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gnome-settings-daemon package

Keyboard layout indicator shows wrong layout

Bug #1437411 reported by Sergey Zolotarev
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Bug Description

I have two keyboard layous: English (en) and Russian (ru).

The problem is that when I switch to either of those via the keyboard shortcut (Alt+Shift in my case), the layout indicator shows the opposite layout. That is, I'm typing English letters, but it shows "ru"; likewise, when it shows "en" the input language is actually Russian.

If I switch laoyout through the indicator itself, the language is set correctly.

Description: Ubuntu Vivid Vervet (development branch)
Release: 15.04

gnome-settings-daemon:
  Installed: 3.14.2-3ubuntu1
  Candidate: 3.14.2-3ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 3.14.2-3ubuntu1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

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Sergey Zolotarev (szx)
description: updated
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Evgecyn (evgecyn) wrote :

Same problem after Ubuntu Gnome 15.04 clean installation. Shortcut "Modifiers-only switch to next source"(allow set combinations like "Shift+Alt") works incorrect. "Switch to next input source" and "Switch to previous input source" works fine, but doesn't allow set combinations like "Shift+Alt" through GUI.

Workaround. Disable "Modifiers-only switch to next source" and manually set "Switch to next input source" and "Switch to previous input source".

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.input-sources xkb-options "[]"
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-input-source "['<Alt>Shift_L']"
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-input-source-backward "['<Alt>Shift_R']"

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val.kotlarov.hoffman (val-hoffman) wrote :

@Evgecyn Thanks for the workaround!

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Guria (guria) wrote :

affected on ubuntu-gnome 15.10-beta1

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Tjano (tjano) wrote :

affected on ubuntu-gnome 15.10

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Krisztian Poos (rocky-poos) wrote :

Affected also on ubuntu 15.10 with gnome-shell with hungarian layout. I have this bug rolling on since ubuntu 13.10... Will it be ever solved ?!?!?!

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sles (slesru) wrote :

Just installed fresh 15.10 with gnome-flashback and hit this ...

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sles (slesru) wrote :

by the way , this is no permanent :-(
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.input-sources xkb-options "[]"

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CSRedRat (csredrat) wrote :

When this been fixed?! In 15.04 was problem and fix in update. Today i'm upgraded to 15.10 and have problem too! No icon layout in tray and i can't switch en/ru input shortcut!

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Zdeněk Zikán (zdenek-zikan-m) wrote :

I have the same problem in Ubuntu 15.10 with the latest Gnome 3.16.4-0ubuntu1. 2 keyboard layouts switched using modifiers only (Alt-Shift)

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Nick Dimos (nikosdimos) wrote :

This bug still exists in Ubuntu 15.10 with gnome-settings-daemon version 3.16.3-0ubuntu1.

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