Lost keyboard layout in Xfce4 after update

XezzeX · 2010-06-24 20:48:40

After recent updates of several packages, Ive lost the ability to use a danish keyboard in Xfce4.

If I switch to a terminal (alt+f1) Ive got a danish keyboard, but in my loginmanager (Slim) and everywhere in Xfce4 (Firefox, Terminal etc.) Ive got the english keyboard layout.

Ive tried changing my locale to da_DK.utf8 to no avail, tried the xorg-server-backclear and tried googling for this problem, but have not been able to find anyone with a similar problem.

Any kind of help and suggestions are very much appreciated, since Ive run out of ideas myself.

$ uname -a

Linux cyrus 2.6.34-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Jun 19 00:07:49 CEST 2010 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P7570 @ 2.26GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

/etc/rc.conf:

LOCALE="en_DK.utf8"
HARDWARECLOCK="localtime"
TIMEZONE="Europe/Copenhagen"
KEYMAP="dk"
CONSOLEFONT="lat9w-16"
CONSOLEMAP=
USECOLOR="yes"

$ locale

LANG=en_DK.utf8
LC_CTYPE="en_DK.utf8"
LC_NUMERIC="en_DK.utf8"
LC_TIME="en_DK.utf8"
LC_COLLATE="en_DK.utf8"
LC_MONETARY="en_DK.utf8"
LC_MESSAGES="en_DK.utf8"
LC_PAPER="en_DK.utf8"
LC_NAME="en_DK.utf8"
LC_ADDRESS="en_DK.utf8"
LC_TELEPHONE="en_DK.utf8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="en_DK.utf8"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_DK.utf8"
LC_ALL=

$ locale -a

C
da_DK.utf8
en_DK.utf8
en_US.utf8
POSIX

/etc/X11/xorg.conf

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "aticonfig Layout"
    Screen      0  "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" 0 0
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "Module"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier   "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
    Option        "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
    Option        "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
    Option        "DPMS" "true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
    Driver      "fglrx"
    BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0"
    Device     "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
    Monitor    "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
    DefaultDepth     24
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

/etc/hal/fdi/policy/10-keymap.fdi

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <!-- -*- SGML -*- -->
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
  <device>
    <match key="info.capabilities" contains="input.keymap">
      <append key="info.callouts.add" type="strlist">hal-setup-keymap</append>
    </match>

    <match key="info.capabilities" contains="input.keys">
      <merge key="input.xkb.rules" type="string">base</merge>

      <!-- If we're using Linux, we use evdev by default (falling back to
           keyboard otherwise). -->
      <merge key="input.xkb.model" type="string">keyboard</merge>
      <match key="/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer:system.kernel.name"
             string="Linux">
        <merge key="input.xkb.model" type="string">evdev</merge>
      </match>

      <merge key="input.xkb.layout" type="string">dk</merge>
      <merge key="input.xkb.variant" type="string" />
    </match>
  </device>
</deviceinfo>

I believe the problem occured when doing the some of the following updates:

