cinnamon-1.6.4-1.fc18.x86_64 do not have any dependencies to libgnomekbd. /usr/share/cinnamon/applets/keyboard/applet.js : const Gkbd = imports.gi.Gkbd; will thus fail and no icon/applet will be shown. Installing libgnomekbd-3.6.0-1.fc18.x86_64 makes it work more like expected.
Some further confusing details: cinnamon currently uses libgnomekbd and there should thus be a dependency BUT gnome-settings-daemon no longer uses libgnomekbd as it did before, and cinnamon should thus be changed so it no longer uses it ...
cinnamon-1.6.6-2.fc18 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 18. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/cinnamon-1.6.6-2.fc18
With keyboard_applet.patch in cinnamon-1.6.6-2.fc18 this is no longer needed and should be backed out again ;-) (I don't know if other new dependencies are problematic. Perhaps GnomeDocuments? Let's wait and see.)
Package cinnamon-1.6.6-2.fc18: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 18 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing cinnamon-1.6.6-2.fc18' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-18147/cinnamon-1.6.6-2.fc18 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
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cinnamon-1.6.7-2.fc18 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 18. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/cinnamon-1.6.7-2.fc18
cinnamon-1.6.7-2.fc18 has been pushed to the Fedora 18 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
(In reply to comment #3) > With keyboard_applet.patch in cinnamon-1.6.6-2.fc18 this is no longer needed > and should be backed out again ;-) - referring to Bug 874225 - keyboard applet doesn't show up and doesn't work - libgnomekbd changed
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