Can't change keyboard language on xfce/

[jastonas]

I am going to double post.

SOLVED

I don't know how because I don't know at which point it worked but I'll give you all the steps I did.

Instructions (for greek):

a) sudo apt-get install language-selector
b) Open Language Selector and install Greek
c) settings > input method switcher > use ibus
d) settings > keyboard input methods > Tick all 3 just to help you have the icon.
e) System > Run ibus
e) setxkbmap -option grp:switch,grp:alt_shift_toggle us,gr

And now, for some reason, I can write Greek. Τεστ... γράφει μια χαρά

[ankspo71]

Hi,
We can also install the 'xfce4-xkb-plugin' keyboard switcher applet for XFCE, which is also a part of the 'xfce4-goodies' package that gives us more panel plugins/applets.

Here is the homepage http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/pan...ce4-xkb-plugin

[TBeholder]

Another scarred-for-life-by-Unity happy Xubuntu user here.

SOLVED [...]
a) sudo apt-get install language-selector
b) Open Language Selector and install Greek
c) settings > input method switcher > use ibus

Hi,
We can also install the 'xfce4-xkb-plugin' keyboard switcher applet for XFCE, which is also a part of the 'xfce4-goodies' package

To choose the set of supported languages, there's "Language Support" in category "Setup" (gnome-language-selector). It also allows to select input methods (iBus, etc), but that's all.
To set up layout and keys switching between them, add "Keyboard Layout plugin" on a panel and set up preferences in it. There's a choice which of layouts for that language to use, too.
So actually both are needed, though normally the first one is already used on installation stage.