[2010-06-20 12:32] synchronizing package lists
[2010-06-20 12:33] starting full system upgrade
[2010-06-20 12:34] upgraded coreutils (8.5-1 -> 8.5-2)
[2010-06-20 12:34] upgraded mpfr (2.4.2-2 -> 3.0.0-1)
[2010-06-20 12:34] upgraded libmpc (0.8.2-1 -> 0.8.2-2)
[2010-06-20 12:34] upgraded gcc (4.5.0-4 -> 4.5.0-6)
[2010-06-20 12:34] upgraded gcc-libs (4.5.0-4 -> 4.5.0-6)
[2010-06-20 12:34] upgraded gparted (0.5.2-1 -> 0.6.0-1)
[2010-06-20 12:34] upgraded libao (1.0.0-1 -> 1.0.0-2)
[2010-06-20 12:34] upgraded rasqal (0.9.19-1 -> 0.9.19-2)
[2010-06-20 16:58] synchronizing package lists
[2010-06-20 16:58] starting full system upgrade
[2010-06-21 17:59] --------------------------------------------------------------
[2010-06-21 17:59] You can use the tool 'aticonfig' to generate an xorg.conf file.
[2010-06-21 17:59] Remember to add fglrx to the MODULES list in /etc/rc.conf.
[2010-06-21 17:59] --------------------------------------------------------------
[2010-06-21 17:59] Add nomodeset to your kernel line in /boot/grub/menu.lst , ie.:
[2010-06-21 17:59] kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/1aa731c0-f626-4d01-a551-8eed3c2a35f3 ro nomodeset
[2010-06-21 17:59] --------------------------------------------------------------
[2010-06-21 17:59] To get it work with xorg-server >= 1.8 you need patched xorg-server,
[2010-06-21 17:59] you may get it from [catalyst] repo, more here:
[2010-06-21 17:59] http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ATI_Catalyst#Catalyst.27s_repositories
[2010-06-21 17:59] --------------------------------------------------------------
[2010-06-21 17:59] upgraded catalyst (10.6-1 -> 10.6-1)
[2010-06-21 18:38] upgraded lib32-catalyst-utils (10.6-1 -> 10.6-1)
[2010-06-21 18:52] --------------------------------------------------------------
[2010-06-21 18:52] You can use the tool 'aticonfig' to generate an xorg.conf file.
[2010-06-21 18:52] Remember to add fglrx to the MODULES list in /etc/rc.conf.
[2010-06-21 18:52] --------------------------------------------------------------
[2010-06-21 18:52] Add nomodeset to your kernel line in /boot/grub/menu.lst , ie.:
[2010-06-21 18:52] kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/1aa731c0-f626-4d01-a551-8eed3c2a35f3 ro nomodeset
[2010-06-21 18:52] --------------------------------------------------------------
[2010-06-21 18:52] To get it work with xorg-server >= 1.8 you need patched xorg-server,
[2010-06-21 18:52] you may get it from [catalyst] repo, more here:
[2010-06-21 18:52] http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ATI_Catalyst#Catalyst.27s_repositories
[2010-06-21 18:52] --------------------------------------------------------------
[2010-06-21 18:52] upgraded catalyst (10.6-1 -> 10.6-1)
[2010-06-21 19:59] synchronizing package lists
[2010-06-21 19:59] starting full system upgrade
[2010-06-21 20:01] upgraded dri2proto (2.1-2 -> 2.3-1)
[2010-06-21 20:01] upgraded udev (151-3 -> 157-1)
[2010-06-21 20:01] warning: /etc/rc.conf installed as /etc/rc.conf.pacnew
[2010-06-21 20:01] upgraded initscripts (2010.05-3 -> 2010.06-2)
[2010-06-21 20:01] upgraded linux-firmware (20100519-1 -> 20100606-1)
[2010-06-21 20:01] upgraded mkinitcpio (0.6.4-1 -> 0.6.6-1)
[2010-06-21 20:01] >>> Updating module dependencies. Please wait ...
[2010-06-21 20:01] >>> MKINITCPIO SETUP
[2010-06-21 20:01] >>> ----------------
[2010-06-21 20:01] >>> If you use LVM2, Encrypted root or software RAID,
[2010-06-21 20:01] >>> Ensure you enable support in /etc/mkinitcpio.conf .
[2010-06-21 20:01] >>> More information about mkinitcpio setup can be found here:
[2010-06-21 20:01] >>> http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mkinitcpio
[2010-06-21 20:01] 
[2010-06-21 20:01] >>> Generating initial ramdisk, using mkinitcpio.  Please wait...
[2010-06-21 20:01] ==> Building image "default"
[2010-06-21 20:01] ==> Running command: /sbin/mkinitcpio -k 2.6.34-ARCH -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/kernel26.img
[2010-06-21 20:01] :: Begin build
[2010-06-21 20:01] :: Parsing hook [base]
[2010-06-21 20:01] :: Parsing hook [udev]
[2010-06-21 20:01] :: Parsing hook [autodetect]
[2010-06-21 20:01] :: Parsing hook [pata]
[2010-06-21 20:01] :: Parsing hook [scsi]
[2010-06-21 20:01] :: Parsing hook [sata]
