keyboard layout problem fedora19 gnome3 shell

[Natxo Asenjo]

hi,

I installed fedora 19 desktop edition and am having some trouble with
the keyboard layout (in the standard gnome3 shell).

What I need is this layout:
$ setxkbmap -query
rules:      evdev
model:      pc104
layout:     us
variant:    intl
options:    kpdl:kposs

but what I get is:
$ setxkbmap -query
rules:      evdev
model:      pc104
layout:     us
options:    kpdl:kposs

I have tried adding an autostart file in $HOMEDIR/.config/autostart like this:

$ cat set_us_intl_keyboard.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=set us intl keyboard layout
Comment=set us intl keyboard layout
Exec=setxkbmap us -variant intl

but every time I need to run the command manually because the settings
are not applied.

using the graphical tool 'Regional Settings' I choose as 'Input
source' : English (US, alternative international), but still no go.

What is the way to fix this? Why is it not appying the settings with
the autostart command? This is quite annoying, I should not be having
to bang my head against the wall for a simple keyboard layout ;-)

TIA,

[Ahmad Samir]

On 17 November 2013 10:37, Natxo Asenjo  wrote:
> hi,
>
> I installed fedora 19 desktop edition and am having some trouble with
> the keyboard layout (in the standard gnome3 shell).
>
> What I need is this layout:
> $ setxkbmap -query
> rules:      evdev
> model:      pc104
> layout:     us
> variant:    intl
> options:    kpdl:kposs
>
> but what I get is:
> $ setxkbmap -query
> rules:      evdev
> model:      pc104
> layout:     us
> options:    kpdl:kposs

Using dconf-editor edit org.gnome.desktop.input-sources "sources", change:
('xkb', 'us')

to:
('xkb', 'us+intl')
> I have tried adding an autostart file in $HOMEDIR/.config/autostart like this:
>
> $ cat set_us_intl_keyboard.desktop
> [Desktop Entry]
> Type=Application
> Name=set us intl keyboard layout
> Comment=set us intl keyboard layout
> Exec=setxkbmap us -variant intl
>
> but every time I need to run the command manually because the settings
> are not applied.

It could be a race condition, i.e. the system kb layout settings are
set after the command in the .desktop file is executed and system
settings are overriding it.

[...]

[Natxo Asenjo]

On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 12:05 PM, Ahmad Samir  wrote:
> On 17 November 2013 10:37, Natxo Asenjo  wrote:
> > What I need is this layout:
> > $ setxkbmap -query
> > rules:      evdev
> > model:      pc104
> > layout:     us
> > variant:    intl
> > options:    kpdl:kposs
> Using dconf-editor edit org.gnome.desktop.input-sources "sources", change:
> ('xkb', 'us')
>
> to:
> ('xkb', 'us+intl')

awesome! thanks for the tip. This is the correct cli line:

$ gsettings set  org.gnome.desktop.input-sources sources "[('xkb', 'us+intl')]"

and the proof is in the pudding:
$ gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.input-sources sources
[('xkb', 'us+intl')]

$ setxkbmap -query
rules:      evdev
model:      pc104
layout:     us
variant:    intl
options:    kpdl:kposs

Now I jus need to see how to set this system wide, but I know now
where to look for info.

[Ahmad Samir]

On 17 November 2013 14:41, Natxo Asenjo  wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 12:05 PM, Ahmad Samir  wrote:
> > On 17 November 2013 10:37, Natxo Asenjo  wrote:
> > > What I need is this layout:
> > > $ setxkbmap -query
> > > rules:      evdev
> > > model:      pc104
> > > layout:     us
> > > variant:    intl
> > > options:    kpdl:kposs
> > Using dconf-editor edit org.gnome.desktop.input-sources "sources", change:
> > ('xkb', 'us')
> >
> > to:
> > ('xkb', 'us+intl')
>
> awesome! thanks for the tip. This is the correct cli line:
>
> $ gsettings set  org.gnome.desktop.input-sources sources "[('xkb', 'us+intl')]"
>
> and the proof is in the pudding:
> $ gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.input-sources sources
> [('xkb', 'us+intl')]
>
> $ setxkbmap -query
> rules:      evdev
> model:      pc104
> layout:     us
> variant:    intl
> options:    kpdl:kposs
>
> Now I jus need to see how to set this system wide, but I know now
> where to look for info.

Looking at http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=292751 , it
seems you can override/introduce your own custom defaults:
- Create /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.desktop.input-sources.gschema.override,
and put this in it:
[org.gnome.desktop.input-sources]
sources=[('xkb', 'us+intl')]

then as root:
glib-compile-schemas /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas
> --
> regards,
> Natxo
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