[Solved] Openbox Keyboard Symbols Problems

Touka · 2014-10-16 10:48:33

Hello, so first off I am running arch with no custom kernel on a hp g6 laptop(not sure if this makes difference). When I hold down the shift key and press 2 to make the @ symbol it makes this symbol instead "
To make the @ symbol I have to hold shift and press the quotation key.
I'm not sure what I did to cause these two keys to flip. The first desktop I installed after installing arch was kde, and I do not have this problem in kde. I tried using the localectl set-keymap and setting it to US to see if this would fix the problem. It did not, so I must assume this has to do with a config file in openbox. Any help would be gladdy appreciated

Last edited by Touka (2014-10-18 02:41:51)

silverhammermba · 2014-10-16 11:48:50

I don't think that is openbox's doing. Does it work correctly outside of X?

torors · 2014-10-16 14:40:46

What is the output of

localectl status

Touka · 2014-10-17 07:36:00

silverhammermba; Yes, only in openbox I am having this problem.

torors;
[dan@linux ~]$ localectl status
System Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8
VC Keymap: us
X11 Layout: us
[dan@linux ~]$

torors · 2014-10-17 19:17:10

If this has something to do with openbox, examine your

~/.config/openbox/autostart

May be you are running some sort of command that changes the keyboard layout?

Or you may have something in:

/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d

See:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ke … n_in_Xorg/

Last edited by torors (2014-10-17 19:17:48)

Touka · 2014-10-18 01:04:21

torors wrote:

If this has something to do with openbox, examine your
~/.config/openbox/autostart
May be you are running some sort of command that changes the keyboard layout?

So after looking in my openbox config I noticed a line in there where it states if I press both of the shifts keys I can toggle around keyboard maps. After pressing the shifts keys down a couple times I get to the correct keymap and the problem is solved, although, of course after rebooting I have to do the same thing again. I will try to find the solution to this. Thank you Torors.
Here is what I have in my openbox's autostart config.

# Run the system-wide support stuff
#. $GLOBALAUTOSTART

# Programs to launch at startup
# =============================

# Start session manager
lxsession &

# Start Bluetooth applet
#bluetooth-applet &

# Enable power management
gnome-power-manager &

# Set-up keyboard maps and sytem tray switcher
# tip - quickly toggle between keyboard maps by holding both shift keys!
setxkbmap -option grp:switch,grp:shifts_toggle,grp_led:scroll gb,us,de,fr &
(sleep 10s && fbxkb) &
# ^^ note: if using the LiveCD, you can also change to a different
#          keyboard map by entering the terminal command:
#              setxkbmap xx
#          Where "xx" is the 2 letter country code.

# Force openoffice.org to use GTK theme
# enable this if you install openoffice
#export OOO_FORCE_DESKTOP=gnome

# Start volume control system tray applet
volwheel &
xfce4-mixer --restore &

udiskie -2 &

# Set desktop wallpaper
nitrogen --restore &

# Enable Eyecandy - off by default
# see "/usr/bin/crunchbang/xcompmgr-crunchbang" for more info
#xcompmgr-crunchbang --startstop &

# Start screensaver deamon
gnome-screensaver &

# Launch network manager applet
(sleep 4s && nm-applet) &

# Launch clipboard manager
#(sleep 1s && parcellite) &

# Uncomment to enable system updates at boot
#(sleep 180s && system-update) &

# Launch panel
tint2 &

Last edited by Touka (2014-10-18 01:05:29)

jasonwryan · 2014-10-18 01:32:19

Why are you using a crunchbang autostart file on Arch?

Touka · 2014-10-18 01:39:12

jasonwryan wrote:

Why are you using a crunchbang autostart file on Arch?

I was trying to get openbox working with most of the same features as it does in Crunchbang. I also thought it would be a easy and fast method.
http://crunchbanglinux.org/wiki/adding_ … her_distro

jasonwryan · 2014-10-18 01:45:21

Well, copypasta is how things get b0rked.

Comment out that keyboard call and see what happens.

Touka · 2014-10-18 01:55:21

jasonwryan wrote:

Well, copypasta is how things get b0rked.
Comment out that keyboard call and see what happens.

Thanks Jasonwryan! Problem is now solved.

jasonwryan · 2014-10-18 02:27:27

Cool. Please remember to mark your thread as [Solved] by editing your first post and prepending it to the title.

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