Keymap on Plasma (konsole&generally) still US layout[SOLVED]

[EasterParade]

Had to do a clean reinstall of my Gentoo system, got uefi boot working and now plasma up and running.

But keyboard layout got me to a screeching halt and I have lost track on it. I cannot for the life of me find out
why I still have the a US layout when I need a German layout.

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locale -a
C
de_DE
de_DE@euro
de_DE.iso88591
de_DE.iso885915@euro
de_DE.utf8
deutsch
en_US
en_US.iso88591
en_US.utf8
german
POSIX

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cat /etc/conf.d/keymaps 
# Use keymap to specify the default console keymap.  There is a complete tree
# of keymaps in /usr/share/keymaps to choose from.
keymap="de-latin1-nodeadkeys"

# Should we first load the 'windowkeys' console keymap?  Most x86 users will
# say "yes" here.  Note that non-x86 users should leave it as "no".
# Loading this keymap will enable VT switching (like ALT+Left/Right)
# using the special windows keys on the linux console.
windowkeys="YES"

# The maps to load for extended keyboards.  Most users will leave this as is.
extended_keymaps=""
extended_keymaps="backspace keypad euro2"

# Tell dumpkeys(1) to interpret character action codes to be
# from the specified character set.
# This only matters if you set unicode="yes" in /etc/rc.conf.
# For a list of valid sets, run `dumpkeys --help`
dumpkeys_charset=""

# Some fonts map AltGr-E to the currency symbol instead of the Euro.
# To fix this, set to "yes"
fix_euro="NO"

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rc-update show
            alsasound | boot                                   
               binfmt | boot                                   
             bootmisc | boot                                   
          consolefont | boot                                   
               cronie |      default                           
                 dbus |      default                           
                devfs |                                 sysinit
                dmesg |                                 sysinit
                 fsck | boot                                   
             hostname | boot                                   
              hwclock | boot                                   
              keymaps | boot                                   
            killprocs |                        shutdown        
    kmod-static-nodes |                                 sysinit
                local |      default nonetwork                 
           localmount | boot                                   
             loopback | boot                                   
              modules | boot                                   
             mount-ro |                        shutdown        
                 mtab | boot                                   
             net.eno1 |      default                           
             netmount |      default                           
               procfs | boot                                   
                 root | boot                                   
            savecache |                        shutdown        
                 sshd |      default                           
                 swap | boot                                   
               sysctl | boot                                   
                sysfs |                                 sysinit
             sysklogd |      default                           
         termencoding | boot                                   
         tmpfiles.dev |                                 sysinit
       tmpfiles.setup | boot                                   
                 udev |                                 sysinit
              urandom | boot                                   

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emerge --info
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I never had to set the unifont in /etc/conf.d/consolefont before.

Before I startx and enter gui environment the keymap is just fine. As soon as X has started I struggle with the US layout not onlz on konsole but just about everywhere.
It might be trivial and it sure feels ridiculous but right now I do not see what else is missing.

If anyone could shove me into some direction that could lead to progress I would be happy.

[khayyam]

transsib ... something like the following:

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Section "InputDevice" 
	Identifier  "keyboard0"
	Driver		"kbd"
	Option		"AutoServerLayout" "on"
	Option		"XkbRules" "xorg"
	Option		"XkbModel" "pc105"
	Option		"XkbLayout" "de"
EndSection

... though I would have expected kde to provide some method to switch and/or define this.

HTH & best ... khay

[EasterParade]

I do have a keyboard.conf but may be I should rename it to 10-keyboard.conf.
Mine is named 30-keyboard.conf.
Do not tell me it could be that simple

Mine looks like this

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Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "keyboard-all"
        Driver "evdev"
        Option "XkbLayout" "de"
        Option "XkbModel" "Cherry generic"
        Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
        Option "XkbOptions" "grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp:switch,grp_led:scroll,compose:rwin,terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"
        Option "XkbVariant" "qwertz"
        MatchIsKeyboard "on"
EndSection

EDIT It is not that simple.

[EasterParade]

What about consolekit? Do I still have to add that to runlevel too?

Proper keyboard layout is set in systemsettings but plasma seems to ignore that.

Would it help if I delete konsolerc in HOME .config/? Nah ... there is nothing in there that
affects keyboard.

[EasterParade]

Got this in Xorg.0.log

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[    44.482] (EE) Error loading keymap /tmp/server-0.xkm

[khayyam]

What about consolekit? Do I still have to add that to runlevel too?

transsib ... that would be a question for astrum (or other kde users), I would expect that answer to be yes, kde/plasma requires consolekit.

BTW, the numbering in xorg.conf.d simply states the order, so 30-keyboard.conf is fine.

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[    44.482] (EE) Error loading keymap /tmp/server-0.xkm

Do you also see the 'option' defined?

