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I can't believe this bug has still not been solved with Ubuntu 14.04 ? On my 2 laptops, Acer and Asus, on a random basis, the keyboard layout switch from FR to EN.

This is very frustrating when you type a password and can't see the letters.

How to solve that for good ?

dupont
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This should fix the problem in 13.10 and 14.04:

In the ubuntu software center, install "dconf Editor" (dconf-editor) (if you don't already have it). Open it, then open desktop -> ibus -> general. Now enable the property "use-system-keyboard-layout". (You want it to have a checkmark next to it.)

Source: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-keyboard/+bug/1240198

Steve Byrnes
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Run command:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xkb-data

Now use the Keyboard Icon to reset to whatever it should be - viz the diagram.

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d a i s y
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loser114491
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I found at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1376466 the solution. It appears that there is a issue in defining the keyboard layout when the UID of the user is 1000.

You must logout of your current session and login as root (if you didn't previously, before logout set a root password by running in terminal sudo passwd root and follow the steps).

At login screen hit on the keyboard CTRL + ALT + F1.

Do login as root. Type usermod -u 1001 your_user_name. 1001 is just a suggestion, you can put another. Then reboot by typing reboot.

Hope it works!

Peterson Domingos
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  • Impossible to login as root, password rejected !!!even if i've just changed the password. I tried 2 times. – dupont Jun 01 '14 at 11:47
  • login incorrect what should I enter as login ? – dupont Jun 01 '14 at 11:58
  • Try to login as usual, then open Terminal and try get root running sudo su. – Peterson Domingos Jun 03 '14 at 16:31
  • terminal return *user ... is currently used by process 1611* – dupont Jun 03 '14 at 18:28
  • Is that when you try to run usermod? Can you get su running sudo su in Terminal? If so, try to set the root password typing passwd. Then try that step at login screen again. Sorry if im being redundant, I don't know exactly the steps you took. – Peterson Domingos Jun 04 '14 at 17:56
  • That's what I get when logging as usual > fred@fred-X201EP:~$ sudo su [sudo] password for fred: root@fred-X201EP:/home/fred# usermod -u 1001 fred usermod: user fred is currently used by process 1724*** – dupont Jun 06 '14 at 18:28
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Just run the following command line in a terminal and configure your keyboard layout correctly:

sudo ibus-setup

then reboot and enjoy. :)

Eric Carvalho
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Poloh
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Just type:

setxkbmap fr

on a terminal.

I tried it on Raspberry Pi, Debian, Ubuntu and Fedora.

Eric Carvalho
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jeremielc
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Trashing the file in /home/user/.config/ibus solved the issue.

v2r
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dupont
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