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C5OK5Y

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Registered: 2010-07-04

Posts: 48

[CLOSED] Unable to set keyboard layout from /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/

This is my /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-keyboard.conf:

Section "InputClass"
        Identifier             "keyboard-layout"
        MatchIsKeyboard        "on"
        Option "XkbLayout"     "cz,us" 
        Option "XkbOptions"    "grp:alt_shift_toggle"
EndSection

I wrote the according to the wiki recommendations, but it doesn't work. Issuing setxkbmap -layout "cz,us" -option "grp:alt_shift_toggle" automatically after logging in serves as a temporary solution, but I'm highly interested in fixing the primary issue. I would greatly appreciate if someone helped my find the error in my config file and/or posted their way to change the xorg keyboard layout in order to compare it with my way and find the error. Also note that I'm using Awesome WM so desktop environment ways of setting the keyboard layout aren't applicable in my case.

Last edited by C5OK5Y (2012-12-28 15:01:25)

chris_l

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Registered: 2010-12-01

Posts: 390

Re: [CLOSED] Unable to set keyboard layout from /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/

my /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/01-keyboard-layout.conf :

Section "InputClass"
	Identifier "Keyboard-layout"
	Driver "evdev"
	MatchIsKeyboard "yes"
	Option "XkbLayout" "es(dvorak)"
EndSection

The most relevant difference I note, is that you are lacking the Driver part

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C5OK5Y

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Registered: 2010-07-04

Posts: 48

Re: [CLOSED] Unable to set keyboard layout from /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/

@chris_l: Thank you for your /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/01-keyboard-layout.conf.

I have found out that the actual problem isn't in the configuration file but in the actual keyboard (more accurately xorg) - the keyboard gets incorrectly identified and xorg seems to think that it's a pointer (mouse). When I connect a different keyboard, the layout gets set correctly, xorg just isn't setting the keyboard layout correctly to the keyboard that I use. I have filed a bug report so this thread can be considered closed.

Last edited by C5OK5Y (2012-12-29 12:58:44)