Ubuntu
gdm-guest-session package

Add ability to set default guest session keyboard layout

Bug #307196 reported by Elias K Gardner
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Baltix
New
Undecided
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gdm-guest-session (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Wishlist
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Bug Description

I think this will be a wishlist item.

I use the dvorak as the default keyboard layout. My guest sessions then also uses dvorak as the default layout. Anyone I lend my computer to does not use dvorak and does not know how to change the keyboard layout. For the guest session to be useful I need to be able to set its default keyboard layout.

If this is a wishlist item it could be viewed more broadly as a wish to be able to customize the default guest session.

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Paul Broadhead (pjbroad) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to make Ubuntu better. Since what you submitted is a Feature Request to improve Ubuntu, you are invited to post your idea in Ubuntu Brainstorm at [WWW] https://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/ where it can be discussed, voted by the community and reviewed by developers. Thanks for taking the time to share your opinion!

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

As a workaround (or different solution) you can set the global keyboard layout to US ("Apply system-wide") and set your own session's keyboard layout to dvorak.

Changed in gdm-guest-session:
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
status: New → Confirmed
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Elias K Gardner (zorkerz) wrote : Re: [Bug 307196] Re: ability to set default guest session keyboard layout

It is also possible to change the layout by modifying the file
/usr/share/gdm/guest-session/guest-session-setup.sh

Directions have been copied from here
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm-guest-session/+question/48970thanks
to David D Lowe.

"Open /usr/share/gdm/guest-session/guest-session-setup.sh as root:

sudo gedit /usr/share/gdm/guest-session/guest-session-setup.sh

Find the following lines:

su guest <<EOF
gconftool --set --type bool
/apps/gnome_settings_daemon/screensaver/start_screensaver False
gconftool --set --type bool
/apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/screensaver/active False
EOF

Before the second EOF, add this line:

gconftool --set --type list --list-type string
/desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd/layouts [us,us"`echo "\tdvorak"`"]

This will make the default layout US Qwerty, with US Dvorak as a secondary
keyboard.

Hope it works!"

Robert Ancell (robert-ancell)
summary: - ability to set default guest session keyboard layout
+ Add ability to set default guest session keyboard layout
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