I can confirm this bug. I have configured gdm to automatically log me in which means I don't have to touch neither keyboard nor mouse to log in.
My keyboard preferences are the following (in gnome-keyboard-properties): - 3 different layouts - Separate layout for each window - Ctrl key position: Swap Ctrl and CapsLock - Layout switching: Alt+Shift change layout Symptoms after logging in without touching the keyboard: - Alt+Shift to switch the layout does not work. - Ctrl and CapsLock are not swapped. - When using the mouse and the keyboard applet to switch the layout: - The applet cycles through only the two first layouts. - The change of layout is not effective, although displayed by the applet. - Therefore, I cannot tell whether 'Separate layout for each window' works. How to reproduce: - Configure more than two layouts in the keyboard preferences. - Configure your favorite layout options. - Setup gdm to log you in automatically after a few seconds (or some other keyboard-less method). - Log out and wait to be logged in automatically. Do not touch the keyboard! - See if your keyboard preferences are in effect and if the layout switching works. Both should not work. - Log out and touch any (modifier) key on the keyboard, then wait until automatically logged in again. - Your keyboard features should work. Workaround: In the keyboard preferences, open the 'Layout Options' and change one of the many options (and change it back again). This probably causes the all the keyboard settings to be (re-)configured (this should already have taken place when logging in). The layout switching and all the layout options should now work again. -- GNOME login without any keypress prevents the working of GNOME-configured keyboard options https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/253168 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
