Unexpected "ctrl:nocaps" in /etc/default/keyboard after installing keyboard-configuration. debian/bullseye64 Vagrant box, VirtualBox
Dear Cloud Team,
Hi, I'm using the current debian/bullseye64 Vagrant box (VirtualBox
providers) and I'm getting this unexpected default configuration:
After installing the keyboard-configuration package, the
/etc/default/keyboard file will contain the ctrl:nocaps option, which
turns CapsLock into an additional Control key.
Steps to reproduce:
host $ mkdir foo ; cd foo
host $ vagrant init debian/bullseye64
host $ vagrant up
host $ vagrant ssh
guest $ stat /etc/default/keyboard # nothing, doesn't exist
guest $ sudo apt update ; sudo apt install keyboard-configuration
guest $ grep nocaps /etc/default/keyboard
XKBOPTIONS="ctrl:nocaps,terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"
I couldn't reproduce this on a manually installed bullseye VM, even
after purging and reinstalling keyboard-configuration, so I suspect it's
something to do with my environment or the Vagrant box itself.
I *do* happen to have that setting in my host, via a Gnome dconf key,
but I don't see how the VM could inherit *that.*
I found this while developing a pseudo-reproducible coursework VM image
for an university course I'm TAing for, using Vagrant+VirtualBox+Puppet.
I wouldn't miss the CapsLock being turning into a Control key, but the
students certainly did... :)
I'm not sure if this is a bug that should be filed somewhere, so I'm
leaving this up to your consideration.
For now I'll just work around it by adding my own /etc/default/keyboard
to the build process.
Thank you and best regards,
João Matos
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