Keyboard layout indicator in gnome panel, red icon instead of letters

See the image, red round icon is the keyboard notification, but it shoud be ( or was ) letters.
Any idea how to change the icon back to letters? I have 2 layouts, changing gtk theme or icon theme doesn't help.
Thanks.
Last edited by gofree (2010-09-28 12:19:31)

Wey wrote:
Did you check the session logs? Did you verify that the applet in fact isn't present (and not just lacks an icon)?
edit: for the capslock-issue, go to the region panel in gnome-control-center, switch to the layout-tab and click options. There should be a list with the appropriate preferences. It defaults to shift+capslock by the way, which works fine here.
If session logs is in .xsession-errors, then I have this file ending with
[1305307574,000,xklavier.c:xkl_engine_start_listen/] The backend does not re
quire manual layout management - but it is provided by the application
[1305307574,000,gkbd-status.c:gkbd_status_set_current_page_for_group/] Page fo
r group 0 is not ready
[1305307574,000,gkbd-status.c:gkbd_status_set_current_page_for_group/] Page fo
r group 0 is not ready
[1305310904,000,gkbd-status.c:gkbd_status_set_current_page_for_group/] JS ERROR: !!! Exception in callback for signal: message-icon-added
JS ERROR: !!! message = 'source is null'
JS ERROR: !!! lineNumber = '417'
JS ERROR: !!! fileName = '/usr/share/gnome-shell/js/ui/notificationDaemon.js'
JS ERROR: !!! stack = '([object Object],[object _private_Shell_TrayIcon])@/usr/share/gnome-shell/js/ui/notificationDaemon.js:417
([object Object],[object _private_Shell_TrayIcon])@/usr/share/gjs-1.0/lang.js:110
_emit("message-icon-added",[object _private_Shell_TrayIcon])@/usr/share/gjs-1.0/signals.js:124
([object _private_Shell_TrayManager],[object _private_Shell_TrayIcon])@/usr/share/gnome-shell/js/ui/statusIconDispatcher.js:53
([object _private_Shell_TrayManager],[object _private_Shell_TrayIcon])@/usr/share/gjs-1.0/lang.js:110
PS Caps issue is fixed now. Thanks. Caps Lock itself was disabled in Caps Lock key behaviour branch in Options in keyboard layout panel.
Last edited by thoice (2011-05-13 18:33:42)

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