Keyboard layout switching problem

[Dotan Cohen]

On 20/02/07, Dmitrij Ilchenko <idtest at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi.
> I can't figure out how to solve the following problem:
> I can't switch through keyboard layouts using left
> ctrl+shift/alt+shift pair of keys, though the right keys work fine.
> I've tried configuring xorg manually, setting grp:ctrl_shift_toggle
> option. I want to have 3 layouts installed and want to switch through
> them like on windows.
> I can't tell exactly, byt it seems that the problem appears after i
> run a keyboard indication applet in Gnome.
> Using Edgy, 6.10.
> Does anyone has the same problem or has ideas, how to solve this or at
> least which way to go?
> P.S. I tried different display managers (gdm/kdm), different desktop
> environments (gnome/kde/xfce) - stil no luck.
>

You have this problem with both KDE and Gnome? Have you tried a
different keyboard? In my KDE installation, shift-space switches
languages. It's definable: Kcontrol->Languages and
Disability->Keyboard Layouts.

Dotan Cohen

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