Public bug reported: I'm running the latest (as of 20:00EST 30Sep07) Gutsy build on an IBM Thinkpad T40.
I use a software-mapped Dvorak keyboard, and switch to QWERTY when I want to play nethack, which is where I first noticed this bug. It seems to effect all terminal applications, and may effect others as well. In short, software-mapping to Dvorak, and then switching back to Qwerty, doesn't fully remap the keyboard, and while I haven't exhaustively examined every key combination to see what doesn't get remapped, the ones I've found are pretty annoying. Reproduction: Create a new, clean user. Go to System/Preferences/Keyboard. Layouts tab. Keyboard model: Generic 101-key PC (not sure if this is important) Press Add Layout: U.S. English Variant: Dvorak Press Add Now drag "U.S. English Dvorak" above "U.S. English" in the keyboard layout list. It's the new default. Press Close. Now, add the Keyboard Indicator to one of your panels. Log out. Log in. The keyboard indicator should say "USA", and if you open a terminal and strike left-to-right along the home row with your left hand, you should read "aoeu". Hit ^a^k to kill this line. Click on the keyboard indicator. It now says "USA2". When you type along the home row again, you should see the familiar "asdf". Here's where you should see breakage: Hit ^A. The cursor will jump under the 'a'. Hit ^e. Where it should jump to the end of the line, you'll probably see it insert a dot, or some other nonsense. Hit ^d, and you'll see the cursor jump to the end of the line. So clearly, everything's getting swapped in the remap back to Qwerty except ^D and ^E, which are still in their Dvorak positions. I don't know whse fault this is. ** Affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New -- (Gutsy?) Gnome keyboard layout switcher (Dvorak->Qwerty) not fully monotonic (fails on ^D, ^E) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/147495 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs