[SOLVED] keyboard layout is reset on login (reboot) when fctix5

gucio321 · 2024-11-26 22:45:30

Hi!
whenever I set my keyboard layout to something other than english (e.g. polish) via gnome settings it is reset on reboot.
Am I missing something or its a bug?

TL;DR
just uninstall fctix5

Last edited by gucio321 (2024-11-28 08:55:36)

seth · 2024-11-27 07:32:08

The layout is generally transient.

If gnome fails to safe or restore the setting that's a gnome bug.
Does it restore other settings?

But you could also just not rely on gnome for this, https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Xorg/K … tion_files
(Even if you're using wayland, /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-keyboard.conf will most likely be picked up - the implementation is wayland compositors uses xkb)

gucio321 · 2024-11-27 09:45:19

Yes, gnome saves other settings.
To be honest, it actually "knows that it should remember about polish". Take a look at the screencast below:
Screencast.mp4 (sorry, IDK how to embed video)

If you use gnome, could you please also test on your machine?

BTW: /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d didn't work for me

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seth · 2024-11-27 11:04:42

If you use gnome

https://gucio321.github.io/git-and-share/screencast.mp4
Ah, multiple layouts - that rings a bell.
Can you please try to also remove the polish layout?

Resp. also try https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 8#p2131258

gucio321 · 2024-11-27 11:15:14

Can you please try to also remove the polish layout?

What do you mean? Idk how to do that

gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.input-sources sources
[('xkb', 'us')]
and when I add polish from gnome settings it says
[~ (0) ]$ gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.input-sources sources
[('xkb', 'us'), ('xkb', 'pl')]

seth · 2024-11-27 11:18:25

D'oh

intended to have wrote:

Can you please try to also remove the polish english layout?

Sorry.

gucio321 · 2024-11-27 16:32:51

I've tried but it resets after reboot too.

seth · 2024-11-28 07:00:16

Does the setting survive a logout?

* Log into gnome, alter the layout
* log into the console on a different TTY
* check the value there
* log out of gnome and
* check the setting on the console again
* log in back into gnome and
* check the setting again (regardless where)

gucio321 · 2024-11-28 07:48:11

You're right, it actually resets after login
so the login process is a problem here...

seth · 2024-11-28 07:54:12

But it *did* survive the logout?
Can you replicate this w/ a fresh user account?
What do /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-keyboard.conf and /etc/vconsole.conf look like?

gucio321 · 2024-11-28 08:04:38

But it *did* survive the logout?

yes and even a reboot without logging in

What do /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-keyboard.conf and /etc/vconsole.conf look like?

/etc/xorg.conf.d even doesn't exist
vconsole.conf:

# This is the fallback vconsole configuration provided by systemd.

KEYMAP=pl

also, Gnome just displayed this to me:

It sounds to be related imo...
Unfortunately I can't install this extension right now as gnomes gitlab decided to give 503 to me...
* should I install this extension to address my issue?
* should I use gnome's website to install this extesnsion or aur https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/gnom … mpanel-git?

gucio321 · 2024-11-28 08:09:09

more interessting: immediately after login, when I press super+space (shortcut for changing keyboard layout) it says i thas 2 layouts already, and then the above notification displays and the other layout disappears.

seth · 2024-11-28 08:15:32

Why do you have installed fcitx5 at all?
Gnome defaults to ibus and you're not requiring CJK input, are you?

gucio321 · 2024-11-28 08:22:00

Why do you have installed fcitx5 at all?
Gnome defaults to ibus and you're not requiring CJK input, are you?

no and idk why it is installed. I didn't install that explicitly maybe something else did?
shall I uninstall that anyway?

seth · 2024-11-28 08:32:32

Everything that's not there isn't breaking stuff
I don't see where it could be a dep for anything (maybe some gnome extension from the AUR?) but you'll get a warning in that case when trying to remove it.

gucio321 · 2024-11-28 08:37:43

ąęćśó
now it works! fcitx5 was the case. I think I tried to install xfce some time ago and it could have been installed as a dependency there.

Thank you so much for help!

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