Hello William, or anyone else affected, Accepted gnome-settings-daemon into trusty-proposed. The package will build now and be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome- settings-daemon/3.8.6.1-0ubuntu11.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.
Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users. If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision. Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-settings-daemon in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1318673 Title: Modifier-only input switching with non-latin keyboard layouts has no effect under GNOME Shell Status in “gnome-settings-daemon” package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in “gnome-settings-daemon” source package in Trusty: Fix Committed Bug description: [Impact] In GNOME Shell, switching between latin and non-latin keyboard layouts using the XKB group options (e.g. ctrl+alt, alt+shift, etc.) doesn't work. This is a big usability problem for users that often need to switch layouts quickly, as using a typical shortcut with a non-modifier key is not appropriate for this function. See https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/1218322 for impact. This occurs because gnome-settings-daemon updates the XKB layouts when ISO_Next_Group is pressed, but then XKB immediately locks to the next group afterwards. The proposed fix is to have gnome-settings-daemon watch for XkbStateNotify changes on the lock mask, and lock the correct group when XKB changes it. [Test case] In GNOME Shell: 1. gnome-control-center > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Typing > Modifiers-only switch to next source. Choose a key combination like Ctrl+Shift. 2. gnome-control-center > Region & Language > Input Sources > + > Add a non-latin keyboard layout. I tested with English (US), Russian, and Arabic. 3. Tap the key combination. The indicator will switch between the two keyboard layouts, but typing will still be in the latin (English for me) layout. The gnome-settings-daemon package from https://launchpad.net/~attente/+archive/java-non-latin-shortcuts includes the proposed fix for testing purposes. The merge proposal is here: https://code.launchpad.net/~attente/gnome-settings- daemon/1218322/+merge/219055. [Regression potential] gnome-settings-daemon is already handling most of the keyboard layout configuration at the user level and updating XKB to keep consistent with the user's settings. So doing the proposed fix should only make it more consistent. But it might prevent XKB's layout switching from working in contexts where gnome-settings-daemon wouldn't expect to run or work, like for example in a VT, or in a full-screen application that has an active grab on the keyboard. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/1318673/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
