Setting keyboard layout with SLiM login manager doesn't work

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Jan Wielkiewicz wrote 6 years ago

Recipients:(address . bug-guix@gnu.org)

Message-ID:20190916002322.04834163@interia.pl

Hi everyone!

I've tried using the default Polish keyboard layout with

SLiM and it doesn't seem to work - the system reconfigures properly

with no single error or warning, then after rebooting and logging in,

the layout is unavailable - only the US layout. The Polish layout is

aviable in tty's, but not in X sessions. I've run guix pull

several days ago.

This is my configuration:

(keyboard-layout (keyboard-layout "pl" "legacy"))

[...]

(service slim-service-type

(slim-configuration

(display ":0")

(vt "vt7")))

(set-xorg-configuration (xorg-configuration

(keyboard-layout keyboard-layout))

slim-service-type)

PS tried sending this message to

https://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/26234

but it got lost. Is it an accident, or is sending messages to closed

issues impossible?

---

Jan Wielkiewicz

quiliro wrote 6 years ago

Recipients:(name . Jan Wielkiewicz)(address . tona_kosmicznego_smiecia@interia.pl)(address . 37422@debbugs.gnu.org)

Message-ID:22959e14d5c70a94bf9cd886d9d06e90.squirrel@sm.riseup.net

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> PS tried sending this message to

> https://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/26234

> but it got lost. Is it an accident, or is sending messages to closed

> issues impossible?

It is closed. This was the last comment:

It’s been a while :-), but this is fixed by
598757e038ab5dea3b59c9c248a2ad860c41fe62, which lets you choose the Xorg
keyboard layout (this was already possible before actually, but a bit
more involved.)

Jan wrote 6 years ago

Recipients:(address . quiliro@riseup.net)(address . 37422@debbugs.gnu.org)

Message-ID:20190918134113.1fa40783@kompiuter

On Wed, 18 Sep 2019 00:00:27 -0500

quiliro@riseup.net wrote:

Toggle quote (13 lines)> > PS tried sending this message to
> > https://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/26234
> > but it got lost. Is it an accident, or is sending messages to closed
> > issues impossible?  
> 
> It is closed. This was the last comment:
> 
> It’s been a while :-), but this is fixed by
> 598757e038ab5dea3b59c9c248a2ad860c41fe62, which lets you choose the
> Xorg keyboard layout (this was already possible before actually, but
> a bit more involved.)
> 

The answer is from March, I ran "guix pull" and "sudo guix system
reconfigure /etc/config.scm" today, and the keyboard layout is still
unavailable. There's a chance this bug is similar to the bug from
the past, but not the same, letting it exist unnoticed.

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Jan Wielkiewicz

=?utf-8?q?Wiktor_=C5=BBelazny?= wrote 5 years ago

Recipients:(address . bug-guix@gnu.org)(address . 37422@debbugs.gnu.org)

Message-ID:20190926161703.uwt5ahj5u4ot33a7@wz.localdomain

On Mon, Sep 16, 2019 at 12:23:22AM +0200, Jan Wielkiewicz wrote:

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> I've tried using the default Polish keyboard layout with SLiM and it

> doesn't seem to work

Hi,

In case you haven’t found the solution, yet, perhaps this snippet from
my config.scm will help you. You will need to trim it to adapt to your
circumstances.

  (services (cons* (service slim-service-type (slim-configuration
                                                (display ":0")
                                                (vt "vt7")
                                                (auto-login? #t)
                                                (default-user "w")
                                                (xorg-configuration
                                                  (xorg-configuration
                                                    (keyboard-layout (keyboard-layout "pl,cz"
                                                                                      "legacy,ucw"
                                                                                      #:options '("compose:menu,grp:caps_switch")))))))
  ;; skipped content
  ))

WŻ

Jan Wielkiewicz wrote 5 years ago

Recipients:(name . Wiktor Żelazny)(address . wz@freeshell.de)(address . 37422@debbugs.gnu.org)

Message-ID:20190926224645.0dcf55fe@interia.pl

Hi,

I've tried this solution already, but it didn't work for me then and it
doesn't work now. When I try to reconfigure my system, guix throws:

guix system: error: failed to load '/etc/config.scm':
/etc/config.scm:66:57: Wrong type to apply: #<<keyboard-layout> name:
"pl" variant: "legacy" model: #f options: ()>

Don't really know why this happens. Here's my config.scm:

(services
  (append
   (list (service mate-desktop-service-type)
	 (service slim-service-type
	 	  (slim-configuration
	 	   (display ":0")
	 	   (vt "vt7")
		   (xorg-configuration (xorg-configuration
					(keyboard-layout
(keyboard-layout "pl" "legacy")))))) (service tor-service-type)
         (extra-special-file "/bin/bash"
                             (file-append coreutils "/bin/bash"))
	 ;; (set-xorg-configuration
	 ;;  (xorg-configuration
	 ;;   (keyboard-layout keyboard-layout))
	 ;;  slim-service-type))
	 )
	 
   (remove (lambda (service)
	     (eq? (service-kind service) gdm-service-type))
	   %desktop-services))))

Dnia 2019-09-26, o godz. 18:17:03
Wiktor Żelazny <wz@freeshell.de> napisał(a):

