Keyboard layout weirdness on USB keyboard

eworm · 2012-03-20 14:07:23

Hello everybody,

I have a little problem with my USB keyboard layout... This is my /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/05-keymap.conf:

Section "InputClass"
        Identifier      "Keyboard Defaults"
        MatchIsKeyboard "true"
        Option          "XkbLayout"     "de"
EndSection

I have an USB keyboard connected to my notebook. In /var/log/Xorg.0.log everything looks like the keyboard layout is configure correctly, but the USB keyboard still has US layout.
Now the weirdness: As soon as I press a single key on the notebook's built in keyboard (which requires to open the lid) the USB one switches layout to German as well and everything is fine.

Any ideas what goes wrong and how to get German layout without pressing a button on the built in keyboard?

Best regards,
Chris

teateawhy · 2012-03-20 17:41:10

Hopefully no one will sue me for writing German

Es gibt einen guten Beitrag im deutschen Wiki dazu, aber ich vermute dass der bereits bekannt ist?
https://wiki.archlinux.de/title/Arch_Li … ch_stellen
Am besten noch mal alle Datein durchgehen, die da erläutert werden.

Versuche als nächstes
"usbinput" und "keymap" zu den HOOKS in der mkinitcpio.conf hinzuzufügen.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mkinitcpio#HOOKS

Mit den Einstellungen läuft meine Tastatur am Laptop.

eworm · 2012-03-20 18:11:41

teateawhy wrote:

Hopefully no one will sue me for writing German
Es gibt einen guten Beitrag im deutschen Wiki dazu, aber ich vermute dass der bereits bekannt ist?
https://wiki.archlinux.de/title/Arch_Li … ch_stellen
Am besten noch mal alle Datein durchgehen, die da erläutert werden.

I did not know this as I prefer English documentation.
However this is exactly what I have...

teateawhy wrote:

Versuche als nächstes
"usbinput" und "keymap" zu den HOOKS in der mkinitcpio.conf hinzuzufügen.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mkinitcpio#HOOKS
Mit den Einstellungen läuft meine Tastatur am Laptop.

I do have these hooks. I do not have any problems (with both keybords) in console (tty1 to tty6) and even in initrd it works perfectly. The only problem is Xorg changing the layout for second keyboard (to the correct settings) after pressing a key on the first one.

cgarcia · 2015-09-25 19:31:29

(posted here by error, see https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1564869)

Last edited by cgarcia (2015-09-25 19:35:26)

WorMzy · 2015-09-26 08:47:14

Thanks for realising your mistake and creating a new topic.

Closing.

Arch Linux

#1 2012-03-20 14:07:23

Keyboard layout weirdness on USB keyboard

#2 2012-03-20 17:41:10

Re: Keyboard layout weirdness on USB keyboard

#3 2012-03-20 18:11:41

Re: Keyboard layout weirdness on USB keyboard

#4 2015-09-25 19:31:29

Re: Keyboard layout weirdness on USB keyboard

#5 2015-09-26 08:47:14

Re: Keyboard layout weirdness on USB keyboard

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