[xubuntu-users] Keyboard Switch EN,RU

[Curtis Vaughan]

On Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:25:39 -0700, Curtis Vaughan wrote:

> I am going nuts trying to switch between English and Russian in Xubuntu
> 8.10. I added Russian through language support. Then in Settings >
> Keyboard I added Russian. Nonetheless, I cannot switch to Russian. 
> 
> The Keyboard Switcher addition to the panel will only show en_US and
> UNKNOWN. 
> 
> I have tried various suggestions found on the Internet, but none of them
> have worked as well. One such suggested claimed from a command line you
> could just enter:
> setxkbmap ru
> and switch say to Russian in this case. Regardless of watch language I try
> to switch to using that command I only get: 
> Error loading new keyboard description.
> 
> Any help would be most appreciated!

OK, I figured out that this only happens when running under FreeNX. When
logged in directly, the language switcher works. Anyone had the same
experience? Any clues on how to fix this?