Keyboard layout setting fails when no keyboard is attached

I have Guix system installed on a Laptop/Tablet hybrid that allows

detaching the keyboard. In my system configuration, I set the keyboard

layout to the German QWERTZ using

(operating-system

...

(keyboard-layout

(keyboard-layout "de" "nodeadkeys"))

(bootloader

(bootloader-configuration

(bootloader grub-efi-bootloader)

(target "/boot/efi")

(keyboard-layout keyboard-layout)))

...

(services

(append

(list ...

(set-xorg-configuration

(xorg-configuration

(keyboard-layout keyboard-layout)

...

%desktop-services))))))

When the keyboard is attached, the keyboard layout is set correctly in

the TTY and in the graphical session. However, without the keyboard

attached, even when an external USB-keyboard is attached, the keyboard

layout is only set correctly in the TTY, but in the graphical session,

the default QWERTY layout is set.

This issue is obviously very easy to work around by either attaching the

keyboard or using setxkbmap, but the behaviour seems strange enough to

warrant reporting.

Best regards,

Dario

On Mon, September 16, 2019 10:32 am, dario wrote:

(keyboard-layout keyboard-layout))

This is my setting for that section:

(services (append (list

(service gnome-desktop-service-type)

(service xfce-desktop-service-type)

(set-xorg-configuration

(xorg-configuration ;for Xorg

(keyboard-layout keyboard-layout))))

%desktop-services))

I hope it is helpful.

This looks like what I have, apart from the fact that I use exwm and

therefore have neither gnome nor xfce services.

I just noticed that I may have messed up the parens when I copy/pasted

into the mail; in my config, they are correct.

Best regards,

Dario

quiliro@riseup.net writes:

Hello,

dario <dario.klingenberg@web.de> skribis:

Are you using GNOME, or Xfce, or some lightweight window manager?

When the X11 keyboard layout is incorrect, are there any hints in

~/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.1.log as to why?

Thanks,

Ludo’.

Hello Ludo,

I am using EXWM. Interestingly, when using GNOME, the problem does not appear.

Maybe this is relevant? As far as I can tell, this all looks fine.

[ 39.298] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Logitech K520" (type: KEYBOARD, id 10)

[ 39.298] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"

[ 39.298] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "de"

[ 39.298] (**) Option "xkb_variant" "nodeadkeys"

[ 39.298] (**) Option "xkb_options" "ctrl:nocaps"

[ 39.298] (II) evdev: Logitech K520: initialized for relative axes.

[ 39.298] (WW) evdev: Logitech K520: ignoring absolute axes.

[ 39.298] (**) Logitech K520: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1

[ 39.298] (**) Logitech K520: (accel) acceleration profile 0

[ 39.298] (**) Logitech K520: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000

[ 39.298] (**) Logitech K520: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4

I also searched for errors and warnings, but did not find anything suspicious.

Also, it turns out that when attaching the tablet keyboard, the layout

is also set correctly for the external keyboard, even when the tablet

keyboard is removed again.

Best,

Dario

Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> writes: