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Re: /etc/default/keyboard not loaded at startup


On 25/04/2020 17:39, gwinship wrote:
I added following configuration to my /etc/default/keyboard
XKBMODEL="pc105"
XKBLAYOUT="gb,de"
XKBVARIANT=""
XKBOPTIONS="grp:win_space_toggle"

BACKSPACE="guess"
however. This does not load at boot.

My configuration

Debian 10.3
i3, xdm
ThinkPad E580

The /var/log/Xorg.log is
[   268.754] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[   268.754] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "system-default"
[   268.754] (II) LoadModule: "libinput"
[   268.755] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/libinput_drv.so
[   268.763] (II) Module libinput: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   268.763]    compiled for 1.20.4, module version = 0.28.2
[   268.763]    Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
[   268.763]    ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 24.1
[   268.763] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'Power Button'
[   268.763] (**) Power Button: always reports core events
[   268.763] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event3"
[   268.763] (**) Option "_source" "server/udev"
[   268.766] (II) event3  - Power Button: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[   268.766] (II) event3  - Power Button: device is a keyboard
[   268.767] (II) event3  - Power Button: device removed
[   268.781] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXPWRBN:00/input/input5/event3"
[   268.781] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button" (type: KEYBOARD, id 6)
[   268.781] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[   268.781] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "gb,de"
[   268.781] (WW) Option "xkb_variant" requires a string value
[   268.781] (**) Option "xkb_options" "grp:win_shift_toggle"
[   268.832] (II) event3  - Power Button: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[   268.832] (II) event3  - Power Button: device is a keyboard

I also tried adding the setting using localectl, but this didn't yield any results either.

The warning of "xkb_variant requires a string value" suggests to me that the empty string is not allowed. What happens if you remove the XKBVARIANT line from the config? Alternatively, the man page for "keyboard" suggests that leaving the entry completely null (XKBVARIANT=) is acceptable.

 


Best,
Felix

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