I am not quite sure what rules.evdev.lst does, but it certainly gets read by setxkbmap. So to reproduce the bug you may need
$ diff /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev.lst /usr/local/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev.lst 659a660 > mod3 gb: Mod3 modifier which I omitted to mention in my report above. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to x11-xkb-utils in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1556295 Title: setxkbmap -I /usr/local/share/X11/xkb broken Status in x11-xkb-utils package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: x11-xkb-utils 7.7+1 (as supplied with Ubuntu 14.04 - Trusty) setxkbmap -I /usr/local/share/X11/xkb should search first in /usr/local/share/X11/xkb, and if not found then search in /usr/share/X11/xkb Instead, it appears to search first in the current directory, and then in /usr/share/X11/xkb To reproduce, set up some file in /usr/local/share/X11/xkb/rules. For example, I created a modified version of evdev with $ diff /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev /usr/local/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev 247c247,248 < * $sun_custom $sun_var = pc+sun_vndr/%l%(v) --- > ! * $sun_custom $sun_var = pc+sun_vndr/%l%(v) > $sun gb mod3 = pc+gb(mod3) 332c333,334 < $sun $sun_custom = pc+sun_vndr/%l%(v) --- > ! $sun $sun_custom = pc+sun_vndr/%l%(v) > $sun gb pc+gb%(v) Then $ cd /usr/local/share/X11/xkb/ $ setxkbmap -query -v 10 -model sun_type6_unix_usb -layout gb -variant mod3 Setting verbose level to 10 locale is C Warning! Multiple definitions of keyboard model Using command line, ignoring X server Warning! Multiple definitions of keyboard layout Using command line, ignoring X server Warning! Multiple definitions of layout variant Using command line, ignoring X server Trying to load rules file ./rules/evdev... Success. Applied rules from evdev: rules: evdev model: sun_type6_unix_usb layout: gb variant: mod3 Trying to build keymap using the following components: keycodes: evdev+aliases(qwerty) types: complete compat: complete symbols: pc+gb(mod3)+inet(evdev) geometry: sun(type6unix) rules: evdev model: sun_type6_unix_usb layout: gb variant: mod3 Observe the "symbols: pc+gb(mod3)+inet(evdev)" which is exactly what I wanted (clearly I had also to set up a suitably hacked symbols/gb file) Now try the following from the home directory, which ought to have produced the same result: $ cd $ setxkbmap -I /usr/local/share/X11/xkb -query -v 10 -model sun_type6_unix_usb -layout gb -variant mod3 Setting verbose level to 10 locale is C Warning! Multiple definitions of keyboard model Using command line, ignoring X server Warning! Multiple definitions of keyboard layout Using command line, ignoring X server Warning! Multiple definitions of layout variant Using command line, ignoring X server Trying to load rules file ./rules/evdev... Trying to load rules file /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev... Success. Applied rules from evdev: rules: evdev model: sun_type6_unix_usb layout: gb variant: mod3 Trying to build keymap using the following components: keycodes: evdev+aliases(qwerty) types: complete compat: complete symbols: pc+sun_vndr/gb(mod3)+inet(evdev) geometry: sun(type6unix) rules: evdev model: sun_type6_unix_usb layout: gb variant: mod3 Evidently it was 'Trying to load rules file /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev...', but clearly it was still using the rules/evdev from /usr/share/X11/xkb (all of which can be confirmed by running both attempts with 'strace -e trace=open ...) Note that there is some disagreement between the manpage and the -help as to whether there should be a space after the '-I'. The bug arises with and without that space. So this is a subsidiary bug in the -help, which ought to be fixed. Note also that it thinks that it is in the 'C' locale, whereas I actually use 'en_GB.UTF-8'. This is another subsidiary bug; I have verified using gdb that there is no relevant call of 'getenv'. Note also that is -I <directory> of xkbcomp appears to work correctly. Share and Enjoy! To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/x11-xkb-utils/+bug/1556295/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
