#931280 gnome-shell: Keyboard layout randomly alternates

Package:
gnome-shell
Source:
gnome-shell
Description:
graphical shell for the GNOME desktop
Submitter:
Paul Menzel
Date:
2021-03-17 16:15:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
#931280#5
Date:
2019-06-30 12:35:47 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Debian folks,


With Debian Sid/unstable with the default GNOME session, that means
Wayland is used, and with two keyboard layouts configured (Neo
(default), and German) sometimes the keyboard layout changes from Neo to
normal German without me pressing the corresponding shortcut. The
notification in the GNOME Shell’s top bar also still shows de₁, which is
for Deutsch (Neo 2), so it is not changed.

Unfortunnately I have not figured out, what causes this. My suspicion is
that “X.Org applications” like Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird are
involved. Maybe the GDM session running in parallel has something to do
with it? No idea.

Debugging help is much appreciated.


Kind regards,

Paul


PS: I chose the severity *serious*, because suddenly having a different
keyboard layout can cause data loss, when you suddenly press key which
for example confirms the deletion of data, despite you thinking you
press a different key to abort on the keyboard you currently use.
#931280#10
Date:
2019-06-30 13:58:50 UTC
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To:
That feels vastly exaggerated. That aside...

I too have two keyboard layouts configured and this happens to me as
well, under GNOME/Xorg and afaics is simply me pressing by accident
Windows/Super + Space. This is the shortcut for switching the keyboard
layout.
I suspect it's the same for you.
You can reconfigure the shortcut in gnome-control-center.
Go to "Tastatur->Texteingabe->Zur nächsten Quelle wechseln"
#931280#15
Date:
2019-07-01 08:29:39 UTC
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To:
Severity: normal

Ok, if you say so that it won’t cause data loss. I change it to *normal*.

I am pretty sure, it’s not it, because if I press this shortcut, a popup
is shown and the notification in the top bar changes.


Kind regards,

Paul
#931280#20
Date:
2019-07-01 11:31:10 UTC
From:
To:
Am 01.07.19 um 10:29 schrieb Paul Menzel:

I only get this pop-up as long as I press Super. Once I release Super,
the popup is gone. If I do that quickly, then the popup is never shown here.
That said, my status indicator (in the upper right corner, I guess
that's what you meant with notification) *does* change.
So your case might be different indeed.
I just wanted to rule out the most obvious (e.g. by disabling this
shortcut temporarily)

Regards