Bug 740771

Summary:	xfce4-xkb-plugin semi-randomly loses its config
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk>
Component:	xfce4-xkb-plugin	Assignee:	Christoph Wickert <christoph.wickert>
Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	15	CC:	christoph.wickert, fdc, igor.redhat
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Description Denys Vlasenko 2011-09-23 09:55:03 UTC

I have xfce4-xkb-plugin configured as follows:

Two layouts: us, ru
Layout switch: Left Win key.

Quite often after power-on layout switch key doesn't work. When I go to "properties, I find it reset to nothing, and have to again set it to Left Win.

Somewhat less often not only layout switch key is lost, but xfce4-xkb-plugin also forgets layout setup and reverts to standard one-layout config with US layout.

Comment 1 Christoph Wickert 2011-09-23 10:06:24 UTC

Do you connect any external keyboards, e.g. an USB keyboard or you have one attached to a docking station? Could this be a duplicate of bug 713826?

Comment 2 igor.redhat@gmail.com 2011-10-19 20:56:06 UTC

I have the same problem and yes, there is certainly some correlation with plugging/unplugging a USB keyboard.

Comment 3 igor.redhat@gmail.com 2011-10-19 21:00:55 UTC

btw, I am on F16 and the keyboard layouts were configured with xfce4-xkb-plugin, not with xfce4-keyboard-settings (the latter still says "system defaults").

Comment 4 Christoph Wickert 2011-10-19 21:34:31 UTC

(In reply to comment #2)
> I have the same problem and yes, there is certainly some correlation with
> plugging/unplugging a USB keyboard.

You need to do both to make it work properly.

Comment 5 igor.redhat@gmail.com 2011-10-25 23:06:30 UTC

(In reply to comment #4)
> You need to do both to make it work properly.

I've added the second layout to xfce4-keyboard-settings; it doesn't seem to make any discernible difference...

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Comment 7 Christoph Wickert 2013-05-18 16:44:46 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 838373 ***