After installing NixOS last night, I have been trying to switch the X server to use the dvorak keyboard layout. However, whenever the system boots and the display manager (slim) starts up, everything still uses QWERTY, even the login prompt. In my configuration.nix, which is on <https://github.com/unternehmen/nix-configuration>, I have the following lines:
services.xserver = { enable = true; exportConfiguration = true; layout = "dvorak"; xkbVariant = ""; xkbOptions = "ctrl:nocaps"; # Enable the XFCE Desktop Environment. desktopManager.xfce.enable = true; }; Furthermore, several commands report that dvorak is being used, even though QWERTY is instead. For example, I typed these commands (with QWERTY): $ localectl status System Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8 VC Keymap: dvorak X11 Layout: n/a $ setxkbmap -query rules: evdev model: pc104 layout: dvorak options: ctrl:nocaps And in /etc/X11/xorg.conf, the following section exists, which should be setting the keyboard layout to dvorak when X starts up: Section "InputClass" Identifier "Keyboard catchall" MatchIsKeyboard "on" Option "XkbRules" "base" Option "XkbModel" "pc104" Option "XkbLayout" "dvorak" Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:nocaps" Option "XkbVariant" "" EndSection The only aspect of my chosen keymap which is actually working on startup is the ctrl:nocaps option. So, when X starts up and the layout is set to QWERTY, I can type Caps Lock-C and it will work just as if I had typed Ctrl-C. If I manually set the keymap to dvorak within an X session using `setxkbmap dvorak`, X starts using dvorak correctly. After I do so, the above commands output the same thing they did before. This makes me think that somehow the keymap is being set to QWERTY behind the backs of setxkbmap and localectl, although I don't know what could be causing that. Have I configured the system wrongly? How can I get X to really use dvorak when it starts up? Thanks in advance for any help. _______________________________________________ nix-dev mailing list nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev