[Bug 196277] Re: [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot

For those who have this problem, can they try creating a brand new user account and testing it there. It is possible that those that have migrated from earlier releases via dist-upgrades may have some files in their home dir conflicting. Testing under a new account will help verify that. Secondly,

[Bug 196277] Re: [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot

according to the link upstream this bug wont be fixed any time soon (wont be ready for 7.4) i suggest we distribute the script using automatic update . ** Description changed: In the keyboard layout preferences, you can set "Both alt keys together change layout", which worked in Gutsy for tog

[Bug 196277] Re: [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot

work around : run this script #!/bin/bash gconftool-2 -s /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd/options -t list --list-type=string "[]" gconftool-2 -s /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd/options -t list --list-type=string "`echo -e "[grp\tgrp:alt_shift_toggle]"`" you can add it to s

[Bug 196277] Re: [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot

I can confirm the same symptoms on Hardy with USA and Czech layout, using both shift keys for switching. I use autologin in GDM, but problem stays even with timed login set in GDM. Support for complex characters in Language support in administration is unchecked. Editing xorg.conf can probably he

[Bug 196277] Re: [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot

I tested all advices so far, nothing helped. It works only until next reboot (I do have auto-login). I am using CZ and US layouts. -- [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/196277 You received this bug notification because you are a me

[Bug 196277] Re: [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot

The layout switching bug seems definitely related to Automatic login. Prompted by Comment 55 above, I enabled Automatic login (System -> Administration -> Login Window, tab Security). After reboot, layout switching fails to work exactly as described in this bug. Disable automatic login, log off and

[Bug 196277] Re: [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot

Frantisek Fuka, here is a translation of instructions from an Israeli forum on how to fix this issue. It worked well on my machine, switching between English and Hebrew with Alt-Shift. Auto-login on. I can't be sure it will work with Czech, but I think it's worth trying: 1. Go to System --> Admi

[Bug 196277] Re: [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot

Also, when I disable "Automatic Login" in gdm, everything works OK. Any ideas? -- [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/196277 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 196277] Re: [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot

I updated my 7.10 three days ago (i.e. from the final release) and this bug appeared. Can you please englighten me what to delete / reinstall to get rid of it? I wouldn't want to completely reinstall just to fix keyboard switching bug Just to recapitulate: After changing something in Keyboard

[Bug 196277] Re: [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot

I just did a clean install of the final hardy release and the problem is solved (at least on my pc it is). So whatever changes were made, did the trick. -- [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/196277 You received this bug notificati

[Bug 196277] Re: [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot

The bug manifests itself rather differently for me, so I'll just describe that. 1. In System->Preferences->Keyboard->Layouts, add a new layout so that there are two, for example first USA than SWE. 2. In System->Preferences->Keyboard->Layouts->Layout Options->Layout switching, check both "Both A

[Bug 196277] Re: [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot

** Changed in: xorg-server Status: Unknown => Confirmed -- [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/196277 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 196277] Re: [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot

** Description changed: In the keyboard layout preferences, you can set "Both alt keys together change layout", which worked in Gutsy for toggling between keyboard layouts. Currently: * "both alt keys..." does not toggle keyboard layouts * "both ctrl keys..." does not toggle keyboar

[Bug 196277] Re: [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot

xserver-xorg-input-kbd not xkeyboard-config ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-input-keyboard (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: xkeyboard-config => xserver-xorg-input-keyboard -- [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/196277 You received this bug

[Bug 196277] Re: [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot

Closing the xorg component; the xkeyboard-config component is sufficient. ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid ** Description changed: In the keyboard layout preferences, you can set "Both alt keys together change layout", which worked in Gutsy for toggling betwee

[Bug 196277] Re: [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot

There are enough confirmations of this bug, please don't comment here unless you have information that will help in solving the issue. ** Changed in: xkeyboard-config (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => High -- [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot https://bugs.la

[Bug 196277] Re: [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot

** Description changed: - Actually shortcut doesn't work at all, I set to be alts toggle in - keyboard preferences, and it doesn't work, another thing is that even - with keyboard indicator applet you change language, it doesn't changes, - name in the applet changes, but it doesn't work. I need to

[Bug 196277] Re: [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot

Confirmed for me also, just wanted to add that it's possible to change the keyboard layout in /etc/X11/xorg.conf from 'us' to your chosen layout. The change will then stick across restarts. Think the problem might be that xorg.conf isn't updated by the gnome keyboard configuration tool. -- [hard

[Bug 196277] Re: [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot

For me, this bug appears only when the autologin in gdm is active. I have noticed this error message when i launch gnome-keyboard- properties and i try to choose a layout to add : (gnome-keyboard-properties:26477): GnomeKbdIndicator-CRITICAL **: XkbGetKeyboard failed to get keyboard from the serv

[Bug 196277] Re: [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot

I can confirm on 8.04 Russian (upgraded from 7.10 Russian) - have to reapply layout switch Alt-Shift after every reboot. Another computer with same upgrade (7.10 to 8.04) English works fine. Layouts in both cases are Finnish and Russian. On a computer where layout switching doesn't workj xorg.co

