Re: Bug#1072720: libglib2.0-0: Following fix #1070745, typing `A keys doesn't type an À anymore

The idea that my layout could have changed was pertinent:

I did a
$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration
chose pc105 with AZERTY AFNOR

$ cat /etc/default/keyboard
I've did a reconfiguration of my keyboard an now I have

XKBMODEL="pc105"
XKBLAYOUT="fr"
XKBVARIANT="afnor"
XKBOPTIONS=""

BACKSPACE="guess"

$ dconf dump /org/gnome/desktop/input-sources/
[/]
show-all-sources=false
sources=[('xkb', 'fr+azerty')]
xkb-options=['lv3:ralt_switch']

as ` dead keys on the top row weren't working still, I've rebooted.
I saw a show FAILED somewhere during that reboot (that didn't appeared in further reboots after) but I came to the login screen.

On logscreen then, and still now, I have the french keyboard
BUT with the ! (exclamation mark) replaced by the ; (semicolon)

then entering the session, layout revert to normal, except that I still don't have `a or `A giving À
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De : "Simon McVittie" <smcv@debian.org>
A : grunt2@laposte.net,1072720@bugs.debian.org,xkeyboard-config@packages.debian.org,debian-l10n-french@lists.debian.org,ibus@packages.debian.org
Envoyé: dimanche 9 Juin 2024 19:36
Objet : Re: Bug#1072720: libglib2.0-0: Following fix #1070745, typing `A keys doesn't type an À anymore

On Sun, 09 Jun 2024 at 18:16:01 +0100, Simon McVittie wrote:
> However, the French layout in /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/fr says that
> pressing the 7 key (with AltGr held) sends "grave" like my UK English
> layout, and not "dead_grave" like the German layout. So if that previously
> participated in dead-key sequences, I don't understand why...

Were you perhaps using the "latin9" or "French (legacy, alt.)" keyboard
layout before? Unlike the default French keyboard layout, the latin9 layout
*does* map AltGr+[7] to "dead_grave", a dead key.

I don't know the name of that keyboard layout in French - it might be
"Français (obsolète, variante)". Perhaps a French-speaking developer
could help here?

What is the output of these commands?

cat /etc/default/keyboard

and

dconf dump /org/gnome/desktop/input-sources/