*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1240198 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1240198
This bug has suddenly become a lot more serious. It appears that it now affects machines that have applied a standard Linux software update. I'm running Ubuntu 14.04 (the current standard). I use a UK keyboard layout. I applied an upgrade and rebooted, and the "@" key and the doublequote key were swapped. Uninstalling ibus and rebooting fixed the problem. If I understand the issue, it affects anybody with a non-US keyboard, and different characters will be swapped depending on what keyboard layout they use. The problem is that if the user's password contains one of the swapped characters, they will not be able to log in after upgrading and rebooting. They logged in successfully last time, so they will simply see a single box on the screen requesting their password. What they type will not be displayed, obviously. They type their password and the system will reject it. Until they know what the problem is, and which characters get swapped on their keyboard, they can't log in to fix the problem. This could affect several million Linux users around the world and render their machines useless. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to ibus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1284635 Title: IBus does not support certain keyboard layouts Status in ibus package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in ibus source package in Trusty: Triaged Bug description: installed trusty beta1 with keyboard layout set correctly during install install completes, login to new install - layout as set during install once logged in - layout set to US and keyboard layout set during install is missing from list ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: keyboard-configuration 1.70ubuntu8 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-12.32-generic 3.13.4 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-12-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.13.2-0ubuntu5 Architecture: i386 CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Tue Feb 25 12:55:56 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-02-25 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha i386 (20140225) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: console-setup UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ibus/+bug/1284635/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp