Bug#598373: gdm3: french keyboard layout changed at startup
Mathias Kende
mathias at kende.fr
Tue Sep 28 14:59:43 UTC 2010
Package: gdm3
Version: 2.30.2-4
Severity: normal
Tags: squeeze sid
I found the problem described here in two differents debian setup :
- One was a "stable" setup upgraded to "testing" (at which point gdm3 was
installed)
- The other was a "sid" setup where I upgraded gdm to the gdm3 version.
Both setup use a French AZERTY keyboard and the layout of the keyboard was set
to "French Alternative" or "French other", I don't know the english name of the
layout (in French it is "France Autre").
Since gdm3 is installed, the keyboard layout is set to "French (legacy)
Alternative" (or "... other") when the computer boot (there is no other options
in gdm3 drop-down menu for the keyboard layout). Then, after I log in, the
keyboard layout remains on the same "legacy" version which is added to the
other layout I might have configured. This makes the layout selection box
appears if there was previously only one layout selected (and two at this
point).
If I remove the "legacy" version of the layout from my selected layout, it will
reappears at the next boot.
I did not found anywhere an option to set the default keyboard layout for gdm3
(which is system wide I think), but the non-legacy one is the default layout
ever-since the initial setup of debian on these computers.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.utf8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages gdm3 depends on:
ii adduser 3.112 add and remove users and groups
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.35 Debian configuration management sy
ii gconf2 2.28.1-3 GNOME configuration database syste
ii gnome-session [x-sessio 2.30.2-1 The GNOME Session Manager - GNOME
ii gnome-session-bin 2.30.2-1 The GNOME Session Manager - Minima
ii gnome-terminal [x-termi 2.30.2-1 The GNOME terminal emulator applic
ii libart-2.0-2 2.3.21-1 Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii libatk1.0-0 1.30.0-1 The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii libattr1 1:2.4.44-2 Extended attribute shared library
ii libaudit0 1.7.13-1+b2 Dynamic library for security audit
ii libbonobo2-0 2.24.3-1 Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii libbonoboui2-0 2.24.3-1 The Bonobo UI library
ii libc6 2.11.2-6 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii libcairo2 1.8.10-6 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii libcanberra-gtk0 0.24-1 Gtk+ helper for playing widget eve
ii libcanberra0 0.24-1 a simple abstract interface for pl
ii libdbus-1-3 1.2.24-3 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii libdbus-glib-1-2 0.88-2 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii libdevkit-power-gobject 1:0.9.5-1+b1 abstraction for power management -
ii libfontconfig1 2.8.0-2.1 generic font configuration library
ii libfreetype6 2.4.2-1 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii libgconf2-4 2.28.1-3 GNOME configuration database syste
ii libglib2.0-0 2.24.2-1 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgnome2-0 2.30.0-1 The GNOME library - runtime files
ii libgnomecanvas2-0 2.30.1-1 A powerful object-oriented display
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.20.1-1+b1 The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii liborbit2 1:2.14.18-0.1 libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii libpam-modules 1.1.1-6 Pluggable Authentication Modules f
ii libpam-runtime 1.1.1-6 Runtime support for the PAM librar
ii libpam0g 1.1.1-6 Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii libpanel-applet2-0 2.30.2-1 library for GNOME Panel applets
ii libpango1.0-0 1.28.1-1 Layout and rendering of internatio
ii libpolkit-gobject-1-0 0.96-3 PolicyKit Authorization API
ii libpolkit-gtk-1-0 0.96-2 PolicyKit GTK+ API
ii libpopt0 1.16-1 lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii librsvg2-common 2.26.3-1 SAX-based renderer library for SVG
ii libselinux1 2.0.96-1 SELinux runtime shared libraries
ii libwrap0 7.6.q-19 Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra
ii libx11-6 2:1.3.3-3 X11 client-side library
ii libxau6 1:1.0.6-1 X11 authorisation library
ii libxdmcp6 1:1.0.3-2 X11 Display Manager Control Protoc
ii libxklavier16 5.0-2 X Keyboard Extension high-level AP
ii libxml2 2.7.7.dfsg-4 GNOME XML library
ii lsb-base 3.2-23.1 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii metacity [x-window-mana 1:2.30.1-2 lightweight GTK+ window manager
ii policykit-1-gnome 0.96-2 GNOME authentication agent for Pol
ii twm [x-window-manager] 1:1.0.4-2 Tab window manager
ii upower 0.9.5-1+b1 abstraction for power management
ii xterm [x-terminal-emula 261-1 X terminal emulator
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime
Versions of packages gdm3 recommends:
ii at-spi 1.30.1-2 Assistive Technology Service Provi
ii gnome-icon-theme 2.30.3-1 GNOME Desktop icon theme
ii gnome-power-manager 2.30.1-1 power management tool for the GNOM
ii gnome-settings-daemon 2.30.2-1 daemon handling the GNOME session
ii xnest 2:1.7.7-6 Nested X server
ii xserver-xorg 1:7.5+7 the X.Org X server
ii zenity 2.30.0-1 Display graphical dialog boxes fro
Versions of packages gdm3 suggests:
ii gnome-mag 1:0.16.1-2 a screen magnifier for the GNOME d
ii gnome-orca 2.30.2-1 Scriptable screen reader
ii gok 2.30.0-1 GNOME Onscreen Keyboard
ii libpam-gnome-keyring 2.30.3-1 PAM module to unlock the GNOME key
ii metacity 1:2.30.1-2 lightweight GTK+ window manager
-- debconf information:
* shared/default-x-display-manager: gdm3
gdm3/daemon_name: /usr/sbin/gdm3
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