Ubuntu
gdm3 package

wrong keyboard layout in gdm

Bug #1660041 reported by Martial Saunois
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Bug Description

Hello

GDM does not load my user preferences about my locale.
I have a french keyboard (layout fr, "azerty"), nicely configured in the Gnome settings, but my layout is qwerty in GDM. I tried to create a xorg configuration file (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Keyboard_configuration_in_Xorg#Using_X_configuration_files) but it did not fix my problem.

Is it a bug or a bad configuration?

Thank you for reading my report.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
Package: gdm3 3.20.1-1ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-34.36-generic 4.8.11
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-34-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8.2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Sat Jan 28 16:18:33 2017
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-01-23 (4 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Release amd64 (20161012.1)
SourcePackage: gdm3
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Martial Saunois (cyberdad) wrote :
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in gdm3 (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Kenichi Ito (ken-i54k)
tags: added: zesty
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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :

Ubuntu 16.10 (yakkety) reached end-of-life on July 20, 2017.

However, in 17.10 it appears you can go to:
  All Settings > Language Support
Then configure your preferred language and then click "Apply System-Wide".

If this does not work, then please upgrade to a supported Ubuntu version before proceeding...
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

Changed in gdm3 (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
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Kenichi Ito (ken-i54k) wrote :

>However, in 17.10 it appears you can go to:
> All Settings > Language Support
>Then configure your preferred language and then click "Apply System-Wide".

Thanks for the information.
I tried that with Ubuntu 17.04 and a Japanese keyboard, it works.

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Martial Saunois (cyberdad) wrote :

Thank you vanvugt, it works for me with Ubuntu 17.10 and your procedure.

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :

No problem. I learned something new myself.

Changed in gdm3 (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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Kenichi Ito (ken-i54k) wrote :

I found this issue happens in some cases after doing that procedure.

My environment:
Ubuntu Gnome 17.04
Japanese (JP) keyboard layout

Precondition:
All Settings > Language Support
Then configure Japanese and then click "Apply System-Wide".

OK:
1. Logged in state
2. Lock screen (Super + L)
3. Unlock screen
4. Password approved due to correct(JP) keyboard layout

Wrong:
1. Logged in state
2. Logout
3. Attempt to login
4. Password rejected due to wrong(US) keyboard layout

Wrong:
1. Start computer with automatic-login disable
2. Attempt to login
3. Password rejected due to wrong(US) keyboard layout

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :

That sounds like a more subtle problem. Please log a new bug describing just that problem.

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Kenichi Ito (ken-i54k) wrote :

It seems that gdm doesn't load user preferences before login.

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :

Updated proposed solution from comment #3:

1. On 17.04 and earlier: System Settings > Language Support
2. On 17.10 and later: Settings > Region & Language > Manage Installed Languages
3. Configure your preferred language
4. Click "Apply System-Wide (Use the same language choices for startup and the login screen.)"

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