Gnome-control-center does not write a change in default keyboard to /var/cache/gdm/$USER/dmrc

For mi it is with braille keyboard!

This looks like the same as bug 518950.

To make this report most useful for a developer to work on, it would help to work out exact steps to reproduce the problem, e.g. in a guest session.

 I Have the same problem with US and Latin American. I try call keyboard preference in sudo mode but get the same result.

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please answer these questions:

 * Is this reproducible?
 * If so, what specific steps should we take to recreate this bug?
 * Is that still an issue in current lucid?

 This will help us to find and resolve the problem.

Sebastian, your questions are answered in my initial bug description.

1. yes
2. remove usa layout, reboot, it will reappear
3. yes

ok, this bug just lacks details to be of any use, let's start again

- what keyboard layout did you select at installation
- do you use autologin or log in using the gdm screen?
- if you use gdm what keyboard layout do you select there?
- could you run "gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd" before doing your change, after doing it and after the reboot?
- when did the issue start exactly?

Before answering the questions in #7, I want to say that the issue happens with several different keyboard layouts:

- Germany <> USA (the original issue)
- Germany <> Germany Eliminate dead keys (after a Jaunty->Lucid final dist-upgrade)
- US <> Latin American (comment #4)

I always select "Germany" layout and delete all other layouts so that the keyboard applet disappears.

I'm always logging in via gdm, never used any auto login.

I do not select any specific keyboard layout at gdm, due to bug #447112 this is even difficult.

Will run gconftool shortly and post the results.

The issue started somewhere in the Lucid dev cycle, before March.

Ok, before doing the change. I have two layouts in the applet (Deu, USA). Deu is selected.

$ gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd
 layouts = [de,us]
 options = [grp grp:alts_toggle]
 model = latitude

Now I have manually removed USA. German layout is active. The applet has vanished.

$ gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd
 layouts = [de]
 options = [grp grp:alts_toggle]
 model = latitude

Now having rebooted, everything returns to the state in #9:

$ gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd
 layouts = [de,us]
 options = [grp grp:alts_toggle]
 model = latitude

This is actualy a GDM bug, GDM does not pick up on your change in the default keyboard layout. To prove this (and workaround the issue) Remove the keyboard layout that you chose during the install, at the login screen the keyboard layout you chose will be selected, change this to the new default, the layout you chose during installation will not come back. You can also reverse the process, log out, change the keyboard layout in gdm, and the layout you chose in gdm will show up in your layouts.

GDM checks /var/cache/gdm/$USER/dmrc. for the default keyboard layout. Gnome-control-center simply needs to write the change in default keyboard to this location.

The bug is so annoying...

There is a simple workaroun:.

1. Log out.
2. Pick your new default keyboard layout from the bottom of the screen.
3. Log in.
4. Remove annoying old keyboard layout.

is that still an issue in Oneiric with lightdm?