Keys are incorrectly mapped

Brynte · 2022-11-10 15:08:24

Hello! First time poster here and very new arch user so please tell me if I've made any big mistakes in making this post! I recently switched over to arch after having had enough of windows, and I've been enjoying myself so far. There's one issue that I have not been able to overcome yet though, and that is the fact that my arrow keys, home, insert, pg up, pg dn, etc are mapped incorrectly!

I am using a normal swedish keyboard, and this issue occurs both when using the swedish qwerty layout and the US colemak layout (I usually use swedish colemak and tried to set that up but am focusing on getting my arrow keys back first) this issue only appears when I'm in a desktop environment and disappears if I exit the the desktop environment. I've tried using multiple different DEs and it appeared in all of them. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!

seth · 2022-11-10 15:41:42

What "multiple different DEs"?

echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE
setxkbmap -print -query

Brynte · 2022-11-10 15:52:22

seth wrote:

What "multiple different DEs"?

GNOME, KDE Plasma, Cutefish, Deepin

Currently running GNOME

seth wrote:

echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE

x11

seth wrote:

setxkbmap -print -query

xkb_keymap {
	xkb_keycodes  { include "xfree86+aliases(qwerty)"	};
	xkb_types     { include "complete"	};
	xkb_compat    { include "complete"	};
	xkb_symbols   { include "pc+colemak-se+inet(pc105)"	};
	xkb_geometry  { include "pc(pc105)"	};
};
rules:      xorg
model:      pc105
layout:     colemak-se

You can find colemak-se here: https://github.com/motform/colemak-se

seth · 2022-11-10 16:04:32

Your keyboard looks like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QWERTY#Swedish ?
Does

setxkbmap -layout se

get you the expected arrow keys, home, insert, pg up, pg dn?
What are they "inccorectly mapped" to?

Brynte · 2022-11-10 16:41:09

Yes that's what my keyboard looks like, no it doesn't get fixed by changing to swedish layout.

Arrow left is AltGraph, arrow right is "Unidentified", arrow up is Print Screen, arrow down is "OS", Insert is "Unidentified", Home is pause, pg up is /, pg dn is "Context Menu", delete is "Unidentified", End is super

seth · 2022-11-10 17:08:32

This isn't the layout, the geometry is off.
1. what device is this (I assume a notebook with a less than complete keyboard?)
2. Fn lock?

Brynte · 2022-11-10 17:15:54

I am on a notebook yes, but it has a numpad and all the normal keys, I am using an external keyboard though. You can find a picture of the keyboard here: https://www.kjell.com/globalassets/prod … 0&mode=pad

No difference is made if I turn on or off fn lock

seth · 2022-11-10 20:36:51

1. is the notebook keyboard likewise affected?
2. is that a programmable keyboard and is there a parallel windows installation?

Brynte · 2022-11-10 20:38:56

Yes the notebook keyboard is also affected, no it's not a programmable keyboard and no I do not run windows in parallel

seth · 2022-11-10 20:49:07

What exact notebook model is this (and what does its keyboard look like)
I assume the problem is coming from there.
Also post the xorg log, https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Xorg#General

Brynte · 2022-11-10 21:03:52

This is the exact model I have: https://www.elgiganten.se/product/gamin … ing/387181

The images there are wrong though, here's an image i've taken: https://i.imgur.com/zVj8f8k.jpg

Here's a paste of the log file: https://pastebin.com/cFzRzCru

seth · 2022-11-10 21:14:08

The Xtrfy M4 mouse registers as an additional keyboard… what happens if you unplug that?

Edit: otherwise, what set the model to pc105?
The devices are detected as pc104

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Brynte · 2022-11-10 21:15:15

No difference

seth · 2022-11-10 21:16:12

Cross-talk:

seth wrote:

otherwise, what set the model to pc105?
The devices are detected as pc104

Brynte · 2022-11-10 21:20:16

I have no idea! I remember making a keyboard.conf file in /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/ because it said to do that if you wanted the colemak-se layout permanently on the colemak-se github: https://github.com/motform/colemak-se#xkb could that have something to do with it?

Last edited by Brynte (2022-11-10 21:20:41)

seth · 2022-11-10 21:38:06

I'd test to move that file away and restart X11 and monitor the impact.

Option "XkbSymbols" "pc+colemak-se+inet(evdev)"

looks very suspicious.

Brynte · 2022-11-10 22:14:38

Okay, so moving the file away has made the keys behave properly again, and running

setxkbmap -v colemak-se && xset r 66

makes it work properly with colemak-se as well

How do I make this permanent now, so that I don't have to write

setxkbmap -v colemak-se && xset r 66

every time I reboot?

seth · 2022-11-10 22:33:16

Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "Colemak Layout"
        MatchIsKeyboard "on"
        Option "XkbLayout" "colemak-se"
        Option  "AutoRepeat" "660 66" # 660 would be the delay - the AR rate however has no impact on the layout
EndSection

Brynte · 2022-11-10 22:43:16

That sadly doesn't work, keyboard still doesn't switch to colemak until I write

setxkbmap -v colemak-se && xset r 66

seth · 2022-11-10 23:07:45

The layout might get overwritten by the desktop environment when is starts.
In that case you've to adjust the layout settings of the DE or use some autostart service to run setxkbmap w/ a delay.

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