I have seen this behavior as well in the patched X-Server, and I may have also seen this with the original Maverick X-Server - though I'm not sure about it.
I get this bug triggered only by using Synergy, but with almost 100% consistency: I use Ubuntu 10.04 as a Synergy server, and 10.10 is the client. If I move my mouse to the 10.10 screen and try to switch languages by using ALT-SHIFT on the server keyboard, I get the faulty behavior. What happens is that gnome-settings-daemon - which is normally responsible for switching layouts when you switch applications - starts switching through all the layouts uncontrollably as if the switching keys are stuck, and takes up 100% CPU. If you start typing anywhere, you'd get characters from all layouts mixed together. At this point, if you try to use the keyboard layout indicator in the session applet, you'd see that its stuck and does not respond to requests to set the layout. Finally, sending TERM to gnome-settings-daemon will not stop it and you must use the KILL signal (-9). I believe this is a gnome-settings-daemon, mostly as I can also cause gnome-settings-daemon to spike to 100% CPU usage simply by sending it a TERM signal while working normally. At which point the keyboard layout indicator is again stuck and does not respond to actions, but using the layout switching keys works normally and there is no cycling through the layouts. -- Keyboard layout change on hotkeys press instead of release and do not work well with shortcuts https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/36812 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is a direct subscriber. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