[Bug 196277] Re: [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot

I can confirm this to in the 8.04 release -- [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/196277 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-

[Bug 196277] Re: [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot

I can confirm this bug and suggest raising it to critical since it renders ordinary generic PCs unusable for other then US keyboards. -- [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/196277 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 196277] Re: [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot

I confirm this bug, on Ubuntu hardy fresh install. When i add a secondary keyboard layout in gnome all is right until i reboot the xserver/gdm . On two computers, one with french layout as default and the other with deutsch layout as default. On two computers, the first layout is ok but the sec

[Bug 196277] Re: [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot

** Also affects: libgnomekbd (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: libgnomekbd (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/196277 You received this bug notification

[Bug 196277] Re: [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot

Argh, now I changed something (not sure what), and the capslock->control mapping works, but the it still turns the capslock indicator on and off on the keyboard -- [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/196277 You received this bug not

[Bug 196277] Re: [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot

I think might be related, I'm seeing a problem where the 'Use capslock as another control key' doesn't work after I upgraded to Hardy. Turning the option on and off through the preferences applet has no effect. Using a Microsoft Natural Elite, USB. Worked fine through Gutsy and Feisty before that.

[Bug 196277] Re: [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot

Nirmisgav / I did reinstall Ubuntu 8.04 official release version today, but I still have keyboard layout problem. -- [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/196277 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu B

[Bug 196277] Re: [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot

** Also affects: xkeyboard-config (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: xkeyboard-config (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/196277 You received this bug not

[Bug 196277] Re: [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot

I have the same thing also. It appears that this bug does not occur to people who installed a clean install from Hardy RC. It only appears for those who upgraded from earlier revisions. -- [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/196277

[Bug 196277] Re: [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot

I can confirm this bug under Hardy and with Swedish keyboard layout. It has also been filed here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source /xkeyboard-config/+bug/213265 and here https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/219835 -- [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot

[Bug 196277] Re: [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot

Can anyone please provide feedback on whether the following issue is the same bug or a different bug? On my Eee, Ubuntu Desktop, Hardy, latest updates: - keyboard model = generic 104-key (same happens with 105-key) - layout = US (I had an international layout too, but even with US as the only la

[Bug 196277] Re: [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot

hmm I thought I couldn't do it... Ok I marked it as confirmed. Someone must find a solution too. :P -- [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/196277 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is s

[Bug 196277] Re: [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot

Plz someone confirm this bug... Steps to reproduce it are: * Visit System->Preferences->Keyboard-Layouts * Press Add and add a new layout. * Close preferences. * Open Text Editor or whatever you want and write something with Double-Alts it switch layout and writes with the other layout OK till no

[Bug 196277] Re: [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot

Ori, that's really strange -- the bug you linked to was first reported in October 2005 but keyboard layout switching worked well in Dapper, Edgy, Feisty and Gutsy (or didn't it?). -- [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/196277 You re

[Bug 196277] Re: [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot

This bug probably stems from which is the cause of several other bugs reported in Launchpad. (e.g. ). If that is the case, I think they should be made dupes of each other. -- [hardy] keyb

[Bug 196277] Re: [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot

Mine also only shows (**) Option "XkbLayout" "us" (**) Keyboard0: XkbLayout: "us" I don't think there's anything wrong with the X server itself but with how Ubuntu is setting it up. My xorg.conf is devoid of any layout settings. -- [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after r

[Bug 196277] Re: [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot

I'm attaching my /var/log/Xorg.0.log . I can see only one keyboard layout in the log, "us", but I also use Hebrew keyboard layout. ** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/13574967/Xorg.0.log -- [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot https:

[Bug 196277] Re: [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot

Please attach your /var/log/Xorg.0.log ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/196277 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, wh

[Bug 196277] Re: [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot

I'm not sure that #206008 is a duplicate of this bug. This one is about layout switching while #206008 is about forgetting the only configured layout and falling back to US layout. This just happened to me upgrading from 7.10 to 8.04 RC1. Really a showstopper bug. -- [hardy] keyboard layout switc

[Bug 196277] Re: [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot

I have to on every reboot "reassign/confirm" in System>prefs>keyboard>Disposition>Keyboard Model selecting the same keyboard model as prior defined so the keyboard remember my preferences. Looks like xserver-xorg-input-kbd complains with gnome keyboard configuration. I filled a bug about this o

[Bug 196277] Re: [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot

That's strange, Pedro: I think I had the numpad bug you're talking about (it was because the status of numlock was "forgotten" with every boot) but since 2-3 weeks ago it works well on my computer. -- [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot https://bugs.launchpad.net/

Re: [Bug 196277] Re: [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot

I also confirm. I still have to add spanish keyboard and change everytime I reboot. Also the numbers pad doesn't work. 2008/4/16, pnr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I still have to remove and add the second layout after every reboot to > make the layout switching to work, as described in this thread on >

[Bug 196277] Re: [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot

I still have to remove and add the second layout after every reboot to make the layout switching to work, as described in this thread on 2008-02-29. I hope that the bug affecting many users will be fixed before the upcoming release. -- [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work afte

