[Touch-packages] [Bug 1051288] Re: LightDM assumes there's only ONE system default layout
Are you still using lightdm there? Ubuntu 19.10 uses GDM; only some other flavors like MATE, Xubuntu and Lubuntu use lightdm. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to lightdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1051288 Title: LightDM assumes there's only ONE system default layout Status in Light Display Manager: Triaged Status in lightdm package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: In Greece, the default system layout is "us,gr": $ grep XKBLAYOUT /etc/default/keyboard XKBLAYOUT="us,gr" For new users that don't have .dmrc or accountsservice entries and are supposed to get the system defaults, LightDM assumes their keyboard layout is "us". So they can't switch languages in the greeter and they can't input national characters until they login, go to gnome settings and manually set the keyboard layout. A similar bug was https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/919200, but that was only solved for the single-layout case. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm/+bug/1051288/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Touch-packages] [Bug 1051288] Re: LightDM assumes there's only ONE system default layout
It turns out I don't have this issue anymore after a clean install of 19.10. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to lightdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1051288 Title: LightDM assumes there's only ONE system default layout Status in Light Display Manager: Triaged Status in lightdm package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: In Greece, the default system layout is "us,gr": $ grep XKBLAYOUT /etc/default/keyboard XKBLAYOUT="us,gr" For new users that don't have .dmrc or accountsservice entries and are supposed to get the system defaults, LightDM assumes their keyboard layout is "us". So they can't switch languages in the greeter and they can't input national characters until they login, go to gnome settings and manually set the keyboard layout. A similar bug was https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/919200, but that was only solved for the single-layout case. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm/+bug/1051288/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Touch-packages] [Bug 1051288] Re: LightDM assumes there's only ONE system default layout
** Tags added: eoan -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to lightdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1051288 Title: LightDM assumes there's only ONE system default layout Status in Light Display Manager: Triaged Status in lightdm package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: In Greece, the default system layout is "us,gr": $ grep XKBLAYOUT /etc/default/keyboard XKBLAYOUT="us,gr" For new users that don't have .dmrc or accountsservice entries and are supposed to get the system defaults, LightDM assumes their keyboard layout is "us". So they can't switch languages in the greeter and they can't input national characters until they login, go to gnome settings and manually set the keyboard layout. A similar bug was https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/919200, but that was only solved for the single-layout case. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm/+bug/1051288/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Touch-packages] [Bug 1051288] Re: LightDM assumes there's only ONE system default layout
** Tags added: disco -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to lightdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1051288 Title: LightDM assumes there's only ONE system default layout Status in Light Display Manager: Triaged Status in lightdm package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: In Greece, the default system layout is "us,gr": $ grep XKBLAYOUT /etc/default/keyboard XKBLAYOUT="us,gr" For new users that don't have .dmrc or accountsservice entries and are supposed to get the system defaults, LightDM assumes their keyboard layout is "us". So they can't switch languages in the greeter and they can't input national characters until they login, go to gnome settings and manually set the keyboard layout. A similar bug was https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/919200, but that was only solved for the single-layout case. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm/+bug/1051288/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Touch-packages] [Bug 1051288] Re: LightDM assumes there's only ONE system default layout
I have Hungarian and English keyboard layouts set up. However at the login screen it's English and Afghan. Have no idea why. It changed at some point during 18.04. $ grep XKBLAYOUT /etc/default/keyboard XKBLAYOUT="us,af" -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to lightdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1051288 Title: LightDM assumes there's only ONE system default layout Status in Light Display Manager: Triaged Status in lightdm package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: In Greece, the default system layout is "us,gr": $ grep XKBLAYOUT /etc/default/keyboard XKBLAYOUT="us,gr" For new users that don't have .dmrc or accountsservice entries and are supposed to get the system defaults, LightDM assumes their keyboard layout is "us". So they can't switch languages in the greeter and they can't input national characters until they login, go to gnome settings and manually set the keyboard layout. A similar bug was https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/919200, but that was only solved for the single-layout case. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm/+bug/1051288/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Touch-packages] [Bug 1051288] Re: LightDM assumes there's only ONE system default layout
These seem related (and none fixed) : https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm/+bug/1051288 https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm/+bug/1343582 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/919200 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm-gtk-greeter/+bug/990214 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to lightdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1051288 Title: LightDM assumes there's only ONE system default layout Status in Light Display Manager: Triaged Status in lightdm package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: In Greece, the default system layout is "us,gr": $ grep XKBLAYOUT /etc/default/keyboard XKBLAYOUT="us,gr" For new users that don't have .dmrc or accountsservice entries and are supposed to get the system defaults, LightDM assumes their keyboard layout is "us". So they can't switch languages in the greeter and they can't input national characters until they login, go to gnome settings and manually set the keyboard layout. A similar bug was https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/919200, but that was only solved for the single-layout case. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm/+bug/1051288/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Touch-packages] [Bug 1051288] Re: LightDM assumes there's only ONE system default layout
