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I had a problem with the keyboard layout changing from PT (I'm Portuguese) to EN automatically with the last Ubuntu updates in Ubuntu 13.10. After Ubuntu 14.04 came out, I formatted my computer and installed the new version.

After that I haven't had any problems until the recent Ubuntu base update 2 or 3 days ago, when I started having the same problem again. I even removed the English keyboard from the Keyboard configurations, left only the Portuguese one, but still, every time I reboot my PC I get the keyboard configured for EN, despite Ubuntu displaying the contrary?

How can I remove this? I don't want to format the PC again and I'm getting really tired of this problem, since it looks like many Portuguese/Brasilian Ubuntu users are having the same problem.

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    There is a relevant bug report here (I think) https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=729423 and https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/1246272 – Rmano May 15 '14 at 17:06
  • This could be a similar issue to this problem http://askubuntu.com/questions/367209/keyboard-layout-changing-from-uk-to-us-not-showing-as-changed-in-settings The solution worked for me (resetting it back to UK layout) might work here. –  May 15 '14 at 16:55
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    It is not off-topic since the version in question is not a development version and was supposed to be not only stable, but Long-Term Support. Trying to tag it as off-topic seems like a political move. – 7hi4g0 May 23 '14 at 19:55
  • Also see: http://askubuntu.com/questions/362973/keyboard-layout-switches-to-english-each-time-i-reboot – Seth May 23 '14 at 20:20
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    As this is a question for a workaround and no bug report I don't really understand why it has been closed as off-topic. – Sebastian Jun 13 '14 at 18:39
  • Duplicate of http://askubuntu.com/questions/454646/keyboard-layout-en-after-boot and http://askubuntu.com/questions/367209/keyboard-layout-changing-from-uk-to-us-not-showing-as-changed-in-settings and http://askubuntu.com/questions/362973/keyboard-layout-switches-to-english-each-time-i-reboot . Bug report at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-keyboard/+bug/1240198 – Steve Byrnes Jul 02 '14 at 13:36

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Found a solution for me.

Keyboard configuration

On terminal:

$ # If dconf-editor is not already installed
$ sudo apt-get install dconf-editor
$ dconf-editor

When the program opens do the following:

  • navigate to desktop.ibus.general enter image description here
  • remove 'xkb:us::eng' from both engines-order and preload-engines enter image description here

Works for me on Brazilian Portuguese, hope that works for you.

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  • It worked for some time, but after a while it added the english layout automatically on both engines-order and preload-engines. – Dielson Sales May 23 '14 at 19:10
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Looks to be a known Bug in 14.04.

What you can try is reconfiguring the keyboard data via the Terminal.

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xkb-data

Click on the Keyboard Icon on the top and select your keyboard.

I know this is a hit or miss solution and I’ll keep searching for that article that references these steps to see if others have had success.

Edit

I Located the article i was thinking of - keyboard layout EN after boot

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