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[Bug 844980] Re: Keyboard selection not remembered in unity-greeter

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From: Chu <844980@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2011 16:12:01 -0000
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I'm also using Oneiric, and also have the same problem. I'm unable to
change the keyboard layout on lockscreen and session switcher modes.
Can't use Dvorak there...

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Title:
  Keyboard selection not remembered in unity-greeter

Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Prior to 11.10, the Ubuntu login screen remembered my keyboard selection -- so that I can type my password using my preferred (Dvorak) keyboard.  The bottom panel on the greeter would allow me to select another keyboard if desired, as well as a different session manager.  Since there is now no keyboard indicator, when I type my password as, for example, "password1", the computer gets "ra;;,soh1" and rejects my login.  I cannot tell why, since the dots all look the same.  I can only presume that if I were using a password with actual foreign characters, this might prevent me from being able to log in at all.  As it is, since all of my password characters are actually present on the keyboard, but in different places, I can log on slowly using the hunt-and-peck method of typing.  I am used to this, since MS Windows suffers from the same problem, but it is an unfortunate regression in Ubuntu.
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  Vernon

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: unity 4.12.0-0ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-10.16-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-10-generic i686
  Architecture: i386
  CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,mousepoll,vpswitch,regex,animation,snap,expo,move,compiztoolbox,place,grid,imgpng,gnomecompat,wall,ezoom,workarounds,staticswitcher,resize,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,scale,session,unityshell]
  Date: Thu Sep  8 10:38:37 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110426)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: unity
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-06 (2 days ago)

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