Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 797355
RFE: ibus 1.4 overrides xkb layout options from gnome
Last modified: 2013-01-31 04:37:39 EST
Description of problem: I think this is problem is fixed in ibus-1.5pre (ie in F17) but this problem exists for F16 at least I think (probably F15 too?). Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): ibus-1.4.1-1.fc16 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. start gnome desktop session with ibus running 2. change xkb layout options in gnome-control-center eg swap position of Ctrl and Caps, say or Alt and Super keys... 3. switch between applications Actual results: 3. The xkb options no longer work after getting a new ibus context and the actual keyboard layout reverts to the original one in (1.) Expected results: 3. ibus to preserve and respect the gnome xkb settings. Additional info: Maybe hard to fix in current 1.4? Is it possible to backport the new xkb code from 1.5 say?
I think you didn't restart ibus after xkb keymaps are changed by gnome-control-center. I think the on-the-fly way needs libxklavier feature in ibus and Fedora 17 ibus uses libxklavier. Currently I don't think to back port the new features in the previous Fedora until we have the enough tests. Probably I'd like to close this as I think it's better to focus on Fedora 17 at present. Or do you wish to keep this bug?
So far the only workaround I have found is to quit ibus, or to restart the desktop. Perhaps I can list the detailed steps to reproduce and you can tell me if I am missing something? Anyway I think it would be better to keep this open to track this problem - even if I might have moved on to F17 before it gets fixed...
Fujiwara-san communicated that the correct workaround is to quit ibus first, then change the xkb layout setting in g-c-c, and then restart ibus, I think. That sounds right and I will try to test that soon.
The feature won't be backport to f16. Closing.