U.S. English flag symbol fails to load in the menu bar

Question

Upon awaking or starting the iMac, the U.S. English language symbol fails to load on the right side of the menu bar as it should. This means that I cannot select other keyboard languages under that symbol's drop down menu. In fact the spinning color wheel appears on far right side of the menu bar where the day and date are also located. If I move the pointer to the left past this area, the spinning color wheel changes to its normal pointer arrow. I see this oddity several times a week. Does anyone have an idea why this occurs?

Answer 1

Check your flag symbol settings. According to the os Help I found the following:
+"Switching your keyboard to Dvorak layout+
+If you have difficulty using your computer’s standard QWERTY keyboard, you can switch the keyboard to Dvorak layout, which optimizes key layout for typing comfort and ease of use.+
+To use the Dvorak keyboard layout:+
+Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, click Language & Text, and then click Input Sources.+
+Open Language & Text preferences+
+Scroll down the alphabetical list on the left to select one of the Dvorak options.+
+If you select the Dvorak - Qwerty ⌘ option, the keyboard changes to QWERTY when you hold down the Command key (⌘).+
+Select the “Show Input menu in menu bar” checkbox, which appears below the list.+
+Choose Input menu > [Dvorak option] to switch to the Dvorak layout.+
+The Input menu appears in the upper-right corner of the menu bar at the top of your computer screen. Its icon is usually the flag of the country that corresponds to the input source you have chosen in Language & Text preferences. For example, if you chose U.S., the American flag is the icon for the Input menu. When you switch to a Dvorak keyboard, the icon changes accordingly."+