Bug exists in Ubuntu 14.10 (installed from Ubuntu 14.10 _Utopic Unicorn_ - Alpha i386 (20140902)).
unity-control-center keyboard indicates that Super+Space and Shift+Super+Space are used for layout switching, /etc/default/keyboard contains: XKBMODEL="pc105" XKBLAYOUT="us,ru" XKBVARIANT="," XKBOPTIONS="grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll" and Alt+Shift switches layouts in terminals (for example Ctrl+Alt+F1) but does not work in Xorg (for example in Unity session). So the bug is still here. Please fix it on next install media. It may confuse Ubuntu newbies. Please fix it before 14.10 final release. ** Tags added: utopic -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xkeyboard-config in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1242572 Title: xkeyboard-config, console-setup, and ubiquity should use Super+Space for switching keyboard layouts Status in central project for keyboard configuration: Fix Released Status in “console-setup” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “xkeyboard-config” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “console-setup” source package in Trusty: Confirmed Status in “ubiquity” source package in Trusty: Confirmed Status in “xkeyboard-config” source package in Trusty: Confirmed Bug description: Super+Space is default combination for switching keyboard layouts in gnome3, unity, Mac OS X, Windows. Thus for consistently, Xorg; console-setup; and ubiquity should also use Super+Space combination for switching keyboard layouts. reading xkeyboard-config sources and documentations i don't see that xkeyboard-config can support grp:lwin_space and i guess that needs to be the first step to properly support super+space. Original bug report below: Recently I installed Ubuntu 13.10 and Ubuntu GNOME 13.10. I use two keyboard layouts - English and Russian. So I select them on the corresponding screen of ubiquity setup wizard. It quietly set the keyboard switching shortcut to Alt+Shift and wrote this setting to /etc/default/keyboard: # ... XKBMODEL="pc105" XKBLAYOUT="us,ru" XKBVARIANT="," XKBOPTIONS="grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll" # ... On first boot of installed system the small notification pop-up showed that Ibus will use Super+Space for layout switching. Please fix this configuration inconsistency. ---------- For other layout switching problems introduced in Ubuntu 13.10 you can see bug 1218322. ---------- ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: ubiquity (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2 Architecture: i386 Date: Mon Oct 21 12:16:58 2013 InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu-gnome.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-21 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release i386 (20131017) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: ubiquity UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xkeyboard-config/+bug/1242572/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
