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bluez package

Switch bluetooth keyboard from qwerty to azerty

Bug #1529049 reported by Alexandre Payet
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ubuntu-keyboard
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Bug Description

Trying convergence, I've noticed that :

When a bluetooth keyboard is paired, the keyboard is by default in Qwerty (even if it's an Azerty keyboard and the settings of UT are on French Azerty keyboard layout)

We should have an option to set the Azerty / Qwerty option in bluetooth settings.
Or a better solution could be that the bluetooth keyboard layout is set to the default keyboard layout we have put in Language settings.

Does someone know a way to set correctly the layout of the bluetooth keyboard ? (I've tried : 'loadkeys fr' in terminal but this didn't work, I suspect that the default layout was already on fr but the bluetooth keyboard doesn't detect it)

Device : mako rc-proposed last revision of 24 dec 2015

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Alexandre Payet (alexandre-payet)
no longer affects: ubuntu-keyboard (Ubuntu)
tags: added: keyboard
Alexandre Payet (alexandre-payet)
tags: added: bluetooth convergence
description: updated
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in bluez (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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eDeviser (wolle3) wrote :

Just remember, there are serveral users, who are using their system with diffrent language settings for the Display Language and the Keyboard Character Map. For example I am using my UbuntuPhone with english Display Language but I have a german Keyboard (qwertz). I. e. simply choosing the character map by the systems Display Language will not be enough.

So I think the best way of integration would be to add a settings menu for connected bluetooth keyboards. I'm trying to explain in detail what I mean:
If I open settings>bluetooth, then I can see my already paired bluetooth keyboard device. Then I can tap to the device and I can see the devices menu with information about Name, Type, Status and Signal Strenth and so on... It would be the best to add in this menu a further entry tochange the Keyboard character map.

Nevertheless, the Display Language setting should affect the default Keyboard chracter map.

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Pulsar33 (pulsar33-ubone) wrote :

Hello

I've bought an amazing RII Bluetooth mini Keyboard/Touchpad AZERTY and can't use it. Please, can you take this bug in account ?
I also agree with eDeviser assesment about the place where the choice should be available.

Best regards
Pulsar33

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Simon Fels (morphis) wrote :

This isn't a problem with bluez or the bluetooth stack. There is work in progress to select the right keyboard layout as this isn't working no matter through which technology the keyboard is connected with.

Changed in bluez (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Invalid
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