Normal Russian keyboard layout missing

[r.osmanov]

Hi.

In a standard XUbuntu installation I can't find normal Russian keyboard layout :(

System Settings - Keyboard etc. allows to add miscellaneous(Osetian, phonetic, phonetic winkeys etc.) versions of Russian layout, except the normal one.

I fixed it temporarily with the following command:

$ setxkbmap -layout us,ru -variant ',winkeys' -option 'grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll'
Of course, I can put it into a runlevel script.

I've also managed to do the same with /etc/default/keyboard XDG_* settings.

But such kind of setup looks ugly. Furthermore, sometimes it is somehow overriden by system...
So I'm searching for a standard way to set up the keyboard via standard - preferably GUI - tools, as in Ubuntu, or KUbuntu.

Regards.

[ilikelinuxitisthebest]

click on Russian instead of the drop down window.

[r.osmanov]

click on Russian instead of the drop down window.
Oh, if it were so simple. Look at the stuff it provides there in System settings - Settings manager - Keyboard - Layout - Add:
http://ubuntuforums.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=208944&stc=1&d=1323666364

As you see, there is no Russian(Russia), or Russian(Winkeys). So this is the case.

[tapemaster]

Hi r.osmanov

It is twisted, but trivial.
Just select "Russian" - the group from the list, don't expand "Russian" drop-down menu. Just press on it, and select "OK".

Thanks, ilikelinuxitisthebest. It did the trick for me with EN language as well.

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Regards,
Alexei

[ilikelinuxitisthebest]

dont click the dropdown window. just click the header like this.

[r.osmanov]

Huh, very unusual :)

Thank you!

[ilikelinuxitisthebest]

your welcome. Did you appreciate my skills in the GIMP?;)

[alex.rayu]

Gimp is cool as always!
(I somehow have never had a problem with Russian layout for years now!)