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SteeveDroz
Asked: 2014-01-10 02:07:57 +0800 CST

Keyboard layout incorrect on login

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My keyboard layout is supposed to be the Swiss-French keyboard (QWERTZ, pretty similar to the English QWERTY). Here is what is really happening:

  • When the login screen appears, the keyboard layout is correct (QWERTZ). I know that because I can enter my password.
  • When I log in, the keyboard layout switches to QWERTY, even though the only configured layout is QWERTZ. The icon in the tray displays Swiss French and there is no other choice in the drop-down menu.
  • When I click the already selected option Swiss French in the drop-down menu, it realizes its mistake and gives me the correct QWERTZ keyboard layout.

Additional information:

  • I'm using 13.10 on an Acer Aspire V3-571G laptop.
  • Only my (cursed?) session has this problem on the computer.

Update: appears to persist in 14.04.

14.04

1 Answers

  1. Go to: System settings > Text Entry. Then use the arrows to select default keyboard. Alternatively, use -/+ to add or remove keyboard respectively. See: Text entry

    Make sure that your preferred keyboard layout is number one on that list. Alternatively, remove all the keyboard layout you don’t need from that list of keyboards. Then restart you systems for the changes to take effect.

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