[SOLVED] setxkbmap grp: not having any effect

fistrosan · 2022-11-28 09:41:07

Hi all. I am trying to cycle between us,es,de keyboard layouts using setxkbmap -option grp: However it does not matter what combination I chose from the available ones (i.e alt_shift_toggle or whatever) that it simply does not change. I can manually change it using setxkbmap -model pc104 -layout de, but it is the cycling between layouts that is not working. Any ideas as to what might be going on here ?

/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-keyboard.conf

Section "InputClass"
	Identifier "system-keyboard"
	MatchIsKeyboard "on"
	Option "Xkblayout" "de"
EndSection

/etc/vconsole.conf

KEYMAP=de-latin1

~/.xinitrc

setxkbmap -model pc104 -layout de,us,es -option grp:alt_shift_toogle
exec /usr/bin/i3 -c .config/i3/config

Edit: solved by correcting the spelling error in the call to setxkbmap ... it should be "toggle" instead of "toogle"

Last edited by fistrosan (2022-11-29 18:26:26)

seth · 2022-11-28 10:13:40

vconsole isn't relevant.
What's the output of "setxkbmap -print -query"?

setxkbmap -model pc104 -layout de

This will reconfigure the keyboard to only the "de" layout - cycling will not work afterwards for sure (also it's slow and restricitve)

Also what's the testcase for "is not working"?
Simply qwertz/qwerty or some shortcut (because those have other pitfalls)?

fistrosan · 2022-11-28 10:36:17

Hi Seth, let us see.

Seth wrote:

What's the output of "setxkbmap -print -query"?

xkb_keymap {
	xkb_keycodes  { include "evdev+aliases(qwertz)"	};
	xkb_types     { include "complete"	};
	xkb_compat    { include "complete"	};
	xkb_symbols   { include "pc+de+us:2+es:3+inet(evdev)"	};
	xkb_geometry  { include "pc(pc104)"	};
};
rules:      evdev
model:      pc104
layout:     de,us,es
options:    grp:alt_shift_toogle

Seth wrote:

Also what's the testcase for "is not working"?

After pressing alt_shift I am still on "de" ... (i.e. "z" is still "z" and not "y")

Seth wrote:

This will reconfigure the keyboard to only the "de" layout - cycling will not work afterwards for sure (also it's slow and restricitve)

What I meant is that if I type only "setxkbmap -model pc104 -layout de" it does change to German and then "setxkbmap -model pc104 -layout en" will change to English ... in other words, setxkbmap is working ... it is grp option that it does not work.

Question: would you suggest maybe modifying keyboard.conf in X11 to include

Option "XkbLayout" "de,en,es"
Option "XkbOptions" "grp:alt_shift_toggle"

seth · 2022-11-28 11:14:07

would you suggest maybe modifying keyboard.conf in X11 to include

Whether you change that w/ the server config or the init scripts only impacts the scope - on de-facto single user system it doesn't matter.

After pressing alt_shift I am still on "de" ... (i.e. "z" is still "z" and not "y")

Does that also affect shift+z/shift+y for Z/Y?

Edit: to riff on that, try to run some random xmodmap or just "xkbset -r; xkbset r", https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/xkbset

Last edited by seth (2022-11-28 15:38:46)

fistrosan · 2022-11-29 18:24:41

boy oh boy ... this is what happens when one does not pay attention ... it is not toogle but toggle ... now it works ... geeez ....

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[SOLVED] setxkbmap grp: not having any effect

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