One more hint on this: The button for choosing layout does not actually work, at least not when one locks the screen from the "wrong" layout. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to lightdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1051288 Title: LightDM assumes there's only ONE system default layout Status in Light Display Manager: Triaged Status in lightdm package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: In Greece, the default system layout is "us,gr": $ grep XKBLAYOUT /etc/default/keyboard XKBLAYOUT="us,gr" For new users that don't have .dmrc or accountsservice entries and are supposed to get the system defaults, LightDM assumes their keyboard layout is "us". So they can't switch languages in the greeter and they can't input national characters until they login, go to gnome settings and manually set the keyboard layout. A similar bug was https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/919200, but that was only solved for the single-layout case. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm/+bug/1051288/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Touch-packages] [Bug 1051288] Re: LightDM assumes there's only ONE system default layout
2017-06: Quite a long time for such a bug to survive. As Anatoly said, it is worse on 16.10 . If you lock the session with wrong layout, you are doomed. Is there any hint where we should search for a solution? Do you have any place in code to try to debug? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to lightdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1051288 Title: LightDM assumes there's only ONE system default layout Status in Light Display Manager: Triaged Status in lightdm package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: In Greece, the default system layout is "us,gr": $ grep XKBLAYOUT /etc/default/keyboard XKBLAYOUT="us,gr" For new users that don't have .dmrc or accountsservice entries and are supposed to get the system defaults, LightDM assumes their keyboard layout is "us". So they can't switch languages in the greeter and they can't input national characters until they login, go to gnome settings and manually set the keyboard layout. A similar bug was https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/919200, but that was only solved for the single-layout case. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm/+bug/1051288/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Touch-packages] [Bug 1051288] Re: LightDM assumes there's only ONE system default layout
Ubuntu 16.10 it is even worse, Even for a single user I can not unlock or suspend/shutdown resumed PC if I was on different layout than my password. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to lightdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1051288 Title: LightDM assumes there's only ONE system default layout Status in Light Display Manager: Triaged Status in lightdm package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: In Greece, the default system layout is "us,gr": $ grep XKBLAYOUT /etc/default/keyboard XKBLAYOUT="us,gr" For new users that don't have .dmrc or accountsservice entries and are supposed to get the system defaults, LightDM assumes their keyboard layout is "us". So they can't switch languages in the greeter and they can't input national characters until they login, go to gnome settings and manually set the keyboard layout. A similar bug was https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/919200, but that was only solved for the single-layout case. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm/+bug/1051288/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Touch-packages] [Bug 1051288] Re: LightDM assumes there's only ONE system default layout
** Changed in: lightdm (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Triaged ** Changed in: lightdm Status: New => Triaged ** Changed in: lightdm Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: lightdm (Ubuntu) Importance: High => Medium -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to lightdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1051288 Title: LightDM assumes there's only ONE system default layout Status in Light Display Manager: Triaged Status in lightdm package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: In Greece, the default system layout is "us,gr": $ grep XKBLAYOUT /etc/default/keyboard XKBLAYOUT="us,gr" For new users that don't have .dmrc or accountsservice entries and are supposed to get the system defaults, LightDM assumes their keyboard layout is "us". So they can't switch languages in the greeter and they can't input national characters until they login, go to gnome settings and manually set the keyboard layout. A similar bug was https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/919200, but that was only solved for the single-layout case. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm/+bug/1051288/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Touch-packages] [Bug 1051288] Re: LightDM assumes there's only ONE system default layout
I can confirm that this is a pretty big problem if you have two users who use different keyboard layouts. One of them simply cannot really enter his password and has to learn how to type it on a different layout. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to lightdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1051288 Title: LightDM assumes there's only ONE system default layout Status in Light Display Manager: New Status in lightdm package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: In Greece, the default system layout is us,gr: $ grep XKBLAYOUT /etc/default/keyboard XKBLAYOUT=us,gr For new users that don't have .dmrc or accountsservice entries and are supposed to get the system defaults, LightDM assumes their keyboard layout is us. So they can't switch languages in the greeter and they can't input national characters until they login, go to gnome settings and manually set the keyboard layout. A similar bug was https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/919200, but that was only solved for the single-layout case. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm/+bug/1051288/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
