Bug 771769

Summary:	gnome-control-center region cannot change keyboard layout across sessions
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Need Real Name <lsof>
Component:	control-center	Assignee:	Richard Hughes <hughsient>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	16	CC:	control-center-maint, hughsient, lsof, mclasen, mkasik, rstrode
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Description Need Real Name 2012-01-04 22:29:17 UTC

Description of problem:
I cannot see a way to change the keyboard in gnome3.

In gnome2 I had to select from the login screen.

In gnome3 I can change the system keyboard, which now matches everything else, but it is still wrong within gnome. Console is fine. I have rebooted.


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Comment 1 Need Real Name 2012-01-04 22:47:10 UTC

This is definitely a bug. Under languages, I can click the keyboard button and up pops a window containing a picture of my keyboard layout.

It's the wrong keyboard (US I think).

If I add another keyboard, then make that default, delete my original keyboard, then re-add it and make it default, the preview button shows the correct layout.

Which is very strange.

Default new install. Only used gui to change stuff.

Comment 2 Need Real Name 2012-01-05 22:10:24 UTC

I run the command:
 gnome-control-center region
and after a reboot I am using US again.

The gui says the correct and only keyboard layout installed. The preview is wrong.

Death by a thousand paper cuts :/

Comment 3 Need Real Name 2012-01-05 22:11:29 UTC

Simpler way to reproduce

1. Add new keyboard layout
2. Delete it
3. Problem solved - no changing defaults necessary

Comment 4 Need Real Name 2012-01-07 10:22:49 UTC

Logging in and out again resets the keyboard layout.

Please can you up the severity.

Comment 5 Matthias Clasen 2012-01-11 13:50:26 UTC

The layout selected on login is the first one in the list. If you go to 
System Settings > Region & Language > Layouts again, you'll notice the up and down arrow that let you reorder the list. Move the layout you want by default to the top.

Does that help ?

Comment 6 Need Real Name 2012-01-11 16:43:12 UTC

I have a single layout.

But, to answer your question, if I was to do that (first adding a new layout), then the problem goes away until the next login.

Extra info: It's very likely that this fresh install used a en_US (the default) when I installed it, and then I switched it after install.

Comment 7 Need Real Name 2012-01-19 17:09:42 UTC

This bug seems to have disappeared! I will update in a week if it has gone.

Comment 8 Need Real Name 2012-04-01 12:36:51 UTC

This bug has come back again. Workaround from comment 3 is required.

Comment 9 Need Real Name 2012-04-04 16:50:55 UTC

> Logging in and out again resets the keyboard layout.

@Matthias Clasen: not being able to use the keyboard in my language is quite a big bug. Please can you up severity?

Comment 10 Ray Strode [halfline] 2012-04-04 17:31:06 UTC

This should be fixed by this commit:

http://git.gnome.org/browse/gdm/commit/?id=8a06ffc512

which is fixed in gdm-3.4.0.1

we should probably back port the fix in f16

Comment 11 Ray Strode [halfline] 2012-04-04 17:39:30 UTC

hmm f16 already has that fix

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