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gnome-screensaver package

No Keyboard Layout option in lock screen

Bug #1010866 reported by Abhijit Navale on 2012-06-09

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This bug affects 4 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

I have QWERTY as my default keyboard layout and I am using Ubuntu 12.04 (64 bit) with Gnome Shell.
Now,
1. I switched it to Dvorak and made Dvorak default and the QWERTY secondary.
2. Now I start learning Dvorak
3. Now I go away from computer for tea
4. When I come back the computer is locked due to auto lock setting
5. Now I can not type password using QWERTY because default layout set to Dvorak as said in #1
6. I am locked out since yet I have not learned the Dvorak layout

So it will be great to provide keyboard layout button to change the layout using mouse on the lock screen as that of the login screen.
Thank you.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: gnome-screensaver 3.4.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.39-generic 3.2.16
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Jun 9 17:40:42 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
GnomeSessionIdleInhibited: No
GnomeSessionInhibitors: None
GsettingsGnomeSession:
org.gnome.desktop.session idle-delay uint32 600
org.gnome.desktop.session session-name 'ubuntu'
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
SourcePackage: gnome-screensaver
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
WindowManager: No value set for `/desktop/gnome/session/required_components/windowmanager'

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Abhijit Navale (abhi-navale) wrote on 2012-06-09:

#1

Dependencies.txt Edit (4.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GsettingsGnomeLockdown.txt Edit (430 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GsettingsGnomePowerManager.txt Edit (1.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GsettingsGnomeScreensaver.txt Edit (602 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcEnviron.txt Edit (294 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLog.txt Edit (40.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLogOld.txt Edit (48.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2013-03-13:

#2

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

Changed in gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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Ali Najafi (alinajafi) wrote on 2013-03-13:

#3

This problem get harder in my case, with English and Persian layouts. If I was using Persian layout and left my computer, I would lose all of my unsaved work; because there's no way to enter English letters through Persian layout.

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Ali Najafi (alinajafi) wrote on 2013-03-13:

#4

This problem is not only for 12.04, but also for 12.10 and 13.04.

tags:

added: quantal raring
removed: amd64

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Ali Najafi (alinajafi) wrote on 2013-03-13:

#5

But a workaround here is to assign some keys for changing keyboard layout.
Go to System Settings > Keyboard Layout > Options (button on the bottom right)
Under "key(s) to change layout" select an option, so you will be able to swith layouts in lock screen via keyboard.

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Sergos (sergos) wrote on 2018-09-12:

#6

Also in 18.04 - after upgrade from 16.04.

At some point the UI keyboard switcher is not available, so I stuck with locked screen. My input is switched from US to RU, so no way to pick the right symbols.

An I tried to use a different shortcut - such as Ctrl-Space - it didn't work.

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