Bug#317091: gnome-keyboard-applet: only four languages allowed!

[Drew Parsons]

Package: gnome-applets
Version: 2.10.1-4
Severity: normal

The gnome-keyboard-applet only permits me to set four language settings for the
keyboard.  The "Add" button is there until I've set four, after that it is
blanked out.

This behaviour is surprising and I think unhelpful.  I don't think it's too
hard to imagine situations where you'd want to have access to a half-dozen
or even more languages. Someone dealing in Middle Eastern/Mediterranean
affairs could easily want French, Arabic, Hebrew and English.  If they're
configuring for visitors they might want both UK and US English. Throw in a
Russian observer, and that's already six layouts needed. 

The problem seems to be new in 2.10.  I'm pretty sure I could set more than 4
languages previously. 

Apart from that the applet is working well.  Bugs #314792, #315537 and
#315717 don't affect me.

Drew


-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (990, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.11
Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages gnome-applets depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]    1.4.51          Debian configuration management sy
ii  gnome-applets-data       2.10.1-4        Various applets for GNOME 2 panel 
ii  gnome-icon-theme         2.10.1-2        GNOME Desktop icon theme
ii  gnome-panel              2.10.2-1        launcher and docking facility for 
ii  gstreamer0.8-alsa [gstre 0.8.8-3         ALSA plugin for GStreamer
ii  gstreamer0.8-artsd [gstr 0.8.8-3         aRtsd plugin for GStreamer
ii  gstreamer0.8-esd [gstrea 0.8.8-3         Enlightened Sound Daemon plugin fo
ii  gstreamer0.8-jack [gstre 0.8.8-3         JACK plugin for GStreamer
ii  gstreamer0.8-oss [gstrea 0.8.8-3         OSS plugin for GStreamer
ii  libapm1                  3.2.2-3         Library for interacting with APM d
ii  libart-2.0-2             2.3.17-1        Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libatk1.0-0              1.10.1-2        The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libbonobo2-0             2.8.1-2         Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libbonoboui2-0           2.8.1-2         The Bonobo UI library
ii  libc6                    2.3.2.ds1-22    GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libgail-common           1.8.4-1         GNOME Accessibility Implementation
ii  libgail17                1.8.4-1         GNOME Accessibility Implementation
ii  libgconf2-4              2.10.0-2        GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglade2-0              1:2.5.1-2       library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0             2.6.5-1         The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome2-0              2.10.0-3        The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii  libgnomecanvas2-0        2.10.2-2        A powerful object-oriented display
ii  libgnomeui-0             2.10.0-2        The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgnomevfs2-0           2.10.1-5        The GNOME virtual file-system libr
ii  libgstreamer-plugins0.8- 0.8.8-3         Various GStreamer libraries and li
ii  libgstreamer0.8-0        0.8.10-2        Core GStreamer libraries, plugins,
ii  libgtk2.0-0              2.6.8-1         The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libgtop2-5               2.10.2-1        Libraries for gtop system monitori
ii  libgucharmap4            1:1.4.3-2       Unicode browser widget library (sh
ii  libice6                  4.3.0.dfsg.1-14 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  liborbit2                1:2.12.2-1      libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpanel-applet2-0       2.10.2-1        library for GNOME 2 panel applets
ii  libpango1.0-0            1.8.1-1         Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpopt0                 1.7-5           lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii  libsm6                   4.3.0.dfsg.1-14 X Window System Session Management
ii  libwnck16                2.10.2-1        Window Navigator Construction Kit 
ii  libx11-6                 4.3.0.dfsg.1-14 X Window System protocol client li
ii  libxklavier10            2.0-0.2         X Keyboard Extension high-level AP
ii  libxml2                  2.6.16-7        GNOME XML library
ii  xlibs                    4.3.0.dfsg.1-14 X Keyboard Extension (XKB) configu
ii  zlib1g                   1:1.2.2-4       compression library - runtime

Versions of packages gnome-applets recommends:
ii  gnome-media                  2.10.2-0.2  The GNOME Media Utilities
ii  gnome-netstatus-applet       2.10.0-2    Network status applet for GNOME 2
ii  gnome-system-monitor         2.10.1-2    Process viewer and system resource
ii  imagemagick                  6:6.2.3.1-1 Image manipulation programs

-- debconf information excluded