Hello all,
I am running R14.0.0 on openSuSE 13.1. I have enabled keyboard layouts in the control center, with a "German Switzerland" keyboard (french layout) as default and a US Keyboard as alternative.
I never had problems with this setting in the previous versions, but now, sometime, without any action from me (that I am aware of), suddenly the US layout is activated. What's more, if I switch back to Swiss German, I loose the AltGr combination (for those who don't have this key, it enables an alternate character, most importantly for me the keay that gives 2 and " also gives @ thith AltGr. Without it, I must use the US keyboard to get @ (and I use it in some passwords...).
Now the question is, where could I find some tracing of what happened?
I can also add that I upgraded from 3.5.13 ro R14, and that if I open the system menu, then Trinity Control Center, then any subitem, most items are shown two times.
For example, in "Regional & Accessibility", I get two time "Keyboard Layout". However, only the second opens the settings, the other does not react. So I'm wondering if someting went wrong with the upgrade.
Both .kde et .tde exist, however only .tde/config contains kcontrolrc. there is, however, an /opt/kde3
Thierry
On Saturday 20 June 2015, Thierry de Coulon wrote:
I am running R14.0.0 on openSuSE 13.1. I have enabled keyboard layouts in the control center, with a "German Switzerland" keyboard (french layout) as default and a US Keyboard as alternative.
this happens for me as long as I use Trinity from time to time as well using R14.0.0. I'm very sure that it also happened in the version before (R13 something).
I never had problems with this setting in the previous versions, but now, sometime, without any action from me (that I am aware of), suddenly the US layout is activated. What's more, if I switch back to Swiss German, I loose the AltGr combination (for those who don't have this key, it enables an alternate character, most importantly for me the keay that gives 2 and " also gives @ thith AltGr. Without it, I must use the US keyboard to get @ (and I use it in some passwords...).
I'm using German NoDeadKeys and normal German map. I have German NoDeadKeys as the default but from time to time it switches back to normal German with dead keys. Interestingly this also happens if German NoDeadKeys is my only choice thus I can not switch in TDE Keyboard Tool but the system is able to switch back to German DeadKeys.
I nearly never log out or shut down. I normally bring the system to sleep and wakeup. If it is related to this I don't know.
For example, in "Regional & Accessibility", I get two time "Keyboard Layout". However, only the second opens the settings, the other does not react. So I'm wondering if someting went wrong with the upgrade.
I don't see this behavior, seems to be something different.
Gerhard
On Sunday 21 June 2015 21.38:43 Gerhard Zintel wrote:
On Saturday 20 June 2015, Thierry de Coulon wrote:
I am running R14.0.0 on openSuSE 13.1. I have enabled keyboard layouts in the control center, with a "German Switzerland" keyboard (french layout) as default and a US Keyboard as alternative.
this happens for me as long as I use Trinity from time to time as well using R14.0.0. I'm very sure that it also happened in the version before (R13 something).
Thank you for the information, so it's probably not my installation. I have not tried removing the US keyboard (which is useful sometimes). It's possible it did happen in previous KDE/TDE versions but I did not notice it then. Now it happens relatively often and I can't relate it to anything I do.
I thought it could be linked to the use of a KVM switch, but your experience seems to negate this.
Thierry de Coulon
On Sunday 21 June 2015, Thierry de Coulon wrote:
I thought it could be linked to the use of a KVM switch, but your experience seems to negate this.
I'm using a KVM switch as well but not very often (Windows on the other side takes too long to find mouse and keyboard after switching thus I use the Laptop's pad and keyboard mostly). I don't think it's linked to it but I will observe carfully the next time it happens.
Gerhard
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