Unity-Greeter : no language selector is available
Bug #873710 reported by
David Gómez
This bug affects 8 people
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ubuntu Translations |
Triaged
|
Medium
|
Unassigned | ||
unity-greeter (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
|
Wishlist
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
LightDM 0.9.8 added a language selector for the login screen, but it doesn't seem to be availaible in the unity greeter
Changed in ubuntu-translations: | |
status: | New → Triaged |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
summary: |
- Language selector in Unity greeter + no Language selector in Unity greeter |
summary: |
- no Language selector in Unity greeter + Unity-Greeter : no language selector is available |
affects: | unity-greeter → unity-greeter (Ubuntu) |
Changed in unity-greeter (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
importance: | Medium → Wishlist |
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Same here, it appears to be a feature of lightdm- gtk-greeter, and unity-greeter does not support it. Adding show-language- selector= true in unity-greeter.conf does nothing.
This is a necessary feature for some users. My desktop is used by two users, one of whom types on QWERTY and one of whom (me) types on Dvorak. The inability to select the language in the Unity greeter for entering the password will make it impractical to use.