On 23/08/2019 04:14, Christopher Gregory via blfs-support wrote: > Hello, > > There is a thread from earlier this year that I found regarding gdm and > non-us keyboards. Though some of it is systemd related, the same files > should be able to be modified for e-logind: > > https://forums.nomachine.com/topic/wrong-keyboard-layout-during-login-in-ubuntu > > The main fix seems to be at the last post, but even in that post the person > who posted the solution refers to a post they made further up. > > Regards, > > Christopher. > >> Sent: Friday, August 23, 2019 at 10:14 AM >> From: "Ken Moffat via blfs-support" <blfs-support@lists.linuxfromscratch.org> >> To: "BLFS Support List" <blfs-support@lists.linuxfromscratch.org> >> Cc: "Ken Moffat" <zarniwh...@ntlworld.com> >> Subject: Re: [blfs-support] gdm: how to use a non us keyboard? >> >> On Thu, Aug 22, 2019 at 06:41:21PM +0200, Pierre Labastie via blfs-support >> wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I've completed the build of BLFS Sysv-elogind on LFS-9.0-rc1. Apart from >>> what >>> I've already reported, things are going rather well, but I have a problem >>> with >>> gdm: At first I thought it was not working, since I could not log in, while >>> I >>> could "startx" gnome, or lxde without problem. >>> >>> Then, I noticed that when "startx'ing" gnome, the keyboard was set to us, >>> while I have: >>> Section "InputClass" >>> Identifier "libinput keyboard catchall" >>> MatchIsKeyboard "on" >>> MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*" >>> Driver "libinput" >>> Option "XkbLayout" "fr" >>> in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/40-libinput.conf >>> >>> Inside gnome, I could add a keyboard using the settings manager, and switch >>> to >>> the fr layout, but this made me think that the keyboard layout in gdm was >>> still us. So I typed my password as if I was on a us keyboard (well, not so >>> easy :), and bingo, gnome started... >>> >>> So gdm is working, but I've not found any way to have it use a French kb >>> layout... >>> >>> I've tried adding "setxkbmap fr" at the end of /etc/gdm/Init/Default, but it >>> did not work. >>> So I do not know where to set this. >>> >>> Note that American or British users are not likely to be affected :) >>> >>> Pierre >> >> Actually, British users will affected a little (but clearly not as >> much as people with azerty or qwertz keyboards) - in Britain we have >> '£' where americans have '#', we swap '"' and '@', and '#' + '~', >> '|' + '\' move around (ISTR British '|' and '\' are on a key >> position which American keymaps lack). >> >> Good Luck with this, there are lots of old reports related to this, >> but things may have changed in newer versions of gnome. The Arch >> wiki appears to suggest updating the Xorg configuration (or using >> localectl for systemd) and restarting X (presumably a reboot if in >> runlevel 5). >> >> I notice you have done this in 40-libinput.conf as the catchall, in >> my own builds I separate the keyboard definition to an earlier file. >> >> The example at Arch for Xorg, linked from the gdm page >> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GDM is >> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xorg/Keyboard_configuration#Using_X_configuration_files >> with 00-keyboard.conf, so it gets read first, and uses >> Identifier "system-keyboard" - I can't believe that the name >> _ought_ to be important, but perhaps it is. >> >> On the desktop where I'm writing this with a British keyboard I >> have: >> >> 10-quirks.conf >> >> Default modifications for specific pointing devices or a specific >> accelerometer. >> >> 11-keyboard.conf >> >> My own keyboard settings (two extended variant gb maps with compose >> and group switching) - described as Identifier "keyboard-all" : >> >> Section "InputClass" >> Identifier "keyboard-all" >> Driver "libinput" >> # for my own russian variant, specific to a gb keyboard, I put it in >> gb >> Option "XkbLayout" "gb,gb" >> # I assume that the model will remain as evdev >> Option "XkbModel" "evdev" >> # add my own 'deader' gb variant - more dead keys >> Option "XkbVariant" "deader,rusphon" >> Option "XkbOptions" >> "ctrl_alt_bksp,grp:lctrl_lwin_rctrl_menu,compose:caps" >> MatchIsKeyboard "on" >> EndSection >> >> 40-libinput.conf >> >> which includes >> >> Section "InputClass" >> Identifier "libinput keyboard catchall" >> MatchIsKeyboard "on" >> MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*" >> Driver "libinput" >> EndSection >> >> All I can suggest is to move the keyboard definitions to an earlier >> file and restart X (which probably means rebooting from runlevel 5). >> >> Ah, I continued looking for anything which might be relevant (rather >> than the more common unsolved, or solved by an upgrade, results) and >> found an old (January 2015) comment in a mageia thread >> >> https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14476 (Comment 23) : >> >> | The installer should (AFAIK) write the correct vconsole.conf file, >> | but it might not add a dropin file (that systemd manipulates) into >> | /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-keyboard.conf (which is a file manipulated >> | by localed to provide the systemd services). >> >> And, of course, gdm assumes systemd will be running. >> So, 00-keyboard.conf might be required. >> >> ĸen >> -- >> Adopted by dwarfs, brought up by dwarfs. 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Thanks to you both for your answers. The thread mentioned by Christopher is interesting, but the solution seems to use: localectl set-x11-keymap xx Problem is that localectl is not available with Sysv-elogind... It certainly modifies the right config files, but which ones??? Also, I've tried lightdm and lxdm, and both use the fr keyboard with the configuration I have. Note that 40-libinput.conf is the only file in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d, so there should be no problem with conf ordering (unless a file which comes earlier in alphabetical order in /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d may take precedence, but I do not think so). So gdm does something different from other dm's. That's always the problem I have with gnome. They do things differently, but I am unable to know what the difference is. I've also tried to run "gsettings list-recursively", which is supposed to give all the settings in gnome. The relevant keys seem to be in "org.gnome.desktop.input-sources" specifically the "sources" and "xkb-options" keys. But where is the doc about those keys? (how do I set them for all users, what is the format, etc). Ah, I think that's what I am able to do when tweaking settings in gnome, but I must be logged in the DE first, and it only makes the change for $USER, and it saves the settings in a binary file! Pierre -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
