GNOME-Shell keyboard layout bug

[Tim]

On 24/09/14 14:34, Julien Olivier wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> as you've probably noticed, there is a very nasty bug in Ubuntu (and
> Ubuntu GNOME) that resets the keymap to english each time gnome-shell
> starts. This is due to a change in IBus default dconf values done by
> Canonical.
>
> I know you're supposed to post bug reports instead of complaining on
> mailing lists, but the fact is that the bug has already be reported,
> confirmed, duplicated, and... ignored, like about 95% of bugs only
> affecting GNOME :(
>
> Here's the bug report:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-keyboard/+bug/1240198
>
> This is an absolute blocker (makes the keyboard unusable for non-english
> users after most reboots) and *needs* to be fixed before the next stable
> release. More over, the fix is an absolute no brainer: just change the
> dconf default setting back to its upstream value
> (set /desktop/ibus/general/use-system-keyboard-layout to true).
>
> I do believe in the Ubuntu GNOME project, but I don't really think
> Ubuntu developers care at all about GOME any more, so, if anyone else is
> interested in Ubuntu GNOME bugs, it's time to do something...

There is a patch on that bug, that reviewed and approved, but the author couldn't test it on utopic so its just gone stagnant. If someone tests
the patch works on utopic it won't be a problem getting it uploaded
>
> Thanks!
>
>