Thanks for your report! I think the info is stored; the problem is that GDM does not make use of it. The issue is also discussed in bug #1725676, see e.g. comment #11.
I also found an upstream bug report. ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #776282 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=776282 ** Also affects: gdm via https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=776282 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1769224 Title: keyboard layout on greeter is not stored per user (function lost from 16.04 to 18.04) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gdm/+bug/1769224/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
