[Bug 76011] Keyboard Indicator applet does not show correct text after a second login

[Bernat Tallaferro]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: gnome-applets

Using Keyboard Indicator 2.16.1 from Edgy, my default layout is "German
without deadkeys". This layout is always displayed on the notification
area with a two letter code, "De".

However, if I logout from the GNOME session without turning off the
computer and then I log back in, the Keyboard Indicator applet will show
"de nodeadkeys" on the notification area instead of the usual "De". This
also happens to the other layout I usually switch to (es Catalan).

One thing I might add is that I'm not sure whether the keyboard
indicator applet is the cause of the problem but rather a consequence of
a deeper problem. The reason I'm saying this is because whenever I get
the described behaviour, if I right-click on the applet and choose
"Keyboard Preferences", I get a warning dialog with the following
message:

<quote>
Unable to start the settings manager 'gnome-settings-daemon'.
Without the GNOME settings manager running, some preferences may not take effect. This could indicate a problem with Bonobo, or a non-GNOME (e.g. KDE) settings manager may already be active and conflicting with the GNOME settings manager.
</quote>

However, after clicking OK to close the dialog, the keyboard preferences
are loaded as usual.

In any case, the gnome-settings daemon seems to be loaded, so I think it
might be that the keyboard indicator applet somehow cannot communicate
with it:

  dpm at orthanc:~$ ps -ef | grep gnome-settings
  dpm       1344     1  0 15:56 ?        00:00:00 /usr/lib/control-center/gnome-settings-daemon

Thanks.

** Affects: gnome-applets (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Unconfirmed

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Keyboard Indicator applet does not show correct text after a second login
https://launchpad.net/bugs/76011