Toggle quote (21 lines)> Hi,
> 
> In case you haven’t found the solution, yet, perhaps this snippet from
> my config.scm will help you. You will need to trim it to adapt to your
> circumstances.
> 
>   (services (cons* (service slim-service-type (slim-configuration
>                                                 (display ":0")
>                                                 (vt "vt7")
>                                                 (auto-login? #t)
>                                                 (default-user "w")
>                                                 (xorg-configuration
>                                                   (xorg-configuration
>                                                     (keyboard-layout
> (keyboard-layout "pl,cz" "legacy,ucw"
>                                                                                       #:options
> '("compose:menu,grp:caps_switch"))))))) ;; skipped content
>   ))
> 
> WŻ

Jan Wielkiewicz

=?utf-8?q?Wiktor_=C5=BBelazny?= wrote 5 years ago

Recipients:(address . 37422@debbugs.gnu.org)

Message-ID:20190928073552.ttkeuxciq5s7x4fk@wz.localdomain

On Thu, Sep 26, 2019 at 10:46:45PM +0200, Jan Wielkiewicz wrote:

Toggle quote (28 lines)> guix system: error: failed to load '/etc/config.scm':
> /etc/config.scm:66:57: Wrong type to apply: #<<keyboard-layout> name:
> "pl" variant: "legacy" model: #f options: ()>
>
> Don't really know why this happens. Here's my config.scm:
>
> (services
>   (append
>    (list (service mate-desktop-service-type)
> 	 (service slim-service-type
> 	 	  (slim-configuration
> 	 	   (display ":0")
> 	 	   (vt "vt7")
> 		   (xorg-configuration (xorg-configuration
> 					(keyboard-layout
> (keyboard-layout "pl" "legacy")))))) (service tor-service-type)
>          (extra-special-file "/bin/bash"
>                              (file-append coreutils "/bin/bash"))
> 	 ;; (set-xorg-configuration
> 	 ;;  (xorg-configuration
> 	 ;;   (keyboard-layout keyboard-layout))
> 	 ;;  slim-service-type))
> 	 )
> 	 
>    (remove (lambda (service)
> 	     (eq? (service-kind service) gdm-service-type))
> 	   %desktop-services))))

My wild guess at it would be:

Toggle diff (16 lines)diff --git a/config.scm b/config.scm
index 83044a1..1c07417 100644
--- a/config.scm
+++ b/config.scm
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@
          ;;  (xorg-configuration
          ;;   (keyboard-layout keyboard-layout))
          ;;  slim-service-type))
-         )

    (remove (lambda (service)
              (eq? (service-kind service) gdm-service-type))
-           %desktop-services))))
+           %desktop-services)))))

WŻ

Jan Wielkiewicz wrote 5 years ago

Recipients:(name . Wiktor Żelazny)(address . wz@freeshell.de)(address . 37422@debbugs.gnu.org)

Message-ID:20190928132227.47ad90d5@interia.pl

On Sat, 28 Sep 2019 09:35:52 +0200

Wiktor elazny <wz@freeshell.de> wrote:

Toggle quote (19 lines)> My wild guess at it would be:
> 
> diff --git a/config.scm b/config.scm
> index 83044a1..1c07417 100644
> --- a/config.scm
> +++ b/config.scm
> @@ -15,8 +15,7 @@
>           ;;  (xorg-configuration
>           ;;   (keyboard-layout keyboard-layout))
>           ;;  slim-service-type))
> -         )
> 
>     (remove (lambda (service)
>               (eq? (service-kind service) gdm-service-type))
> -           %desktop-services))))
> +           %desktop-services)))))
> 
> W

I can't really remove it - notice I'm using append and two

lists instead of cons* - the remove procedure returns a list of services

without GDM and removing the parenthesis would make a nested list

inside the list of services "operating-system" accepts.

I've just replaced append+list with cons* just for testing purposes and

it still doesn't work, the same result.

But trying another solution have helped:

I replaced (keyboard-layout (keyboard-layout ...)) in slim-configuration

with (keyboard-layout keyboard-layout).

Thanks for helping me.

set-xorg-configuration doesn't work with slim though, would be nice if

someone fixed it and the fact (keyboard-layout (keyboard-layout "pl,cz"

"legacy,ucw")) works on your machine, but not on mine is strange.

Jan Wielkiewicz

=?utf-8?q?Wiktor_=C5=BBelazny?= wrote 5 years ago

Recipients:(address . 37422@debbugs.gnu.org)

Message-ID:20190929122759.wamb6ophk3r2r4ki@wz.localdomain

On Sat, Sep 28, 2019 at 01:22:27PM +0200, Jan Wielkiewicz wrote:

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> set-xorg-configuration doesn't work with slim though, would be nice

> if someone fixed it and the fact (keyboard-layout (keyboard-layout

> "pl,cz" "legacy,ucw")) works on your machine, but not on mine is

> strange.

The last thing that comes to my mind is the line:

(use-service-modules desktop xorg)

Have you got these in your config.scm?

WŻ

Jan wrote 5 years ago

Recipients:(name . Wiktor Żelazny)(address . wz@freeshell.de)(address . 37422@debbugs.gnu.org)

Message-ID:20190929145721.048280ac@kompiuter

On Sun, 29 Sep 2019 14:27:59 +0200

Wiktor Żelazny <wz@freeshell.de> wrote:

Toggle quote (8 lines)

> The last thing that comes to my mind is the line:

> (use-service-modules desktop xorg)

> Have you got these in your config.scm?

> WŻ

Yes I have. I wouldn't be able to run Mate DE, if I didn't have

these two.

Jan Wielkiewicz

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