unity-greeter or any other greeter can not change keyboard layout
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| lightdm (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
|
Medium
|
Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
After boot, from login screen , I can not change layout from keyboard by shortcut (ctrl+shift, alt+shift, Caps lock or any other I choose in keyboard settings)
When locking screen by ctrl-alt-L, when I try to press shortcut keys lock screen disappears for a second showing my desktop, and appears again. Layout not changed also.
Using mouse to switch layout via icon working good.
I tried to change greeter (unity-greeter, lightdm-
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: lightdm 1.18.2-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-31-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Tue Jul 26 16:05:37 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-06-30 (25 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
SourcePackage: lightdm
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
| Kirill Shatalaev (ksh) wrote | #1 |
| AnrDaemon (anrdaemon) wrote | #2 |
| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #3 |
| Changed in lightdm (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| Changed in lightdm (Ubuntu): | |
| importance: | Undecided → Medium |
| no longer affects: | lightdm |
| Changed in lightdm (Ubuntu): | |
| assignee: | nobody → Klean (neo-flate) |
| assignee: | Klean (neo-flate) → nobody |
I can't say if this bug affecting me, but showing user's screen with such an ease defeats the very purpose of locking the workstation, don't you think?