switching input method is not reliable

Thank you for your bug report. What do you mean "not the other way around", it's supposed to cycle though inputs. Do you use Unity? Does it work better if you change the keybinding in settings->text input?

"Not the other way around" means I cannot switch from "English" to "Chinese (Cangjie)" with super-space hot key.

My system was upgraded from Ubuntu 13.10. The problem is now fixed by manually open "Configuration" > "Language Support" and install the package it suggested. Seems iBus + IME are not sufficient to work on their own.

It appears again. The situation is unstable.

Here I made a screencast to illustrate what happen on my system:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKhY5tF7TnM&feature=youtu.be

What I did in the video:
1. Type normally in English mode.
2. Hit super-space once. Type in Chinese mode.
3. Hit super-space once again. Still type in Chinese. (I cannot switch to English as expected)
4. Switch to English mode by indicator menu. Types in English mode.
5. Switch to Chinese mode by indicator menu. Types in Chinese mode. Indicator still show "en".

OS: Ubuntu 14.04
DE: GNOME 3.10
Input method package used: ibus-cangjie

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

I have the same problem. I switch between English and Swedish (English is default).

1) Indicator icon always shows 'en'. I can switch to Swedish by clicking on it, but it still shows 'en' instead of 'sv'.

2) Pressing super+space swiches from en->sv. Pressing it again does not switch back to 'en' (it used to in 13.10).

There is kind of a workaraound though. If pressing super+space and keep super pressed, a 'popup' appears showing the different available input methods. Here I can simply press the left key, and then release the super key. This will switch input back to 'en'.

Situation can go back to normal it you logout and then log back in.
The problem seems to relate to service start-up sequence.

Could you add your ~/.cache/upstart/unity-settings-daemon.log to the bug as well?

the fix is in utopic, I sponsored the SRU for trusty as well (it's waiting for review from the SRU team next)

Hello Shu, or anyone else affected,

Accepted gnome-settings-daemon into trusty-proposed. The package will build now and be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-settings-daemon/3.8.6.1-0ubuntu11.2 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

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Is unity-settings-daemon affected? It was previously marked Invalid.

gnome-settings-daemon should be marked Fix Committed since it is in trusty-proposed.

Mathew, think you're right here since Shu specified his DE was GNOME.

Thanks Mathew. I've just installed the proposed gnome-settings-daemon. The IM switching seems to be smoother. But since the problem came on-and-off randomly, it's hard to tell if it is really fixed unless I try it a few days. I'll get back to this a few days later.

Tried using the proposed gnome-settings-daemon package for a few days.
The input method switch problem didn't appear at all.
I think it's safe to say that it fixed this bug.

Hope I can see the proposed package on the main repository soon.

Thanks.

樹雄

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gnome-settings-daemon ver. 3.8.6.1-0ubuntu11.2 from trusty-proposed fixes several keyboard layouts switching problems in GNOME Shell, please upload this version to trusty-updates ASAP.
Only one issue left in Trusty GNOME Shell - sometimes keyboard layout indicator stops work when keyboard layouts (input methods) are removed or keyboard shotcuts to change input methots are changed, but this issue disappears after restarting GNOME-Shell :)

The verification of the Stable Release Update for gnome-settings-daemon has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.

This bug was fixed in the package gnome-settings-daemon - 3.8.6.1-0ubuntu11.2

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gnome-settings-daemon (3.8.6.1-0ubuntu11.2) trusty; urgency=medium

  * debian/patches/fix_input_switching_on_unity.patch:
  * debian/patches/unity-modifier-media-keys.patch:
    - Remove Unity-specific input switching behaviour (LP: #1311443).
 -- William Hua <email address hidden> Fri, 23 May 2014 16:15:18 +0200