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djipey

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Registered: 2011-07-30

Posts: 159

Can't activate "user-defined custom layout" in Cinnamon

Hello,

I have recently bought a wireless Corne split keyboard. I have flashed the keyboard with a ZMK firmware. This firmware contains a custom keymap. I would expect the keyboard to send its own characters to my computer when using it, so I don't have to rely on the keyboard layout defined in the settings.

I thought I could achieve that by choosing to use the "a user-defined custom layout" layout in the settings. But I can't activate this layout, I'm always getting a popup error:

"Error activating XKB configuration. There can be various reasons for that".

The popup also recommends to run some commands. I'm posting the outputs below:

❯ xprop -root | grep XKB
_XKB_RULES_NAMES_BACKUP(STRING) = "evdev", "pc105", "fr,us", "", ""
_XKB_RULES_NAMES(STRING) = "evdev", "pc105", "fr", "", ""

❯ gsettings get org.gnome.libgnomekbd.keyboard model
''

❯ gsettings get org.gnome.libgnomekbd.keyboard layouts
['fr', 'custom']

❯ gsettings get org.gnome.libgnomekbd.keyboard options
@as []

So at the moment whenever I type with the Corne keyboard, keys are sent to my computer, but the keys follow the layout in the settings (french), and they daren't what they're set to in the firmware (E.g: I'm getting a Q instead of an A).

Would you have an idea about how to workaround that please?