[2010-06-21 20:01] :: Parsing hook [filesystems]
[2010-06-21 20:02] :: Generating module dependencies
[2010-06-21 20:02] :: Generating image '/boot/kernel26.img'...SUCCESS
[2010-06-21 20:02] ==> SUCCESS
[2010-06-21 20:02] ==> Building image "fallback"
[2010-06-21 20:02] ==> Running command: /sbin/mkinitcpio -k 2.6.34-ARCH -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/kernel26-fallback.img -S autodetect
[2010-06-21 20:02] :: Begin build
[2010-06-21 20:02] :: Parsing hook [base]
[2010-06-21 20:02] :: Parsing hook [udev]
[2010-06-21 20:02] :: Parsing hook [pata]
[2010-06-21 20:02] :: Parsing hook [scsi]
[2010-06-21 20:02] :: Parsing hook [sata]
[2010-06-21 20:02] :: Parsing hook [filesystems]
[2010-06-21 20:02] :: Generating module dependencies
[2010-06-21 20:02] :: Generating image '/boot/kernel26-fallback.img'...SUCCESS
[2010-06-21 20:02] ==> SUCCESS
[2010-06-21 20:02] upgraded kernel26 (2.6.33.4-1 -> 2.6.34-2)
[2010-06-21 20:02] upgraded kernel26-headers (2.6.33.4-1 -> 2.6.34-2)
[2010-06-21 20:02] upgraded libdrm (2.4.19-2 -> 2.4.21-1)
[2010-06-21 20:02] upgraded libtiff (3.9.2-2 -> 3.9.4-1)
[2010-06-21 20:02] upgraded mesa (7.7.1-1 -> 7.8.1-3)
[2010-06-21 20:02] upgraded sdl (1.2.14-4 -> 1.2.14-5)
[2010-06-21 20:02] upgraded xf86-input-evdev (2.3.2-1 -> 2.4.0-1)
[2010-06-21 20:02] upgraded xf86-input-synaptics (1.2.1-1 -> 1.2.2-2)
[2010-06-21 20:02] upgraded xorg-server (1.7.6-3 -> 1.8.1-1)
[2010-06-21 21:07] synchronizing package lists
[2010-06-21 21:07] starting full system upgrade
[2010-06-21 21:08] synchronizing package lists
[2010-06-21 21:08] starting full system upgrade
[2010-06-21 21:10] synchronizing package lists
[2010-06-21 21:10] starting full system upgrade
[2010-06-21 21:21] synchronizing package lists
[2010-06-21 21:22] synchronizing package lists
[2010-06-21 21:22] starting full system upgrade
[2010-06-21 21:34] installed eclipse (3.5.2-1)
[2010-06-22 18:28] synchronizing package lists
[2010-06-22 18:30] starting full system upgrade
[2010-06-22 18:34] upgraded bluez (4.65-1 -> 4.66-1)
[2010-06-22 18:34] upgraded libgweather (2.30.0-1 -> 2.30.2-1)
[2010-06-22 18:34] upgraded evolution-data-server (2.30.1-1 -> 2.30.2.1-1)
[2010-06-22 18:34] upgraded gnome-desktop (2.30.0-1 -> 2.30.2-1)
[2010-06-22 18:34] upgraded gnome-keyring (2.30.1-2 -> 2.30.3-1)
[2010-06-22 18:34] upgraded gnome-menus (2.30.0-1 -> 2.30.2-1)
[2010-06-22 18:34] upgraded libwnck (2.30.0-1 -> 2.30.2-1)
[2010-06-22 18:34] upgraded gnome-panel (2.30.0-1 -> 2.30.0-2)
[2010-06-22 18:34] upgraded lib32-alsa-lib (1.0.23-1 -> 1.0.23-2)
[2010-06-22 18:34] upgraded lib32-gcc-libs (4.5.0-4 -> 4.5.0-6)
[2010-06-22 18:34] upgraded lib32-libdrm (2.4.19-2 -> 2.4.21-1)
[2010-06-22 18:34] upgraded lib32-libxfixes (4.0.4-1 -> 4.0.5-1)
[2010-06-22 18:35] upgraded lib32-mesa (7.7.1-0.1 -> 7.8.2-1)
[2010-06-22 18:35] upgraded lib32-sdl (1.2.14-4 -> 1.2.14-5)
[2010-06-22 18:35] upgraded libfetch (2.31-1 -> 2.32-1)
[2010-06-22 18:35] upgraded mesa (7.8.1-3 -> 7.8.2-1)
[2010-06-22 18:35] upgraded pygobject (2.21.1-1 -> 2.21.3-1)
[2010-06-22 18:35] upgraded vte (0.24.1-1 -> 0.24.2-1)
[2010-06-22 18:35] upgraded xorg-server (1.8.1-1 -> 1.8.1.902-1)
[2010-06-22 18:35] upgraded zathura (0.0.6-1 -> 0.0.7-1)
[2010-06-22 18:40] --------------------------------------------------------------
[2010-06-22 18:40] You can use the tool 'aticonfig' to generate an xorg.conf file.
[2010-06-22 18:40] Remember to add fglrx to the MODULES list in /etc/rc.conf.
[2010-06-22 18:40] --------------------------------------------------------------
[2010-06-22 18:40] Add nomodeset to your kernel line in /boot/grub/menu.lst , ie.:
[2010-06-22 18:40] kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/1aa731c0-f626-4d01-a551-8eed3c2a35f3 ro nomodeset
[2010-06-22 18:40] --------------------------------------------------------------
[2010-06-22 18:40] To get it work with xorg-server >= 1.8 you need patched xorg-server,
[2010-06-22 18:40] you may get it from [catalyst] repo, more here:
[2010-06-22 18:40] http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ATI_Catalyst#Catalyst.27s_repositories
[2010-06-22 18:40] --------------------------------------------------------------
[2010-06-22 18:40] upgraded catalyst (10.6-1 -> 10.6-1)
[2010-06-22 18:48] upgraded lib32-catalyst-utils (10.6-1 -> 10.6-1)

