Re-opening this bug as we had to revert the fix, because it was causing
an installer regression:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1783326

That said, I think the "run it sometimes, but not always" fix was
probably naive at best.  The only two options that seem to make sense
for fixing this properly are:

1) Make GNOME stop writing things to that file that console-setup doesn't 
understand, or
2) Make console-setup understand the things GNOME writes to that file.

The second option is certainly the more appealing of the two, but it's
clearly not going to happen before the point release in two days.

** Changed in: console-setup (Ubuntu Bionic)
       Status: Fix Released => Confirmed

** Changed in: console-setup (Ubuntu)
       Status: Fix Released => Confirmed

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1762952

Title:
  Alternative shortcut for layout switching Alt+Shift unexpectedly set
  by default

Status in console-setup package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in gnome-control-center package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in console-setup source package in Bionic:
  Confirmed
Status in gnome-control-center source package in Bionic:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  [Impact]

  The keyboard-configuration package provides a tool for configuring the
  keyboard via /etc/default/keyboard. However, there are desktop GUIs
  which provide such tools as well, and in the case of gnome-control-
  center it has another idea of what /etc/default/keyboard should
  contain. In short: The different tools don't play well together.

  The proposed upload does not claim to fix all issues with this
  incompatibility. But one of the annoyances is that a pure upgrade of
  the keyboard-configuration package may result in a changed keyboard
  configuration without the user asking for it. The proposed upload does
  address that particular issue on desktop systems.

  [Test Case]

  1. On an Ubuntu 18.04 system, make sure that the contents of
     /etc/default/keyboard is 'the g-c-c style', for instance:

     XKBLAYOUT=se,us
     BACKSPACE=guess
     XKBVARIANT=,

  2. Reboot.

  3. Upgrade to the version of the keyboard-configuration package in
     bionic-proposed.

  => Find that /etc/default/keyboard was not changed through the
  upgrade.

  4. Run the command

     sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration

  => Find that you are now offered to change your keyboard
  configuration.

  [Regression Potential]

  As a result of this upload, and unlike before, no keyboard
  configuration will happen behind the scenes on a desktop system due to
  an upgrade of the keyboard-configuration package. This is the desired
  change, and I can't think of a case when a user would want the
  configuration to be changed without having asked for it.

  [Original description]

  Version: Ubuntu 18.04 Final Beta with default Gnome Shell included in
  18.04

  Steps to reproduce:
  1. Define two keyboard input methods in Settings -> Region & Language -> 
Input Sources
  2. Open several applications
  3. Observe that application windows can be iterated with Alt + Tab
  4. Once application window iteration was begun with Alt + Tab, try to iterate 
backwards with Alt + Shift + Tab.
  5. Try to change keyboard input method switching hotkeys in Settings -> 
Region & Language -> Input Sources -> Options.
  6. Observe that Keyboard shortcut for "Alternative switch to next source" is 
set to "Alt + Shift" and that keyboard shortcuts can only be changed in 
Settings -> Devices -> Keyboard -> Keyboard Shortcuts.
  7. Observe that the shortcut for "Alternative switch to next source" is not 
available for configuration in Settings -> Devices -> Keyboard -> Keyboard 
Shortcuts.

  Actual state:
  * Performing step 4 does not select the previous app in application switcher 
but instead changes  keyboard input method.

  Expected state:
  * The shortcut for "Alternative switch to next source" can be changed and / 
or deactivated in Settings -> Devices -> Keyboard -> Keyboard Shortcuts.

  Notes:
  * The above was working fine in Ubuntu 17.10. I assume "Alternative switch to 
next source" did not exist in that version of Gnome Shell.

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