Bug#693485: keyboard-configuration: XKBLAYOUT, XKBOPTIONS values manually set in /etc/default/keyboard lost on upgrade
control: notfound -1 1.92
Roman Galeev:
> X completely ignores /etc/default/keyboard file after upgrade,
> running
>
> # dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration
>
> changes the file /etc/default/keyboard, but X keeps the
> old settings on restart.
Your problem is not related to the current bug,
and I agree with Julien Cristau:
> You need to reboot if you want X to see changed settings in that file.
Saying more, the keyboard(5) manual page states this:
> NOTES
> In Debian systems, changes in /etc/default/keyboard
> do not become immediately visible to X.
> You should either reboot the system, or use
> udevadm trigger --subsystem-match=input --action=change
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