Last edited by XezzeX (2010-06-24 20:50:45)

XezzeX · 2010-06-24 21:22:02

Found a workaround by adding the following to /etc/X11/xorg.conf, but I'm still looking for a fix to this problem.

Section "InputClass"
    Identifier             "Keyboard Defaults"
    MatchIsKeyboard        "yes"
    Option                 "XkbLayout" "dk"
EndSection

Cdh · 2010-06-24 21:30:01

With xorg-server 1.8 the hal config is not used anymore.
setxkbmap dk works for me (but is only a temporary solution for putting in autoruns?).

For me the keybord layout chooser from xfce does work (german) so it is not a general problem.

Last edited by Cdh (2010-06-24 21:30:59)

PoZiTPoH · 2010-06-25 07:40:33

[11:39] pztrn@pozitpoh.is-a-geek.org [ ~ ] $ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf 
...

Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "evdev keyboard catchall"
        MatchIsKeyboard "on"
        MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
        Driver "evdev"
    Option "XkbLayout" "us,ru(winkeys)"
    Option "XkbOptions" "grp:caps_toggle,grp_led:scroll"
EndSection

...

dragonfi · 2010-06-25 09:21:27

I have the same problem, with a slight variation

relevant part of xorg.conf:

ection "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Keyboard0"
    Driver      "kbd"
    #MatchIsKeyboard        "yes"
    #Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
    Option "XkbLayout" "hu"
    #Option "XkbOptions" "grp:menu_toggle,grp_led:scroll"
    #Option "XkbOptions" "grp:caps_lock,grp_led:scroll"
EndSection

Strangely, when I'm adding MatchIsKeyboard "yes", my xorg won't start, andthe log file prints:

[   827.364] Parse error on line 29 of section InputDevice in file /etc/X11/xorg.conf
    "MatchIsKeyboard" is not a valid keyword in this section.
[   827.386] (EE) Problem parsing the config file
[   827.397] (EE) Error parsing the config file

As a workaround "setxkbmap hu" works for me. Also, the virtual terminals are working correctly.

Last edited by dragonfi (2010-06-25 09:24:42)

bernarcher · 2010-06-25 09:26:57

You have to use "InputClass" section with "MatchIsKeyboard" instead of "InputDevice".

theking2 · 2010-07-09 21:51:09

So before an pacman -Su the keyboard works fine after a pacman -Su the keyboard defaults to us-en. This sounds like a (minor) bug.

theking2 · 2010-07-09 22:24:17

Update yet another configuration file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf to reflect the keyboard setting.

Option "xkblayout" "ch"

Last edited by theking2 (2010-07-11 10:49:13)

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#1 2010-06-24 20:48:40

Lost keyboard layout in Xfce4 after update

#2 2010-06-24 21:22:02

Re: Lost keyboard layout in Xfce4 after update

#3 2010-06-24 21:30:01

Re: Lost keyboard layout in Xfce4 after update

#4 2010-06-25 07:40:33

Re: Lost keyboard layout in Xfce4 after update

#5 2010-06-25 09:21:27

Re: Lost keyboard layout in Xfce4 after update

#6 2010-06-25 09:26:57

Re: Lost keyboard layout in Xfce4 after update

#7 2010-07-09 21:51:09

Re: Lost keyboard layout in Xfce4 after update

#8 2010-07-09 22:24:17

Re: Lost keyboard layout in Xfce4 after update

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