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

[Chris Green]

On Fri, Dec 05, 2014 at 03:37:07PM +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Fri, 5 Dec 2014 13:45:11 +0000, Chris Green wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> I wasn't aware about ibus until today. I suspect it isn't related to
> your issue, but I might be mistaken.
> 
Yes, ibus seems to be a solution searching for a problem.


> "Setting up your Language
> 
>     Go to System->Preferences->Ibus Preferences.

Presumably running ibus-setup is what this does.

>     Go to 'Input Method' tab
>     Select your language from the drop down menu and click 'Add button'

?? What "drop down menu"?
>     Move it up to the top so that whenever you run ibus you will be
>     directly able to type in your language. Close " -
>     https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ibus
> 


> A Starpage search for "Xubuntu ibus" doesn't provide useful
> information, the above link is from a "Ubunut ibus" search.
> 
> I didn't maintain my *buntu installs for a long time. For my Arch Linux
> I will remove it right now, since it seems to be useless for the setup
> I'm using with Arch.
> 

I also tried dconf-editor (had to install that too) and it doesn't
seem to know about the default installation being UK rather than US
either.

I even re-installed xubuntu 14.10 checking carefully that I selected
UK keyboard layout and it still gets a US keyboard layout in lightdm.
It's definitely broken in some way in 14.10.

-- 
Chris Green