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gnome-control-center package

Keyboard Layout Key(s) to change layout doesn't work

Bug #363363 reported by Moc on 2009-04-18

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #251443: [Needs xkb protocol rework] keyboard layout switching shortcuts like Alt+Alt do not work anymore. Edit Remove

This bug affects 3 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	gnome-control-center (Ubuntu)	New	Low	Unassigned

Bug Description

The default Right+Left Alt to change the keyboard layout doesn't work
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Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta amd64 (20100318)
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: gnome-control-center 1:2.30.0-0ubuntu3
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_CA.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-19.28-generic 2.6.32.10+drm33.1
Tags: lucid
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-19-generic x86_64
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

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Moc (mochouinard-moctel) wrote on 2009-04-18:

Doesn't work since ubuntu 8.10. Im testing Ubuntu 9.04 RC rightnow

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Seiti Yamashiro (seiti-yamashiro) wrote on 2009-05-30:

Doesn't work on 9.04 final release either.

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brainstorm (brainstorm) wrote on 2009-08-11:

I'm using Ubuntu 9.04 as well and I can confirm the bug. Changing the default setting to "Both shift keys together" works instead.

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Travis Watkins (amaranth) wrote on 2009-10-03:

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please answer these questions:
1. Is this reproducible?
2. If so, what specific steps should we take to recreate this bug? Be as detailed as possible.
This will help us to find and resolve the problem.

affects:	ubuntu → gnome-control-center (Ubuntu)
Changed in gnome-control-center (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed
status:	Confirmed → Incomplete

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Moc (mochouinard-moctel) wrote on 2009-10-03:

1: yes
2: add another language for keyboard : Canada/Canada, then use the default key to switch Both Alt and nothing happened.
I've tested with 9.10 beta and it is still there

Sebastien Bacher (seb128) on 2009-10-21

Changed in gnome-control-center (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → Low

Philip Muškovac (yofel) on 2009-11-05

Changed in gnome-control-center (Ubuntu):
status:	Incomplete → New

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Allart (allart-vandenberg) wrote on 2010-02-10:

An observation I just did, maybe it helps.

My system has two layouts: USA and USA colemak. When I select two shortcuts, it works:

- both alt-keys (default) switches from "USA colemak" to "USA"
- alt-space switches from "USA" to "USA colemak"

An annoyance is that alt-space selects the window menu. I am still looking for another combination.

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Allart (allart-vandenberg) wrote on 2010-02-10:

Both shift keys switches between my two layouts. Bug is unsolved, I am satisfied for now.

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Moc (mochouinard-moctel) wrote on 2010-04-08: Dependencies.txt

Dependencies.txt Edit (6.4 KiB, text/plain)

apport information

tags:	added: apport-collected
description:	updated

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Lesmana Zimmer (lesmana) wrote on 2010-04-09:

there are many bugs about a not working right alt key. and there are many bugs about a not working shortcut to change keyboard layout (left alt + right alt). as far as i can tell fixing the right alt key would also fix the keyboard layout problem.

could someone with more knowledge than me in the topic please look at these bugs and generously mark as duplicate.

in no particular order:

bug #76901 (marked as fixed, but obviously there is a regression)
bug #363363
bug #251443
bug #462249
bug #96434
bug #226676
bug #382473
bug #438520

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Ilgaar (ilgaarsoft-deactivatedaccount) wrote on 2010-07-31:

#10

The Keyboard Layout Key change doesn't work PROPERLY.

I'm using Ubuntu 10.04. The default Alt+Alt keys to change the keyboard layout acts very strange. It is very odd, when these keys are hit both at the same time it usually changes the keyboard layout from the secondary to primary but not from the main one to the second keyboard layout. So on must always use the mouse to change the keyboard layout to the main one. I don't know what causes this problem. but it is really annoying.