removing a keyboard layout is not persistent across reboots

[Fabrizio Bersani]

Binary package hint: gnome-control-center

At install time I wrongly selected the "German Lower Sorbian (QWRTZ)" layout. Later using gnome-keyboard-properties from GUI, I add the correct keyboard layout "Germany" and remove the "German Lower Sorbian (QWRTZ)". After a reboot the "German Lower Sorbian (QWRTZ)" is back there as a default keyboard. Minor issue, but annoying. Thanks and kind regards, Fabrizio

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: gnome-control-center 1:2.30.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.36-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Jun 9 21:19:26 2010
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-keyboard-properties
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.2)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-control-center

[Jurjen Stellingwerff (jurjen-stwerff)]

The same happens to me with "USA International (dead keys)" reappearing as the default while I only want "USA International (AltGr dead keys)". It has no effect to push the 'Apply System-Wide...' button.

[Damien Cassou (cassou)]

I confirm and this is very annoying.

[renegat (rozbujnik)]

Be careful while installing any layout! Very annoying!

[ichbinrene (youdamnspam)]

Hey guys, I had a similar issue and stumbled upon this thread (post #8):
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1414858
hope this helps.

I never minded that tiny bar before =-D.
Cheers!

[Fabrizio Bersani (fabrizio-correnticalde)]

Hi,

many thanks for your help, the workaround described in the link you kindly submitted solved the issue.

It is actually enough to select System -> Administration -> Login screen -> "Show the screen for choosing who will login" -> reboot -> select the keyboard layout you want to keep and then the keyboard setting is going to stay there. You can then select again the "login as ... automatically" if you wish.

Really many thanks and kind regards,

Fabrizio

[ichbinrene (youdamnspam)]

You're welcome Frabrizio, i'm always happy to help.

[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.

[Fabrizio Bersani (fabrizio-correnticalde)]

Dear Pedro,

I think the bug should be closed.

After the workaround described on Oct 04th 2010 I never experienced the issue anymore and in the meantime I moved to Natty Narwhal (11.04), we can assume the bug is not there anymore.

Thanks to all of you for addressing the topic.

Cheers,

Fabrizio

[James Haigh (james.r.haigh)]

The keyboard layout selected in GDM is passed to the Gnome session but changing the setting in Gnome does not feed back to GDM. So it's one-way for keyboard layout preferences between Gnome and GDM.

Yes there is a work-around, but that doesn't make it any less annoying for users who have not noticed the incorrect keyboard layout in GDM. Hence marking confirmed. Also there are many duplicates of this bug, I keep finding more.

What should happen:
* GDM should list the layouts used in Gnome for the selected user. The last used layout in Gnome should be selected by default.
* If a different layout is selected or a new one is added, then this is passed to Gnome on successful login as usual.
* Any change to Gnome keyboard layout preferences should be reflected in GDM. (including deleting layouts)

This will provide a method of deleting layouts from GDM so will also fix this bug:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/gdm/+bug/421215

Marking duplicates: #638627 #692893 #779509

[James Haigh (james.r.haigh)]

Ok, I've gone through the duplicates and added some information to this bug report.

HTH.
James.

[James Haigh (james.r.haigh)]

Pedro, just to confirm, this bug still affects Natty. I first came across this bug when I started work at the beginning of July. I had the issue on my work machine which was set up by a colleague who uses an International layout.

[James Haigh (james.r.haigh)]

Just found and marked yet another duplicate.

#688936

[Nebojsa Stricevic (strika)]

I can confirm this bug on Linux Mint Debian Edition.

[Reinis Ivanovs (dabas)]

I'm using 11.04, and this very annoying bug is still present.

[Hinko Kocevar (hinkocevar)]

cat /etc/issue
Linux Mint 11 Katya \n \l

uname -a
Linux hinkopc 2.6.38-11-generic-pae #48-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 29 20:51:21 UTC 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

I had the same problem using "US keyboard with Slovenian letters" keyboard layout that I had wrongly chosen at install time. Later I realized I wanted just "Slovenian" keyboard layout. I could not delete the original keyboard layout permanently (it would always reappear after reboot, arghhh). Console keyboard layout was wrong. GDM/Xfce keyboard layout was wrong.

Here is how I solved the issue - after reboot undesired keyboard layout did not appear!

Edited /etc/default/keyboard (previously XKBVARIANT="us"):
XKBMODEL="pc105"
XKBLAYOUT="si"
XKBVARIANT=""
XKBOPTIONS=""

Edited /var/lib/gdm/Seat1/.gconf/apps/gdm/simple-greeter/%gconf.xml (previously <stringvalue>si us</stringvalue>):
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<gconf>
 <entry name="recent-layouts" mtime="1317367260" type="list" ltype="string">
  <li type="string">
   <stringvalue>si</stringvalue>
  </li>
 </entry>
 <entry name="recent-languages" mtime="1317367260" type="list" ltype="string">
  <li type="string">
   <stringvalue>en_US.utf8</stringvalue>
  </li>
 </entry>
</gconf>

Reboot!

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

is that still an issue in Oneiric?

[timur (ba.timur)]

Last time I tried with Oneiric beta 1, it was still there.
The problem is that if I scroll with keyboard through keyboard layouts during the installation, Ubuntu just freezes, and I have to restart the installation. It happened to me few times. I think the "workaround" is to slide with mouse directly to the keyboard needed, so that's the first and only one selected.
Because of this, I decided to use default keyboard layout and to add Bosnian later. But, I then had this issue. It happened few times, and I consider this a bug. I couldn't use what was recommended here on 10" screen netbook.

[Dominique Meeùs (dominiquem)]

New install of 12.04
Using Gnome Classic (no effects)

In gconf-editor
"/desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd/layouts" = "be oss"
but the keyboard behaves like an ordinary "be"

[dino99 (9d9)]

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