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Bug 343001 - the keyboard options dialog could make clear why there is no option listed when the server used has no XKB
the keyboard options dialog could make clear why there is no option listed wh...
Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE
Product: gnome-control-center
Classification: Core
Component: Keyboard
2.14.x
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: Control-Center Maintainers
Control-Center Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2006-05-26 09:16 UTC by Sebastien Bacher
Modified: 2009-01-21 11:36 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: Unversioned Enhancement


Description Sebastien Bacher 2006-05-26 09:16:48 UTC 
That suggestion has been made on https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/44846

"To reproduce, log in as a user, then as another via XNest (gdmflexiserver --xnest). In the XNest window, bring up the keyboard properties window.

Works fine with a normal new user login (gdmflexiserver).
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> Thanks for your bug. That because Xnest doesn't provide an XKB interface, you can read http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=148891 about that. Reassigning as a wishlist for xnest
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> Fair enough, but this then identifies a problem in gnome-keyboard-properties - if there are no layout options available, either don't display a tab or provide an informative message, otherwise it looks to the user like a bug, not an unavailable option :)"
Comment 1 Simos Xenitellis 2006-05-27 13:03:52 UTC 
Ressigning to gswitchit which is the applet for Keyboard Indicator (either right-click on the panel, "Add to panel..." or invoked from "System/Settings/Keyboard".
Comment 2 Sebastien Bacher 2006-05-27 13:34:35 UTC 
the dialog is gnome-keyboard-properties and a capplet from control-center, reassigning to it
Comment 3 Sergey V. Udaltsov 2006-05-27 16:33:32 UTC 
OK. Valid point. The only question is: did you build libxklavier with XKB or not at all?
Comment 4 Sebastien Bacher 2006-05-27 22:50:17 UTC 
that's on Ubuntu, libkxlavier is built with "--with-xkb-base=/etc/X11/xkb --enable-doxygen"
Comment 5 Sergey V. Udaltsov 2008-05-10 20:22:43 UTC 
Sebastien, I just checked - the "Layout Options" popup in Xnest contains options for the layout switching. Should we close that bug?
Comment 6 Tobias Mueller 2009-01-21 11:36:16 UTC 
Closing this bug report as no further information has been provided. Please feel free to reopen this bug if you can provide the information asked for.
Thanks!