Layout change doesn't happen when chosen key combination is pressed

Submitted by ale..@..dex.ru

Assigned to Igor Slepchin

Link to original bug (#16284)

Description

If I change layout preferences, keys work well, but after a while or after reboot it stops working. If I change layout preferences, it starts working back. Changing via panel applet works everytime fine. Also it forgets that I chose Mac layouts and switches to standard ones. System is Mint Xfce 19.3, plugin version is 0.8.1

Version: 0.8.0

LordNicky said:

Confirm. FreeBSD 12.1, plugin version 0.8.1. Some time ago, before last xfce4 update, layout change works fine after reboot.

Theo Linkspfeifer said:

What does the following command report? $ setxkbmap -print -verbose 10

Furthermore, does this bug occur after removing the panel plugin? Does is affect a new user account?

LordNicky said:

After removing from desktop panel D-Bus parameters plugin and add to them second language, all work fine. Keyboard plugin removing give some result, but not permanently. "$ setxkbmap -print -verbose 10" before manual setting(switch non work): Setting verbose level to 10 locale is C Trying to load rules file ./rules/base... Trying to load rules file /usr/local/share/X11/xkb/rules/base... Success. Applied rules from base: rules: base model: pc105 layout: us options: compose:lwin,grp:ctrl_shift_toggle Trying to build keymap using the following components: keycodes: xfree86+aliases(qwerty) types: complete compat: complete symbols: pc+us+inet(pc105)+group(ctrl_shift_toggle)+compose(lwin) geometry: pc(pc105) xkb_keymap { xkb_keycodes { include "xfree86+aliases(qwerty)" }; xkb_types { include "complete" }; xkb_compat { include "complete" }; xkb_symbols { include "pc+us+inet(pc105)+group(ctrl_shift_toggle)+compose(lwin)" }; xkb_geometry { include "pc(pc105)" }; };

"$ setxkbmap -print -verbose 10" after manual setting(switch work): Setting verbose level to 10 locale is C Trying to load rules file ./rules/base... Trying to load rules file /usr/local/share/X11/xkb/rules/base... Success. Applied rules from base: rules: base model: pc105 layout: us,ru variant: ,dos options: grp:ctrl_shift_toggle,compose:lwin Trying to build keymap using the following components: keycodes: xfree86+aliases(qwerty) types: complete compat: complete symbols: pc+us+inet(pc105)+ru(dos):2+group(ctrl_shift_toggle)+compose(lwin) geometry: pc(pc105) xkb_keymap { xkb_keycodes { include "xfree86+aliases(qwerty)" }; xkb_types { include "complete" }; xkb_compat { include "complete" }; xkb_symbols { include "pc+us+inet(pc105)+ru(dos):2+group(ctrl_shift_toggle)+compose(lwin)" }; xkb_geometry { include "pc(pc105)" }; };

Theo Linkspfeifer closed a related bug:

*** Bug 16415 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Fedora 32 XFCE here, plugin version 0.8.1 but this is broken for quite long (since upgrading from F29 to F30 about year ago).

After reboot the plugin does not recognize the layout switch hotkey nor the mouse click.

Only way to restore function is to open settings and move up/down the layouts.

$ setxkbmap -print -verbose 10
Setting verbose level to 10
locale is C
Trying to load rules file ./rules/evdev...
Trying to load rules file /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev...
Success.
Applied rules from evdev:
rules:      evdev
model:      pc105
layout:     us,sk
variant:    altgr-intl,qwerty
options:    grp:alt_caps_toggle
Trying to build keymap using the following components:
keycodes:   evdev+aliases(qwerty)
types:      complete
compat:     complete
symbols:    pc+us(altgr-intl)+sk(qwerty):2+inet(evdev)+group(alt_caps_toggle)
geometry:   pc(pc105)
xkb_keymap {
	xkb_keycodes  { include "evdev+aliases(qwerty)"	};
	xkb_types     { include "complete"	};
	xkb_compat    { include "complete"	};
	xkb_symbols   { include "pc+us(altgr-intl)+sk(qwerty):2+inet(evdev)+group(alt_caps_toggle)"	};
	xkb_geometry  { include "pc(pc105)"	};
};

I have the same problem. OpenSUSE 15.3 on my end with plugin version 0.8.1. The keyboards cannot be switched (either by keys or clicking on the flag on the panel) after reboot until I open keyboard settings and move present layouts up and down by arrows. Here is output of setxkbmap -print -verbose 10 after a fresh reboot and after clicking the arrows:

After clean reboot:

Setting verbose level to 10
locale is C
Trying to load rules file ./rules/evdev...
Trying to load rules file /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev...
Success.
Applied rules from evdev:
rules:      evdev
model:      pc105
layout:     us
options:    grp:alt_shift_toggle
Trying to build keymap using the following components:
keycodes:   evdev+aliases(qwerty)
types:      complete
compat:     complete
symbols:    pc+us+inet(evdev)+terminate(ctrl_alt_bksp)+group(alt_shift_toggle)
geometry:   pc(pc105)
xkb_keymap {
	xkb_keycodes  { include "evdev+aliases(qwerty)"	};
	xkb_types     { include "complete"	};
	xkb_compat    { include "complete"	};
	xkb_symbols   { include "pc+us+inet(evdev)+terminate(ctrl_alt_bksp)+group(alt_shift_toggle)"	};
	xkb_geometry  { include "pc(pc105)"	};
};

After clicking the arrows in keyboard settings:

Setting verbose level to 10
locale is C
Trying to load rules file ./rules/evdev...
Trying to load rules file /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev...
Success.
Applied rules from evdev:
rules:      evdev
model:      pc105
layout:     us,cz
variant:    ,qwerty
options:    grp:alt_shift_toggle
Trying to build keymap using the following components:
keycodes:   evdev+aliases(qwerty)
types:      complete
compat:     complete
symbols:    pc+us+cz(qwerty):2+inet(evdev)+terminate(ctrl_alt_bksp)+group(alt_shift_toggle)
geometry:   pc(pc105)
xkb_keymap {
	xkb_keycodes  { include "evdev+aliases(qwerty)"	};
	xkb_types     { include "complete"	};
	xkb_compat    { include "complete"	};
	xkb_symbols   { include "pc+us+cz(qwerty):2+inet(evdev)+terminate(ctrl_alt_bksp)+group(alt_shift_toggle)"	};
	xkb_geometry  { include "pc(pc105)"	};
};

So it looks as if the keyboard layouts are not loaded into X until I click the arrows in the keyboard settings...

Is this bug triggered by the panel plugin or is it purely related to xfsettingsd which sets up keyboard layouts and shortcuts on startup?

Does restarting the settings daemon via xfsettingsd --replace fix the issue?

Indeed, running "xfsettingsd --replace" after logging in fixes the issue for me.

Again, does having the panel plugin added to the panel or not make a difference?

Whether the xkb plugin is in the panel or not does not make a difference. In both cases keyboard settings are correct only after "xfsettingsd --replace".

moved to xfce/xfce4-settings#242

added 3. Moved label