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Keyboard layout reset when launching X under display managers

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  Keyboard layout reset when launching X under display managers David Banks <amoebae@gmail.com> - 2019-07-17 07:50 +0200
    Re: Keyboard layout reset when launching X under display managers Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-07-17 09:40 +0200
      Re: Keyboard layout reset when launching X under display managers David Banks <amoebae@gmail.com> - 2019-07-17 18:00 +0200

#211439 — Keyboard layout reset when launching X under display managers

Hi, using Buster, I have my /etc/default/keyboard set up like this:

    XKBOPTIONS="pc105"
    XKBLAYOUT="gb"
    XKBOPTIONS="ctrl:nocaps"
    BACKSPACE="guess"
    XKBVARIANT=""

I am using Fluxbox without any configuration.   When I launch Fluxbox
through GDM, my keyboard layout does not get applied.  Inside fluxbox,
in a terminal I run "setxkbmap -query":

    rules:      evdev
    model:      pc105
    layout:     us
    options:    ctrl:nocaps

As you can see, the XKBOPTIONS have been applied, but somehow the
layout has not been applied, or has been overwritten.

If I run "setxkbmap gb", the correct layout is applied for that X
session.  However, putting that command into .xsessionrc does NOT work
-- even with that command in .xsessionrc, the layout is still 'us'
after Fluxbox login.
This behaviour is not restricted to gdm, it happens identically in
slim and lightdm as well.
However, this does NOT happen when I remove all display managers and
use startx directly.  When using startx, the correct keyboard layout
is used.  (No extra setxkbmap call is needed in .xinitrc, either, the
settings from /etc/default/keyboard are working as expected).

What could be the problem here?
If this is a bug, it's difficult to know what it's even a bug with --
I can't identify a specific package that has the problem.
It's not a problem with Fluxbox, either, because I get identical
behaviour when using different WMs such as Xmonad.

Thanks!
-- 
David Banks  <amoebae@gmail.com>

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#211443

On 2019-07-17, David Banks <amoebae@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, using Buster, I have my /etc/default/keyboard set up like this:
>
>     XKBOPTIONS="pc105"
>     XKBLAYOUT="gb"
>     XKBOPTIONS="ctrl:nocaps"
>     BACKSPACE="guess"
>     XKBVARIANT=""
>
> I am using Fluxbox without any configuration.   When I launch Fluxbox
> through GDM, my keyboard layout does not get applied.  Inside fluxbox,
> in a terminal I run "setxkbmap -query":
>
>     rules:      evdev
>     model:      pc105
>     layout:     us
>     options:    ctrl:nocaps
>
> As you can see, the XKBOPTIONS have been applied, but somehow the
> layout has not been applied, or has been overwritten.
>

As you mentioned GDM, it's possible your settings are being
overridden by 'gsettings'.

To verify that hypothesis:
 gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.input-sources xkb-options

Reset if necessary with:
 gsettings reset org.gnome.desktop.input-sources xkb-options

(All gleaned from the Debian keyboard wiki.)

-- 
“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” 
― Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan

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#211479

On 17/07/2019 08:30, Curt wrote:
> As you mentioned GDM, it's possible your settings are being
> overridden by 'gsettings'.
> 
> To verify that hypothesis:
>   gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.input-sources xkb-options
> 
> Reset if necessary with:
>   gsettings reset org.gnome.desktop.input-sources xkb-options
> 
> (All gleaned from the Debian keyboard wiki.)

I wrote a reply to this before, but it got deleted.  The culprit was 
ibus.  The fix was: ibus-setup > Advanced > Use system keyboard layout.

Dave

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