Setting setxkbmap on login to XFCE

Cromulent · 2014-11-16 13:15:05

So I was having a problem with the keyboard layout in XFCE being wrong and found that the correct command to use was:

setxkbmap gb

and that worked well. It is just that when I reboot the machine the setting is lost. In the keyboard Arch wiki article it says to add setxkbmap gb to .xinitrc in order to make sure it persists across reboots but that doesn't seem to be doing the trick. Any hints on where I should put that line so it stays set?

The article in question is this one:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ke … _setxkbmap

Last edited by Cromulent (2014-11-16 13:15:51)

MK13 · 2014-11-16 13:44:25

You could use xinit

EDIT: Whoops, didn't read your post carefully...
Could you post your xinitrc?

Last edited by MK13 (2014-11-16 13:45:31)

Cromulent · 2014-11-16 15:15:54

Sure.

#!/bin/sh
#
# ~/.xinitrc
#
# Executed by startx (run your window manager from here)

if [ -d /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d ]; then
  for f in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/*; do
    [ -x "$f" ] && . "$f"
  done
  unset f
fi

# exec gnome-session
# exec startkde
exec startxfce4
# ...or the Window Manager of your choice

dropboxd
setxkbmap gb

thiagowfx · 2014-11-16 15:20:29

You could make this setting persistent across reboots (therefore, not including it in your .xinitrc), by:

localectl set-x11-keymap gb

Localectl is part of systemd.

Brother Root · 2014-11-16 15:21:34

Try:

dropboxd
setxkbmap gb

# exec gnome-session
# exec startkde
exec startxfce4
# ...or the Window Manager of your choice

In short,

exec startxfce4

should be the last line, not the first.

Cromulent · 2014-11-16 15:27:38

Ah, thank you both.

thiagowfx wrote:

You could make this setting persistent across reboots (therefore, not including it in your .xinitrc), by:
localectl set-x11-keymap gb
Localectl is part of systemd.

I assume that means localectl is system wide then? The man page seems to say so. In that case that sounds like the best option. Not having to faff around with the .xinitrc file for new users is a big plus.

thiagowfx · 2014-11-16 16:51:33

Cromulent wrote:

I assume that means localectl is system wide then?

Yes: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Locale

karol · 2014-11-16 20:30:13

Brother Root wrote:

exec startxfce4
should be the last line, not the first.

This: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xinit (read the first note).

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Setting setxkbmap on login to XFCE

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