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gnome-settings-daemon package

gnome-settings-daemon resets keyboard layout

Bug #426176 reported by Frederik Eaton
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gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: gnome-settings-daemon

Hello,

I find that under recent versions of Ubuntu, gnome-settings-daemon frequently resets my keyboard layout, which I have successfully configured using xmodmap for the past seven years. This happens for example when (1) I unplug the keyboard, and plug it back in again; (2) I suspend and resume the computer; (3) I run the command

sudo modprobe -r thinkpad_acpi && sudo modprobe thinkpad_acpi

I blame gnome-settings-daemon for this problem, because it doesn't occur unless gnome-settings-daemon is running. I need to run gnome-settings-daemon to prevent the text cursor from blinking in many applications that I use, which drives me crazy. I need to change the keyboard with xmodmap because I have reconfigured certain keys, and that is also how I switch between QWERTY and Dvorak when someone else wants to use my computer.

Is there a way to ask gnome-settings-daemon to respect the current xmodmap settings? Or should I now be using some Gnome version of xmodmap? Or can I disable cursor blinking in Gnome applications without running the daemon? If the answer to all of these questions is "no", then that is the bug which I am reporting.

Thank you,

Frederik

; lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 9.04
Release: 9.04
; apt-cache policy gnome-settings-daemon
gnome-settings-daemon:
  Installed: 2.26.1-0ubuntu2
  Candidate: 2.26.1-0ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 2.26.1-0ubuntu2 0
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     2.26.0-0ubuntu4 0
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Packages

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Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson) wrote :

That's not a bug. If you want gnome-settings-daemon to not manage your keyboard layout, then you can disable the keyboard plugin with a gconf settings ("/apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/keyboard/enabled" off the top of my head)

Changed in gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
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Frederik Eaton (frederik-launchpad) wrote :

Thanks for the help, I tried

gconftool -s /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/keyboard/enabled false --type bool

and still get the same behaviour. Was I supposed to run a different
command?

Or can you point me to some documentation which has this information?
There is a lot of documentation which describes how to use 'xmodmap'
in X, but very little which explains that those settings are
overwritten by Gnome, and none that I can find which explains how to
work around the problem. If the functionality doesn't match the
documentation, then what?

Frederik

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Frederik Eaton (frederik-launchpad) wrote :

Hello,

Haven't gotten a reply clarifying the correct usage. Is anyone there?

Now I have noticed that by running

gconf-editor /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/keyboard

it brings up a GUI wherein I can uncheck a check-box marked "active". This makes gnome-settings-daemon lay off the keyboard map, so that I can go back to managing it with xmodmap.

However, sometimes the setting is "forgotten" and I have to re-run the GUI. Is there a way to *permanently* deactivate the plugin?

Without knowing the correct way of interacting with this system, I have no way of submitting a "valid" bug for the actual problem.

Thank you,

Frederik

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