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gnome-settings-daemon package

  1. Bug #488048
  2. Comment #14

Comment 14 for bug 488048

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Hugo Buddel (v-launchpad-hugo-doemaarwat-nl) wrote :

Thank you for reopening (I didn't know what 'Triaged' meant), and also for your helpful comments.

The new bug description makes sense for your technical point of view, but so much for the uninitiated user. With this description I might have had a harder time finding this entry with your insightful replies that helped me fix the issue on my own computer. An end user point of view bug seems appropriate on the Ubuntu launchpad section.

Also, from the original description I think the technical bug (and subsequent solution) is the other way around: "changing keyboard layout with gnome-keyboard-properties does not propagate to gdm".

As in either both apps should change both settings always (which gdm already does), or they should never change each others settings (which gnome-keyboard-properties does). Originally I would opt for the latter, but reading the discussions, the former seems to be closer to the intended behaviour, so it is gnome-keyboard-properties that should be fixed IMHO, not gdm.

E.g. a scenario where the current proposed solution will lead to a strange situation:
- User changes to new layout in gdm and uses it pleasantly in gnome for months.
- User decides that a password is not required to log in.
- Suddenly his keyboard layout is changed.
- User files bug report: 'gdm does *not* override keyboard layout in "no password" mode' :)