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Logon screen - language switch trouble

Bug #877671 reported by darkshvein
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ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

I can't switch russian language to latin layout in any DM: KDM, lightdm, slim, lxdm...
Not work no one shortcuts: Shift+Ctrl, twice shift, Caps+Shift, left, right,etc...
Also, I tried reconfigure&remove console-cyrillic package and no result... :(
I not need cyrillic characters in console! But they appearing there. Arghh.
lang pack en support* installed.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: ubuntu-desktop 1.245
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl fglrx
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Oct 18 22:54:33 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=ru_RU.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubuntu-meta
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-14 (4 days ago)

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darkshvein (darkshvein) wrote :
Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton)
affects: ubuntu → ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu)
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Bodinux (bodinux) wrote :

Only tried with lightdm. There is no way to change the keyboard layout on the logon screen and there is no direct indication of the current layout.

This is a regression from the blueprint from Matt Zimmerman which dates back from 2005 :
https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/gdm-keyboard-layout

    As of Ubuntu 5.10, the initial keyboard layout used before login is part of the X.org configuration file,
     and cannot be adjusted by the user until after login. This is problematic because:

    The user may not be able to login if the layout is incorrect

    The X keyboard layout is currently "guessed" from the console layout chosen in the installer,
    and this process is known to be imperfect

    Different users may require different keyboard layouts

    This requires that the keyboard layout be asked for ahead of time on the live CD,
    which is inconvenient for the user

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darkshvein (darkshvein) wrote :

Hey, please advice , how to switch to latin in native console!

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