Comment 92 for bug 196277

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Frantisek Fuka (fuxoft) wrote : Re: [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot

To Simos Xenitellis:

Yes, this problem appears ONLY when I enable Autologin. With Autologin enabled, the problem is ALWAYS present. With Autologin disabled, the problem is NEVER present.

When the Autologin is enabled, the "solution" to this problem is opening "Keyboard preferences", opening "Layouts / Layout options" and toggling ANY option On and back Off. Afterwards, the switching works correctly... Until next reboot.

Unfortunately, I am not enough Linux expert to dig deeper into this problem. But if someone wants to dig, I am more than willing to help. I have this exactly same problem on FOUR different machines and it's very hard for me to explain to (non-geek) people that "Yes, Ubuntu is great, you can use it instead of Windows but you cannot type Czech characters until you do this crazy stuff each time you turn it on..."