[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1898338] Re: keyboard layout unstable after LTS upgrade to 20.04

2020-10-21 Thread Bernard Moreton
I think the problem is in ibus-preferences, which had "English (US)" selected as its keyboard. On the "Advanced" tab, I checked "Use system keyboard layout" (was unchecked beforehand). That alteration has survived 2 reboots, with the keyboard setting now correctly reflecting the physical

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1898338] Re: keyboard layout unstable after LTS upgrade to 20.04

2020-10-12 Thread Bernard Moreton
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Linux_console/Keyboard_configuration (any yes, I know archlinux is not ubuntu!) says: -- A persistent keymap can be set in /etc/vconsole.conf, which is read by systemd on start-up. The KEYMAP variable is used for

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1898338] Re: keyboard layout unstable after LTS upgrade to 20.04

2020-10-09 Thread Bernard Moreton
After every reboot, 'setxkbmap -query' shows "layout: us" As a temporary fix, I've now set 'setxkbmap gb' in an executable file, so it can be run with a minimal number of keystrokes. LOCALE is unchanged from before the LTS upgrade, as is the keyboard itself, and /etc/default/keyboard

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1898338] Re: keyboard layout unstable after LTS upgrade to 20.04

2020-10-06 Thread Bernard Moreton
The problem persists. Every bootup leaves the default keyboard labelled as English(UK), but performing like US(?). I note that the problem has been known before, https://askubuntu.com/questions/282283/keyboard-layout-reverts-at-every-boot though I have never experienced it until now. None of the

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1898338] Re: keyboard layout unstable after LTS upgrade to 20.04

2020-10-03 Thread Bernard Moreton
apport information ** Tags added: apport-collected focal ** Description changed: After the upgrade the keyboard, set as 'English (UK)' appeared to be using a US layout, with double-quote(") and 'at' sign(@) transposed, and key left of 'z' giving "<"/">" instead of "\"/"|" - and pound sign