I don't see it needed for the login screen and it's not working for the gnome-screensaver unlock screen.
Using Ubuntu 17.04 here, but I have seen the same on LTS 16.04 and 14.04. I know it's specific to gnome-screensaver since this is not happening in a Unity session, only Gnome. Whether the indicator on the right of the password box says en or he (in my case, Hebrew) the language is always the last language that was selected at the time the screen locked. no alt-shift keyboard combos nor clicking on the indicator helps (the indicator changes, but the keyboard doesn't. in Hebrew it's clear to see, I have the cursor aligned to the right). the only solution if my screen accidentally locks on Hebrew is to ctrl-alt-F1, login and kill gnome-screensaver, switch back to X (only now the screen blanks after 10 seconds of inactivity until I run the gnome-screensaver again). In short, as much as I love gnome, I'm forced to tweak Unity to be more usable because of this little annoyance, and Unity will soon be taken out of Ubuntu. isn't this about time it got fixed? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-screensaver in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1244548 Title: Keyboard shortcut for changing keyboard layout does not work on lock and login screen Status in GNOME Screensaver: New Status in gnome-screensaver package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Shortcut for changing keyboard layout does not work on lock screen (to change keyboard layout for entering password). - Switch to some non-english layout (otherwise lock screen will not have layout indicator at all) - Lock the screen - Press your shortcut for changing keyboard layout (i.e. ctrl+shift) -- it will not change layout - Clicking layout indicator near password entry box works ---------- For other layout switching problems introduced in Ubuntu 13.10 you can see bug 1218322. ---------- ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: gnome-screensaver 3.6.1-0ubuntu6 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-13.20-generic 3.11.6 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-13-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Oct 25 11:01:10 2013 GnomeSessionIdleInhibited: No GnomeSessionInhibitors: None GsettingsGnomeSession: org.gnome.desktop.session idle-delay uint32 300 org.gnome.desktop.session session-name 'ubuntu' InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-23 (1 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: gnome-screensaver UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-screensaver/+bug/1244548/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
