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   The old PPA, ppa:attente/1218322 is superceded by the following one.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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