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How do I switch between input methods with iBus on the lock screen? Part of my work necessitates me using iBus for Chinese pinyin input. I had the misfortune of leaving the input method on pinyin while I went off to lunch, and the computer locked itself.
When I tried to log in, iBus took everything as a pinyin input and inserted Chinese instead into the password field. Ctrl-space didn't do anything. I had to start a new session and lost quite a bit of work.
I'm running KDE 4.13 over Ubuntu 14.04
user2605299
Posted 2016-06-02T21:16:37.727
Reputation: 11
There should be an icon with the language close to the password textbox (it could appear as 2 letters of the layout). Click on it to change it. It depends from the display manager (kdm,gdm,xdm,lightdm...). Please [edit] your post adding this information. Ps> Welcome on Super User – Hastur – 2016-06-02T21:35:04.483