On Tue, Apr 27, 2021 at 12:38:23PM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> What do you mean by “fails on real hardware”? That the keyboard layout
> is unchanged?
Yes.
> Is there anything in /var/log/messages
No, nothing out of the ordinary, only the installer pages I went
through.
> or wherever kmscon
> writes its logs?
I try with
diff --git a/gnu/services/base.scm b/gnu/services/base.scm
index 24b3ea785b..0eff24828c 100644
--- a/gnu/services/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/base.scm
@@ -2330,6 +2330,7 @@ This service is not part of @var{%base-services}."
(define kmscon-command
#~(list
+ #$(file-append strace "/bin/strace") "-o" "/var/log/kmscon-out"
"-f"
#$(file-append kmscon "/bin/kmscon") "--login"
"--vt" #$virtual-terminal
"--no-switchvt" ;Prevent a switch to the virtual terminal.
I do
cat /var/log/kmscon-out | grep keymap-update
I see
231 unlink("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update") = -1 ENOENT (No such file or
directory)
231 mknod("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", S_IFIFO|0700) = 0
231 openat(AT_FDCWD, "/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK) =
17
231 unlink("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update") = 0
231 mknod("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", S_IFIFO|0700) = 0
231 openat(AT_FDCWD, "/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK) =
20
231 unlink("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update") = 0
231 mknod("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", S_IFIFO|0700) = 0
231 openat(AT_FDCWD, "/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK) =
23
231 unlink("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update") = 0
231 mknod("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", S_IFIFO|0700) = 0
231 openat(AT_FDCWD, "/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK) =
26
259 stat("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", {st_mode=S_IFIFO|0700, st_size=0,
...}) = 0
259 openat(AT_FDCWD, "/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update",
O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC, 0666) = 19
259 lstat("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", {st_mode=S_IFIFO|0700, st_size=0,
...}) = 0
231 unlink("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update") = 0
231 mknod("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", S_IFIFO|0700) = 0
231 openat(AT_FDCWD, "/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK) =
26
231 unlink("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update") = 0
231 mknod("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", S_IFIFO|0700) = 0
231 openat(AT_FDCWD, "/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK) =
18
231 unlink("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update") = 0
231 mknod("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", S_IFIFO|0700) = 0
231 openat(AT_FDCWD, "/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK) =
21
231 unlink("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update") = 0
231 mknod("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", S_IFIFO|0700) = 0
231 openat(AT_FDCWD, "/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK) =
24
Now I checked again; after going back to the installer via
Ctrl-Alt-F1, I can actually type Amharic. Maybe it just took a long
time? But it does not change back to English.
I have more lines in kmscon-out by now
231 unlink("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update") = -1 ENOENT (No such file or
directory)
231 mknod("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", S_IFIFO|0700) = 0
231 openat(AT_FDCWD, "/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK) =
17
231 unlink("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update") = 0
231 mknod("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", S_IFIFO|0700) = 0
231 openat(AT_FDCWD, "/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK) =
20
231 unlink("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update") = 0
231 mknod("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", S_IFIFO|0700) = 0
231 openat(AT_FDCWD, "/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK) =
23
231 unlink("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update") = 0
231 mknod("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", S_IFIFO|0700) = 0
231 openat(AT_FDCWD, "/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK) =
26
259 stat("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", {st_mode=S_IFIFO|0700, st_size=0,
...}) = 0
259 openat(AT_FDCWD, "/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update",
O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC, 0666) = 19
259 lstat("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", {st_mode=S_IFIFO|0700, st_size=0,
...}) = 0
231 unlink("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update") = 0
231 mknod("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", S_IFIFO|0700) = 0
231 openat(AT_FDCWD, "/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK) =
26
231 unlink("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update") = 0
231 mknod("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", S_IFIFO|0700) = 0
231 openat(AT_FDCWD, "/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK) =
18
231 unlink("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update") = 0
231 mknod("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", S_IFIFO|0700) = 0
231 openat(AT_FDCWD, "/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK) =
21
231 unlink("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update") = 0
231 mknod("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", S_IFIFO|0700) = 0
231 openat(AT_FDCWD, "/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK) =
24
259 stat("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", {st_mode=S_IFIFO|0700, st_size=0,
...}) = 0
259 openat(AT_FDCWD, "/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update",
O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC, 0666) = 19
259 lstat("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", {st_mode=S_IFIFO|0700, st_size=0,
...}) = 0
231 unlink("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update") = 0
231 mknod("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", S_IFIFO|0700) = 0
231 openat(AT_FDCWD, "/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK) =
24
It has still not gone back to English layout (except when I press
Alt+Shift).
Regards,
Florian
