Bug#953961: ibus: fails to change languages
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On Sun, 15 Mar 2020 03:49:57 +0200 "K.D." <drazioti@gmail.com> wrote:
> * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
> ineffective)?
> When $sudo udevadm trigger --subsystem-match=input --action=change
> was executed, I can use ctrl+alt to change the language.
> If I do not execute the previous I have to manually change the language
> [i.e. by clicking to the language icon in the systems tray]
...
> adding to my previous email, I solved the problem by following the steps.
> 1. Application-->settings-->keyboard-->Layout-->ctrl+alt [or something]
> 2. Application-->settings-->Ibus preferences and untick *show icon in systems tray*
> 3. Right click on system tray Panel-->add new items-->keyboard settings
> 4. Reboot
>
> It seems that Ibus has a bug.
Your problem is most likely not an ibus issue. These settings are not
provided by ibus, but by XFCE.
We need more information about how keyboard settings and layout
switching work in XFCE. Is it integrated with ibus input method
switching like GNOME? Or is it just about XKB (setxkbmap)?
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