This is active again in Lucid Lynx beta: the screensaver unlock dialog doesn't have an indication of what layout is in use, nor does it offer to switch. It just uses the last used layout.
If it is of any importance, I'm using different layouts for the same language, in this case French bepo as default and French Alternative as secondary option. -- Screensaver password dialog does not indicate keyboard layout https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/49222 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Greece, which is a direct subscriber. Status in The Gnome Panel Applets: Fix Released Status in GNOME Screensaver: Fix Released Status in “gnome-screensaver” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: The screensaver password dialog, that is produced whenever you want to resume your work after a screensaver (or hibernate etc), does not indicate which keyboard layout is active. As I use several ones at the same time, I find it hard to know which layout is supposed to be active in GDM, and often I don't even remember which one I used last. There is no way of finding out the layout as the only thing showing is black dots in the input field. This "bug" have made me loose work due to that I cannot enter my password at times, even though I thought I correctly guessed different layouts. I do run two different types of Dvorak on my Qwerty keyboard, so it is not easy to guess. Proposal: * At least a keyboard indicator and switcher as can be seen in Gnome Panel should be present in the password dialog. * Possibly also a field where one can test a layout (but not in the dialog itself, perhaps as a button) to see if it is the one expected. Note: the original reporter indicated the bug was in package 'gdm2'; however, that package was not published in Ubuntu. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~linux.sch.gr Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~linux.sch.gr More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
