Keyboard layout switcher doesn't work when I log in using the login screen

[Niko Bellic]

I have two keyboard layouts enabled on my PC, "English (USA)" and "Russian", they are switched by pressing Alt+Shift (the default).

If automatic login is enabled and I get logged in when the system starts, without entering my password on the login screen, everything works.

However, if automatic login is disabled and I log in by entering my password then the keyboard layout indicator disappears from the panel and keyboard layout won't switch when I press Alt+Shift. Basically, I'm stuck with the EN-US layout until I enable automatic login and reboot.

The same problem happens if I log in automatically but then log out and log in again manually.

This does NOT happen when I block the screen and then unblock it (although I have to enter the password), nor when I block the screen and then switch users. Also, when I start a guest session, the layout switcher always works normally there.

I've tried creating additional user accounts and the problem repeats in all of them.

I'm sorry I can't select the right package, but I don't know what causes this behavior.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: unity 6.8.0-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
Date: Sat Oct 20 15:35:39 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release i386 (20121017.2)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Niko Bellic (mwrbwkzq)]

I've installed UIM and switched to it as my default input method. Now this bug no longer happens. I was using XIM before but I think this bug also happened earlier, when I'd been using IBus. Although now I've tried to switch to IBus to reproduce it, but it no longer occurs. Maybe it only affects XIM.

[Aurel Branzeanu (thunder-riscom)]

This bug still here - could change the language only clicking on the indicator wit the mouse... Ubuntu 14.04, unity (7.2.0+14.04.20140414.1-0ubuntu1).

[Alex Baggott (alex-baggott)]

As part of the big bug review for 16.04 LTS, I have tested this on 15.10 and the bug is still there.

The only difference is that the default key combination is now Super + Space. Changing this combination to Alt L + Shift does not change the behaviour.