Re: how to enable a new keyboard layout

[Eike Lantzsch <zp6cge@gmx.net>]

On Saturday 13 October 2012 11:58:01 Matej Kosik wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Wheezy, I am  trying to enable a new keyboard layout.
> Normally, I did it by:
> - creating a /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/01-keyboard-layout.conf
>   file with a following contents:
> 
>     Section "InputClass"
>         Identifier             "keyboard-layout"
>         MatchIsKeyboard        "on"
>         Option "XkbLayout"     "us, sk"
>         Option "XkbOptions"    "grp:alts_toggle"
>     EndSection
> 
> When I do that and restart Xorg, in /var/log/Xorg.0.log I see:
> 
>   [   961.970] (II) evdev: ACPI Virtual Keyboard Device: Configuring as
> keyboard
>   [   961.970] (**) Option "config_info"
> "udev:/sys/devices/virtual/input/input10/event10"
>   [   961.970] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
>   [   961.970] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
>   [   961.970] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us, sk"
>   [   961.970] (**) Option "xkb_variant" ",qwerty"
>   [   961.970] (**) Option "xkb_options" "grp:alts_toggle"
> 
> but I can't switch keyboard layouts (by pressing both Alt-keys).
> I have tried different grp;* options, but without effect.
is x11-xkb-utils installed?

> 
> I would be grateful for any advice how to proceed: how to configure Xorg
> so that I can switch keyboard layouts with some convenient
> keyboard-shortcut. Thanks in advance.
> 
> (When I try this:
> 
> 	setxkbmap sk qwerty
> 
>  everything seems to work fine.
> )
Kind regards
Eike