keyboard layout problem fedora19 gnome3 shell

[Ahmad Samir]

On 17 November 2013 10:37, Natxo Asenjo <natxo.asenjo at gmail.com> 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.

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Ahmad Samir