[SOLVED] Change keyboard layout problem

[Tryfon]

Please someone help me with this, because I have no idea what to do:

I've configured the keyboard layout to switch layouts between English and Greek with the combination Alt+Shift I was used to since Windows. Everything worked flawlessly until I updated to Hardy. Now the combination doesn't work unless I go to System->Preferences->Keyboard->Layouts->Layout Options->Layout switching and uncheck and recheck the Alt+Shift checkbox, every time I start up my PC.
Any idea?

[highstead]

Having a similiar problem. Every boot it keeps defaulting to QWERTY even though i don't have that as an option for a layout.

[strabes]

Having the same problem on my parents' computer.

[TeoBigusGeekus]

Please someone help me with this, because I have no idea what to do:

I've configured the keyboard layout to switch layouts between English and Greek with the combination Alt+Shift I was used to since Windows. Everything worked flawlessly until I updated to Hardy. Now the combination doesn't work unless I go to System->Preferences->Keyboard->Layouts->Layout Options->Layout switching and uncheck and recheck the Alt+Shift checkbox, every time I start up my PC.
Any idea?

Jesus... So I'm not the only one...

[volksstimme]

Yeah, I, too, noticed the shortcuts didn't work (any of them, I tried enabling them all at the same time to no end) and nor does the DE keyboard layout (seems to act as though Alt Gr is pressed), though I think that's local to my computer, for whatever reason...

[TeoBigusGeekus]

It's a bug, reported just a couple of days ago.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/231310

[der_joachim]

You can edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf by hand. Here's what to do:
- Open /etc/X11/xorg.conf . Please note that you need administrator privileges. Otherwise you will not be able to write any changes.
- Find your keyboard config. It should look somewhat like this:

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"Generic Keyboard"
	Driver		"kbd"
	Option		"CoreKeyboard"
	Option		"XkbRules"	"xorg"
	Option		"XkbModel"	"pc105"
	Option		"XkbLayout"	"us"
EndSection

- To alternate between keyboard layouts (us and presumably greek, for the OP), change the XkbLayout line to something like this:

      Option "XkbLayout" "us,gr"

- Add (or change) the following line. Note that this line should fall within the Section/EndSection pair:

 Option "XkbOptions" "grp:alt_shift_toggle"

If you already have a few XkbOptions, you can put commas between the options:

 Option	"XkbOptions" "grp:alt_shift_toggle,compose:ralt,altwin:super_win"

- Save your changes (have you made a backup?) and restart X.

You should now be able to toggle keyboard layouts by pressing Alt+Shift.

[Tryfon]

Thank you very much! Problem resolved!

[TeoBigusGeekus]

Kick @ss!!!
You're the man der_joachim!!!

[muadnu]

I'm seeing something weird. I added the relevant lines to my xorg.conf, bu when I turn on my comupter, the key combinations don't work. But if I restart X (ctrl+alt+backspace), they start working as they should. I'm not sure what could be causing this...