[xubuntu-users] [Bulk] Re: 14.10, keyboard map seems wrong for GUI login

[Chris Green]

On Fri, Dec 05, 2014 at 01:35:07PM +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Fri, 5 Dec 2014 11:48:28 +0000, Chris Green wrote:
> > > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GDM#GDM_keyboard_layout
> > > 
> > > So, X keyboard settings can be used for the display manager's
> > > greeters.
> > > 
> > The link is for archlinux though, as opposed to xubuntu.  Xubuntu uses
> > lightdm.
> 
> What ever Linux distro and whatever common DM is used, the X keyboard
> settings used by the greeter can be set up by xorg.conf.
> 
> JFTR I'm using Arch and *buntu with lightdm. Indeed, my *buntu installs
> don't have a xorg.conf entry for the keyboard, but you can add one.
> If you won't test xorg.conf, you perhaps should search the bugtracker.
> maybe this or something else does solve the issue:
> 
> "Here's an easy fix:
> 1) open terminal
> 2) run ibus-setup
> 3) open the extra settings (the last tab)
> 4) check the "use system keyboard layout" checkbox
> 
I did find these in my Google'ing before.

I have installed ibus and run ibus-setup, it thinks the system
keyboard layout is US and doesn't offer me any alternative.  Setting
it to "use system keyboard layout" means that I get US keyboard layout
everywhere.

So where does ibus get its idea of system keyboard layout from?  I
guess I need to change this so it's UK.

-- 
Chris Green