[Bug 196277] Re: [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot

I can confirm that the problem still exists in up-to-date Hardy It is a little different to me - *usually* after starting gnome session both keyboard and indicator switching work. Then they stop - and I could not tell when or how. After it stops working, the problem is exactly as the original bug

[Bug 196277] Re: [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot

Confirmed on Dell OptiPlex 170L; however changing the key from "Keyboard Preferences" to, for example, both shifts, works well. -- [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/196277 You received this bug notification because you are a membe

[Bug 196277] Re: [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot

Hey! Do you want to make the most buggy LTS? -- [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/196277 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubun

[Bug 196277] Re: [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot

I also have the same issue with layout switching. -- [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/196277 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 196277] Re: [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot

Today's update might have fixed the problem Larry described, but the problem Rapolas K., I and other people have, about the layout switching, is still happening on my machine after the updates. -- [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs

[Bug 196277] Re: [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot

A good news: this bug has already been fixed in today's update. Franco Sirovich, a schema is just a bundle of metainformation describing a configuration setting, while normal keys only have simple values such as integers, strings, or lists of those.You can find out more about what is schema in gco

Re: [Bug 196277] Re: [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot

Dear Larry, thank you for the suggestions. I have tried it and in fact it works as it did the setting of the typing speed under Gutsy: It is (and was) not a great solution, in that it decreases to a very little level the "jumping" of the cursor, provided that the rate is set very high. You solu

[Bug 196277] Re: [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot

I solved my problem temporarily by create a file named "keyboardsettings.sh": #!/bin/bash gconftool-2 --type int --set /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/delay 184 gconftool-2 --type int --set /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/rate 150 and add it to the startup programs. Locale settings are ju

[Bug 196277] Re: [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot

The keywboard shortcuts for launching mail, browser and logout do not work. I have Hardy, kept well upgraded, on a SONY VAIO VGN-SZ3XP/C. -- [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/196277 You received this bug notification because you a

[Bug 196277] Re: [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot

It appears that the same bug is reported at the following links: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/206008 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/207457 -- [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/196277 You received thi

[Bug 196277] Re: [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot

I'm having the same problem exactly. -- [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/196277 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@

[Bug 196277] Re: [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot

Confirm a similar problem. Keyboard layout changes "work" by clicking, in the sense that USA changes to CZE and back. Unfortunately, this has no impact on anything else, I still can not type Czech letters. Then I have to go to keyboard preferences and change something, for example the keyboard type

[Bug 196277] Re: [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot

It seems that my first speculation is wrong. I found that the setting file for repeat keys (/home/username/.gconf/desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/%gconf.xml) was changed when I changed the corresponding values using gnome-keyboard-properties. Further I can also change these setting files by

[Bug 196277] Re: [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot

I have a similar problem in Hardy. My changes of the delay and the speed of repeat keys will only work in the current session and will lose when restart X server. I think the problem lies in the Keyboard Preferences tool. Maybe it does not have enough authority to change the X setting file or the a

[Bug 196277] Re: [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot

I reported the both-alt shortcut switching problem in this bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xkeyboard-config/+bug/205314 It also links to the upstream bug. I confirm Oren's problem that after reboot changing the layout by clicking the panel doesn't work. I think description of the bug should drop

[Bug 196277] Re: [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot

I have simillar problem in Hardy Beta. After upgrade I can't switch languages in GDM. It was really big problem, because my password include english letters, and my default language is russian. I had to change password to login. -- [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after re

[Bug 196277] Re: [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot

I have a very similar problem, I guess it's the same problem, but I think I better report it anyway. I upgraded from Gutsy to Hardy the day the Hardy beta was released. When I was still on Gutsy I changed the keyboard layout switching key combination to alt-shift. After upgrading to Hardy the ke

[Bug 196277] Re: [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot

I can confirm this on current Hardy. Both alt or both ctrl keys as layout switcher does not work. Both shift keys, ctrl+alt or a single key (while pressed) does. This is a regression, as it worked for me in Feisty and Gutsy. Apropriate section of xorg.conf: Section "InputDevice" Identif

[Bug 196277] Re: [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot

Assigning importance to high, it seems many similar bugs to this (keyboard layout problems in Hardy) are popping out. If anyone can search & mark duplicates it would help a lot. ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => High -- [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't wo

[Bug 196277] Re: [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot

** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: None => xorg Status: New => Confirmed -- [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/196277 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscrib

[Bug 196277] Re: [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot

cassel, I agree with you that it is a bug and look forward to hearing from the developers. -- [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/196277 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 196277] Re: [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot

pnr, I know this solution, to manually edit config file, but I'm reporting this bug (at least I think it is a bug) to make ubuntu and gnome easier to use by noobs. -- [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/196277 You received this bug

[Bug 196277] Re: [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot

** Summary changed: - keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot + [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot ** Tags added: hardy keyboard layout -- [hardy] keyboard layout switching shortcut doesn't work after reboot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/

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