Special characters (ëê) and ALT-GR characters (€) settings gone after reboot

[rvdmeijden+launchpad]

Hi,

Since I upgraded to 14.04 I have the problem that after a reboot I have to re-configure the keyboard to get special characters like ëéèê and € (ALT-GR+5). There are so many places that have settings about the keyboard layout that I do not know which is "the boss". There are settings in the Gnome Tweak tool, in the settings and keyboard layout, modifier-key short-cut in the keyboard short-cut list and via "dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration"


To get these characters I have to run the following command after each reboot.


sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration

Where should I change what and how can I make this permanent (again)?

Thanks in advance for the help, for this is driving me crazy ;)

[TheFu]

sudo dpkg-reconfigure console-setup
That is the granddaddy of them all. Should work across local, remote and X/windows ... unless you've overridden input methods in those separately.

[rvdmeijden+launchpad]

sudo dpkg-reconfigure console-setup
That is the granddaddy of them all. Should work across local, remote and X/windows ... unless you've overridden input methods in those separately.

Thanks TheFu, your command was what I was missing. The combination of both commands have finally fixed my issues.


sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration
sudo dpkg-reconfigure console-setup



This did the trick

Thanks again

[rvdmeijden+launchpad]

Quick update. The problem re-creates itself when gnome shell restarts itself or when I execute
gnome-shell --repace

After a reboot all is well.

[rvdmeijden+launchpad]

I have set-up an extra keyboard layout. and have changed the short-cut combination to change the layout to ctrl+alt+space (super+space did not work) and by switching layouts after a shell restart I get my special keys back.

Not a solution but a workable workaround.