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gdm login window keyboard setting overrides gnome-keyboard-properties

Bug #438023 reported by Benjamin Drung on 2009-09-28

This bug affects 5 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	gdm (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Low	Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

Binary package hint: gdm

When gdm starts, I press enter to select my user name. Then I have change the keyboard layout from German to German (Neo 2) for typing the password. I have to do this on every login. Why does gdm forget the selected keyboard layout for the user?

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Sep 28 11:06:59 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Package: gdm 2.28.0-0ubuntu6
ProcEnviron:
LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-11.36-server
SourcePackage: gdm
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-11-server x86_64

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Benjamin Drung (bdrung) wrote on 2009-09-28:

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote on 2009-09-28:

Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported, but feel free to report any other bugs you find.

Changed in gdm (Ubuntu):
assignee:	nobody → Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs)
importance:	Undecided → Low
status:	New → Invalid

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Benjamin Drung (bdrung) wrote on 2009-09-28:

Why did you remove the mark as duplication of bug #421212? I don't know, what's bug #421212 about. It discusses different issues.

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote on 2009-09-28:

> Why did you remove the mark as duplication

because that was not the right number

Benjamin Drung (bdrung) on 2009-09-28

Changed in gdm (Ubuntu):
status:	Invalid → New

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote on 2009-09-28:

why did you reopen this bug rather than looking for the duplicate number?

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote on 2009-09-28:

the bug is similar to bug #395103

Benjamin Drung (bdrung) on 2009-09-28

summary:

- gdm does not remember keyboard layout setting
+ gdm does not remember keyboard layout setting for the login screen

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Benjamin Drung (bdrung) wrote on 2009-09-28: Re: gdm does not remember keyboard layout setting for the login screen

No, it's not. After login everything is ok. The only situation where the keyboard layout is not set to Neo 2 is when typing the password into gdm.

After selecting the user, the window resizes, the user-list resizes, the language selector in the bottom panel gets shown and displays "Deutsch" no matter what was selected the last time (this is what I am complaining about). I can type my password in qwertz and after the login the layout is set to "Deutsch (Neo 2)" or I can use the language selector to select "Deutsch (Neo 2)" and type my password in Neo 2.

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Ray Pendergraph (raymondpendergraph) wrote on 2009-11-07:

I was looking for existing bugs for the same problem (and apparently found it). I am running KDE kdm 4:4.3.2-0ubuntu7 and am having the same issue. So it seems the problem is not gdm specific.

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David Stansby (dstansby-deactivatedaccount) wrote on 2009-11-14:

I also have this problem on lucid.

Changed in gdm (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

Michał Borsuk (michal-borsuk) on 2010-04-11

summary:

- gdm does not remember keyboard layout setting for the login screen
+ gdm login window keyboard setting overrides gnome-keyboard-properties

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Michał Borsuk (michal-borsuk) wrote on 2010-04-11:

#10

I had the same problem, just found the fix:

FIX:
when you see the GDM login window, on the bottom right side is the keyboard selection window. Change the keyboard layout to what you need.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE:
1° start Ubuntu
2° on the login screen, change keyboard to from your typical "layout A" to the new "layout B"
3° log in; now you have "layout B" as keyboard layout
4° go to system->preferences->keyboard (gnome-keyboard-properties), tab Layout, you see "layout B",
5° click "Reset to defaults"; you get "layout A".

HOW IT SHOULD BE IMHO:
I don't know whether it's a bug or a feature, but it should not be so. IMHO the keyboard layout in gdm login window should change the keyboard layout for only one session, or even just for the login window. Optionally it could start gnome-keyboard-properties after login.

#421212 is different.