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xkeyboard-config package

can't switch keyboard layout

Bug #975488 reported by Nizar Kerkeni on 2012-04-06

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #985065: Can't use fr/oss keyboard layout by default. Edit Remove

This bug affects 2 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	xkeyboard-config (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Low	Unassigned

Bug Description

I have 2 keyboards layouts configured, (French, by default and Arabic). When switching to the Arabic keyboard the keyboard indicator show the right layout but when typing i still got Latin characters.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: unity 5.8.0-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-22.35-generic 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-22-generic x86_64
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 2.0-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,vpswitch,snap,mousepoll,resize,place,move,wall,grid,regex,imgpng,session,gnomecompat,animation,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,workarounds,scale,expo,ezoom,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: compiz
Date: Fri Apr 6 21:29:06 2012
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: precise
DistroVariant: ubuntu
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
MachineType: Dell Inc. Inspiron N5110
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-22-generic root=UUID=0520b4aa-286e-4106-a199-2d0ff410adca ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 03/16/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A03
dmi.board.name: 0HVRTT
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A03
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: Not Specified
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA03:bd03/16/2011:svnDellInc.:pnInspironN5110:pvrNotSpecified:rvnDellInc.:rn0HVRTT:rvrA03:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrNotSpecified:
dmi.product.name: Inspiron N5110
dmi.product.version: Not Specified
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.7.4-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu35
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.32-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 8.0.2-0ubuntu3
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 8.0.2-0ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.11.4-0ubuntu9
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.0-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20111219.aacbd629-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.17.0-1ubuntu4
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20111201+b5534a1-1build2

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Nizar Kerkeni (nizarus) wrote on 2012-04-06:

BootDmesg.txt Edit (70.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
BootLog.gz Edit (687 bytes, application/x-gzip)
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (1.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (6.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DkmsStatus.txt Edit (223 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgLog.txt Edit (658.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GconfCompiz.txt Edit (36.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GdmLog.txt Edit (249 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GdmLog1.txt Edit (249 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GdmLog2.txt Edit (20.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GraphicsCard.txt Edit (305 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
LightdmDisplayLog.txt Edit (1009 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
LightdmGreeterLog.txt Edit (9.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
LightdmLog.txt Edit (3.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (13.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb.txt Edit (615 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
MonitorsUser.xml.txt Edit (2.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfo.txt Edit (7.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (4.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (3.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevDb.txt Edit (156.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevLog.txt Edit (380.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UnitySupportTest.txt Edit (600 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLog.txt Edit (40.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLogOld.txt Edit (46.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Xrandr.txt Edit (2.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
dmidecode.txt.txt Edit (14.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
locale.txt Edit (327 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
peripherals.txt Edit (940 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
setxkbmap.txt Edit (277 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xdpyinfo.txt Edit (9.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xinput.txt Edit (1.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xkbcomp.txt Edit (60.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Sebastien Bacher (seb128) on 2012-04-23

affects:	unity (Ubuntu) → gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu)
affects:	gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu) → xkeyboard-config (Ubuntu)
Changed in xkeyboard-config (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → Low

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2012-05-03:

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

Changed in xkeyboard-config (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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autra (autra) wrote on 2012-05-03:

I have a similar bug : I have french and french alternative, and I can't switch between them any more after updating to 12.04.
When I select french alternative, I am in fact still using the french layout. (I can't do arrows with altGr+b)

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