Selecting an alternate keyboard does not work in Xorg

[Corky Searls]

Since upgrading to Ubuntu 22.04 I have been having trouble with both Wayland and Xorg. Xorg seems the most stable of the two, so I am attempting to use it, however, I am having some issues that are causing problems.

I have added an alternate (Spanish) keyboard. This shows up in both the tray and under the keyboard settings, however, when I select the alternate keyboard it just reverts back to English and does not allow entry via the alternate keyboard. This part does work properly in Wayland allowing me to select either the English or the Spanish keyboard for the current window as I have selected in the settings

This issues is currently making Xorg unusable as I need to routinely switch to the Spanish character set for documents and web entry. In both cases Xorg is not responding to or acknowledging the keyboard selections and only staying with the primary (English) keyboard. This is not a problem with Ubuntu 20.04 prior to upgrading.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
Package: xorg 1:7.7+23ubuntu2
Uname: Linux 6.2.6-76060206-generic x86_64
.tmp.unity_support_test.0:

ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.5
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: None
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Wed Jun 21 09:58:31 2023
DistUpgraded: 2022-12-01 16:49:16,796 DEBUG Running PostInstallScript: '/usr/lib/ubuntu-advantage/upgrade_lts_contract.py'
DistroCodename: jammy
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
 system76/1.0.14~1684961628~22.04~8c2ff21~dev, 6.2.6-76060206-generic, x86_64: installed
 system76_acpi/1.0.2~1685480347~22.04~aaf10e3~dev, 6.2.6-76060206-generic, x86_64: installed
 system76-io/1.0.2~1685984007~22.04~7dc99ca~dev, 6.2.6-76060206-generic, x86_64: installed
 wireguard/1.0.20210606: added
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes
GraphicsCard:
 Intel Corporation HD Graphics 530 [8086:191b] (rev 06) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer HD Graphics 530 [1558:6509]
Lsusb:
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
 Bus 001 Device 003: ID 8087:0a2b Intel Corp. Bluetooth wireless interface
 Bus 001 Device 002: ID 04f2:b5a7 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd Chicony USB 2.0 Camera
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
MachineType: System76, Inc. Gazelle
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.2.6-76060206-generic root=UUID=ac9c0a24-9264-4620-9dca-59a3e7976588 ro acpi_backlight=vendor quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to jammy on 2022-12-02 (201 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 09/09/2016
dmi.bios.release: 5.11
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 1.05.02RSA2-1
dmi.board.asset.tag: Tag 12345
dmi.board.name: Gazelle
dmi.board.vendor: System76, Inc.
dmi.board.version: gaze11
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: System76, Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr1.05.02RSA2-1:bd09/09/2016:br5.11:svnSystem76,Inc.:pnGazelle:pvrgaze11:rvnSystem76,Inc.:rnGazelle:rvrgaze11:cvnSystem76,Inc.:ct10:cvrN/A:skuNotApplicable:
dmi.product.family: Not Applicable
dmi.product.name: Gazelle
dmi.product.sku: Not Applicable
dmi.product.version: gaze11
dmi.sys.vendor: System76, Inc.
modified.conffile..etc.default.apport:
 # set this to 0 to disable apport, or to 1 to enable it
 # you can temporarily override this with
 # sudo service apport start force_start=1
 enabled=0
mtime.conffile..etc.default.apport: 2016-10-20T08:48:37.540000
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.14.1+22.04.20220820-0ubuntu1
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.110-1pop0~1648761328~22.04~166056a~dev
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 22.3.5-1pop1~1677168864~22.04~8f20e98~dev
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 22.3.5-1pop1~1677168864~22.04~8f20e98~dev
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:21.1.4-2ubuntu1.7~22.04.1
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.10.6-2build1
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:19.1.0-2ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20210115-1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.17-2build1
xserver.bootTime: Sat Jan 19 19:22:02 2019
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.errors:

xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.outputs:
 product id 1191
 vendor LGD
xserver.version: 2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.8

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Thanks for the bug report. Please change the bug description to cover only one of those issues and move secondary issues to new bugs.

[Corky Searls (1corky)]

Updated as requested.