> collide with other functionality such as opening the dash or hud
>
> === gnome-control-center ===
>
> Impact: the UI to change the layout switching keys doesn't work
>
> Test case:
>

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