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[1110914.982] (**) Option "XkbLayout" "en_US"

You might try 'de_DE'.

best ... khay

[EasterParade]

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[  1254.445] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "de"

is what I see in the log.
I put de_DE into keyboard.conf if I find underscore

But I am quite pessimistic right about now.

Nope ... was to be expected. No change. Looks like I need to take a break
and wait for a new idea to pop out of that swiss cheese of a brain

Thanks khayyam

[Fitzcarraldo]

Could it be something to do with the following 2011 commit in X Windows?:

https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xkeyboard- ... 47476884af

Got rid of de(qwerty)
Permitted by Matej Kosik (the author), in favor of de(us)

EDIT: There is no quertz XkbVariant for de, you need to specify qwerty instead, but if I read that commit correctly, that XkbVariant has been removed too. There is a list of variants in a file installed by X Windows somewhere on my machine, but here is one from 2010 I found on the Web: http://pastebin.com/v2vCPHjs Perhaps you should comment out that Option and see what happens.

[EasterParade]

Oh hei Fitzcarraldo

Where is that file to be found?

it certainly looks like a Xorg issue. Plasma is not to be blamed.
May be I did not have set locale properly before I started compiling
xorg-server.

This is what is in Xorg log today

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 590.325] (EE) Error loading keymap /tmp/server-0.xkm

I have already removed the QWERTZ variant and more from the config
file.
I have also now recompiled xorg-server but then I have done it a few times.
I am still stuck with the damned US keyboard layout.

Why does it not find the keymap!? I must have forgotten something somewhere.

[khayyam]

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 590.325] (EE) Error loading keymap /tmp/server-0.xkm

transsib ... what are the permissions on /tmp?

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drwxrwxrwt 8 root root 4096 2017-02-18 11:11 /tmp/

best ... khay

[Fitzcarraldo]

Found it: /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/xorg.lst (which is actually a symlink to /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/base.lst)

All the allowable models, layouts, variants and options are listed in that file.

[EasterParade]

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ls -ld /tmp
drwxrwxrwt 4 root root 4096 18. Feb 12:08 /tmp

Fitz what am I looking at in base.lst?
There exist German layouts but Swizterland, Austria et al but no
German Germany for what is is worth.

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 nodeadkeys      de: German (eliminate dead keys)

only listing that might fit

or this

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de_nodeadkeys   ch: German (Switzerland, eliminate dead keys)

[Roman_Gruber]

Your desctop environment should have a startup file.

E.g. i3wm

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ASUS-G75VW roman # cat .i3/config 
# i3 config file (v4)
#
# Please see http://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html for a complete reference!

#set the modifier button to the windows button
set $mod Mod4

#set kayboard german layout
exec setxkbmap de

running

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setxkbmap de

should do the trick. I suggest you add it to your startup file of your xorg.server / desctop environment

I do not have any keyboard xorg related sections.

[EasterParade]

Your desctop environment should have a startup file.

E.g. i3wm

Code:
ASUS-G75VW roman # cat .i3/config
# i3 config file (v4)
#
# Please see http://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html for a complete reference!

#set the modifier button to the windows button
set $mod Mod4

#set kayboard german layout
exec setxkbmap de


running
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setxkbmap de


should do the trick. I suggest you add it to your startup file of your xorg.server / desctop environment

I do not have any keyboard xorg related sections.

Thank you so much Roman_Gruber: that did the trick.

But hell, up to now my .xinitrc never needed this. The keyboard.conf in xorg.conf.d was enough to set the layout right.
The .xinitrc was there to startkde - basta. Now it needs this to get the desktop to use the proper keymap too!?

Why is it that whenever something comes up you have to add a little line somewhere to get s**t going!

I thank Fitzcarraldo and khayyam too for their help.

[krinn]

some desktop use another tool to handle keyboard.

i think what you see is that:
- xorg set de (because of the presence of [ 1254.445] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "de" )
- plasma set us (no idea of the tool plasma use for that, ask some plasma user)
- and because last one win, setxkbmap set de

i can only point you to the tool i know doing that: mate-keyboard-properties (not really a great help for plasma user)
so your real solve would be find what plasma tool is use to do that, where it store the keyboard configuration, and remove/reset/edit it to.

[asturm]

Plasma users have always set their keyboard layout in systemsettings, even though the default is to just take the system default.

If you recently switched to libinput, setting the layout in xorg.conf does not work anymore and you have to take to systemsettings.

[EasterParade]

krinn, it looked like X is to be blamed, not plasma.
Of course I could be wrong. So now that I won't have to spend more time on searching for
the right key I can continue setting up stuff and I'll keep one eye open for anything plasma
concerning keyboard layout-specific.
In systemsettings de-latin1-nodeadkeys is set though although it had no effect at all.

