Arch Gnome - no keyboard indicator

Hi,
Tried to search over the forum and Google but I have not come with a solution. My problem is:
I have no keyboard indicator in the desktop,nor the login screen. I CAN however change languages without a problem. it's just that I cannot "see" on which language I am on...
It is a fresh installation with a minimal Gnome, so I assume I have missed a package.
Any ideas if I missed a package or just missed some configuration?
Thanks,

Romashka wrote:
Gnome 2.16.2 is out.
This bug is fixed!
- Fixed keyboard indicator segfault (Sergey UDaltsov) (351395)
Oh, this fixed bug is another one.
Bug 355074 is still not fixed.

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Screenshot
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watts wrote:
Greetings. I've installed Arch yesterday. CD is from Tuesday. It was updated each day. Gnome, GDM, X installed yesterday evening.
Today i installed xf86-video-intel and booted into gnome. Yay! i've logged in, but then i've saw the following situation:
http://www.shrani.si/t/2t/GZ/27S3avbw/screenshot-at-2011-11-17.jpg
half things are missing. If i go to gnome-tweak-tool and fix it, it works as charm - fully visibile words, etc - untill I reboot. I've tried everything, from VESA drivers on.
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I had the same problem, when you press the icon for assistance and resize the font and then change first in the list and return to the same place I work all looks good, but it bored me, I always install all fonts, put patches for X11 detect and nothing worked.
I solved installing Xfce, I've always been a fan of Gnome, but I'm very happy with the performance of xfce despite being lightweight and fast they can run many applications because it is also based on gtk:) .... I leave you a screenshot of my desktop ....
But this post will continue to monitor to see if anyone can give the solution to our problem.
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Sorry for my bad english ... google traslate
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