Dear all,
I recently set up a base install of Artix Linux with a minimalistic set of programs and dwm as its window manager. I am using an italian keyboard but would like to being able to switch to the us layout with a key binding. I followed the instructions in this (https://forum.artixlinux.org/index.php/topic,1664.0.html) topic. Namely:
1) uncommenting the desired locales in /etc/locale.gen (in my case, it_IT.UTF-8 and en_US.UTF-8),
2) run
sudo locale-gen to generate the desired locales (with the expected output), and
3) created a 00-keyboard.conf file in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d with:
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "system-keyboard"
MatchIsKeyboard "on"
Option "XkbLayout" "it,us"
Option "XkbModel" "thinkpad"
Option "XkbVariant" "qwerty"
Option "XkbOptions" "grp:alt_shift_toggle"
EndSection
However, after a reboot, pressing alt+shift doesn't switch between the two layouts. In my .xinitrc file I have this line:
setxkbmap it &
because I want the default layout to be italian. However maybe this is the issue, or i didn't install some packages. Do any of you have some suggestions?
https://git.sr.ht/~strahinja/dwm/tree/master/item/config.h#L48
Thank you
@strajder. So basically all the previous steps I did are useless in dwm? May I delete the 00-keyboard.conf file?
That topic is related to setting XKB on Thinkpad. You can also set it up using a .conf file, but it needs to match your keyboard model. See the official documentation (https://www.x.org/wiki/XKB/).
In my dwm setup, I'm not using any special X.Org configuration files, which fits the theme of my "portable" fork of dwm. For example, when I install different guests in QEMU, I just pick up my fork of dwm to have a lot of the settings, like my dwm keyboard shortcuts, starting st + tmux window, etc,
and XKB layouts, working "out of the box".
Edit: Just tested in a XFCE OpenRC guest, this should work after X.Org restart or reboot if using DM:
# Read and parsed by systemd-localed. It's probably wise not to edit this file
# manually too freely.
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "system-keyboard"
MatchIsKeyboard "on"
Option "XkbLayout" "us,rs"
Option "XkbOptions" "grp:alt_shift_toggle"
EndSection
If not, check your X.Org log.
1. Use
$setxkbmap -print -verbose 10
to find out your keyboard model and configure /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d /00-keyboard.conf accordingly
2. Remove this line in your .xinitrc
setxkbmap it &
X picks the first value in XkbLayout as default.
3. You may have missed step 04 and 05 in his summary section.
@calvinh yes, that was it! Thanks a lot! I marked this as "solved".