That setxkbmap de was the only successful measure here.

Other than that last one wins is just fine for me

[Fitzcarraldo]

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ls -ld /tmp
drwxrwxrwt 4 root root 4096 18. Feb 12:08 /tmp

Fitz what am I looking at in base.lst?
There exist German layouts but Swizterland, Austria et al but no
German Germany for what is is worth.

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 nodeadkeys      de: German (eliminate dead keys)

only listing that might fit

or this

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de_nodeadkeys   ch: German (Switzerland, eliminate dead keys)

I have the following allowable variants in that X Windows file:

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# grep de: /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/xorg.lst
  deadacute       de: German (dead acute)
  deadgraveacute  de: German (dead grave acute)
  nodeadkeys      de: German (eliminate dead keys)
  T3              de: German (T3)
  ro              de: Romanian (Germany)
  ro_nodeadkeys   de: Romanian (Germany, eliminate dead keys)
  dvorak          de: German (Dvorak)
  sundeadkeys     de: German (Sun dead keys)
  neo             de: German (Neo 2)
  mac             de: German (Macintosh)
  mac_nodeadkeys  de: German (Macintosh, eliminate dead keys)
  dsb             de: Lower Sorbian
  dsb_qwertz      de: Lower Sorbian (qwertz)
  qwerty          de: German (qwerty)
  tr              de: Turkish (Germany)
  ru              de: Russian (Germany, phonetic)
  legacy          de: German (legacy)

So it appears that de(qwerty) is still a possible variant in the version of X Windows I am using (x11-base/xorg-server-1.18.4).

If you recently switched to libinput, setting the layout in xorg.conf does not work anymore and you have to take to systemsettings.

That's useful to know. I'll have to bear that in mind if I make the change to libinout.

[EasterParade]

I had to remove the SOLVED tag.
US keyboard layout is back. It reverted back to wrong keymaps.

My keyboard is fine; keymap is ok on Windows and Ubuntu.
I have the same version of xorg-server as you, Fitzcarraldo.

Now what ...

[EasterParade]

Please tell me it is not a bug.

I just checked ...

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dev-libs/libinput-1.4.2

There also is x11-drivers/xf86-input-libinput which is not installed.
But would that change anything? And what is xf86-input-evdev and xf86-input-keyboard still worth?
This input driver does not compile anyway... so what ...

libinput is for wayland right? What do I need libinput if I do not have wayland?

What is going on here again?

Correcting myself, I do have wayland. Does it conflict with xorg-server?

[Fitzcarraldo]

Unlike you, I don't use Wayland. Anyway, I see from the Arch Linux Wiki that it has a configuration file named ~/.config/weston.ini (What is this thing? Windows?!) and in that you specify the keymap, amongst other things:

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[keyboard]
keymap_layout=de
#keymap_options=caps:ctrl_modifier,shift:both_capslock_cancel
### keymap_options from /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/base.lst ###
numlock-on=true

Try that?

[EasterParade]

Fitzcarraldo,

I did not choose wayland.
This is a fresh install.
All I did was pick the profile.

And weston, or whatever, is a run service. What for do we have to put yet another run service up
on top of all the others, when we have xorg-server and all the xf86 drivers for evdev, keyboard
and mouse? Although it seems as if it belonged to systemd, which I do not run at the moment.

If anything fails and you gotta troubleshoot, having so many layers on top of X makes finding
the culprit next to impossible.

Where is all this going? Does anyone still in control of where Gentoo is going?

I doubt it.

So ...

But if that also fails I will throw out that Westin hotel off my fresh system faster than I gonna put it into it.

There also is no such file as weston.ini in .config

[EasterParade]

If I open run and run setxkbmap de it sets my German layout.
I think I will have to do it each time I log in.

Instead of disturbing my system with wayland I will workaround my issue with it.

[Fitzcarraldo]

You have my sympathy! Fortunately I'm not in your boat, but I'm getting increasingly worried about the direction Linux is moving in. These days I don't have time to mess around with partially-developed software. It's like coming home every day and finding your furniture has been rearranged yet again. Anyway, as you're using Plasma, you can configure it via 'System Settings' > 'Startup and Shutdown' so that it runs the 'setxkbmap de' command automatically when you login.

[asturm]

Erm, how did this deteriorate into an end-is-nigh discussion? First of all, just because libinput is a requirement by wayland does not mean wayland is in any way involved when you rightfully use libinput in X. Second, when you don't have xf86-input-libinput installed, all that is moot anyway. Third, weston is not even remotely connected with all that, it's just a reference compositor. I have logged into a Plasma Wayland session without any trace of weston (and systemd, for that matter) on my system. All the while with Plasma correctly setting my keyboard layout.