I don't know if GDM still doesn't let users to change the keyboard
layout, but in any case Gnome should cope with it. Ubuntu now uses
LightDM/Unity Greeter and this problem doesn't exist there.
** Changed in: gdm (Ubuntu)
Status: New = Won't Fix
** Changed in: gdm (Ubuntu)
Assignee:
The GUI sets the preference for the user. The system-wide configuration
is done elsewhere, I think. As such, I think this ticket should be
closed as invalid.
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GDM should use the preferred layout of the user
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/478974
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I was about to open a bug just like this one.
In my opinion, the keyboard configuration program should have a way of
setting user's preferred keyboard, which applies to GDM as well. My
situation was the follows: GNOME always came up with USA keyboard
layout, which I then fixed every time by going
Thank you for your bug report. The issue is an upstream one and it would
be nice if somebody having it could send the bug the to the people
writting the software (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/GNOME)
** Changed in: gdm (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided = Wishlist
** Changed in: gdm
What you describe here seems not very obvious, the user session is
different from the login banner
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GDM should use the preferred layout of the user
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/478974
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What is not obvious?
The bug is simple : if you have more than one keyboard layout in your
session, at login time, GDM will uses one which is not your default one.
Worst : it's only for the first login attempt ! If you fail to enter
your password, GDM will automatically change the layout.
