Bug 1298753

Summary: keyboard layout switcher missing on the login screen
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Reporter: Joe Wright <jwright>
Component: gdmAssignee: Ray Strode [halfline] <rstrode>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Desktop QE <desktop-qa-list>
Severity: high Docs Contact:
Priority: high    
Version: 7.2CC: ayadav, jwright, mboisver, rmatos, rstrode, tpelka
Target Milestone: rcKeywords: Desktop, Regression
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Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
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Fixed In Version: gdm-3.14.2-15.el7 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2016-11-04 06:39:50 UTC Type: Bug
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Bug Blocks: 1203710, 1297830, 1313485    
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Description Joe Wright 2016-01-14 22:37:57 UTC
Created attachment 1114981 [details]
screenshot

Description of problem:
- keyboard layout switcher missing from login screen after updating
- unable to change keyboard layouts at login screen

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
- current

How reproducible:


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Configure gnome or KDE for desired layout
2. configure keyboard switcher layouts
3. upgrade to 7.2 and reboot

Actual results:
- keyboard layout switcher missing
- GDM does not follow layout parameters for either KDE or Gnome

Expected results:
- able to switch keyboards as usual

Additional info:
see attached screenshot. There is a physical gap where the switcher should be.

Comment 4 Joe Wright 2016-01-18 14:22:54 UTC
This issue does not exist in RHEL 7.2 server, only 7.2 workstation.

Comment 6 Joe Wright 2016-01-18 16:14:25 UTC
Created attachment 1115876 [details]
gsettings-danish

Comment 7 Joe Wright 2016-01-18 16:15:05 UTC
Created attachment 1115877 [details]
gsettings-US

Comment 9 Joe Wright 2016-01-18 16:18:32 UTC
Attached gsettings from 7.2 server showing that there is no change between US and Danish keyboard settings, as well as sosreport from 7.2 server.

Comment 13 Joe Wright 2016-01-19 14:45:23 UTC
- Upgraded from 7.1 -> 7.2
- They used the attached kickstart to configure gnome
- waiting on response from customer for 00-keyboard.conf and localectl outputs

Comment 19 Michael Boisvert 2016-09-01 14:49:16 UTC
I am able to configure multiple keyboard layouts for the login screen on a machine with KDE or GNOME.

Comment 21 errata-xmlrpc 2016-11-04 06:39:50 UTC
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2016-2451.html