GNU bug report logs - #26234
SLIM, SDDM can only be used with en_US keyboard layout

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From: ng0 <contact.ng0 <at> cryptolab.net>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: SLIM, SDDM can only be used with en_US keyboard layout
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2017 16:59:21 +0000

If this is a duplicate bug, close it.

Currently SLIM (and SDDM) do neither respect nor offer an option to
select a keyboard layout other than "en_US".

**

Expected fix is that display managers (SDDM, SLIM, future ones) can be
configured to let users choose the language/keyboard layout of their choice.

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From: ng0 <contact.ng0 <at> cryptolab.net>
To: 26234 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#26234: SLIM, SDDM can only be used with en_US keyboard layout
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2017 10:24:08 +0000

ng0 transcribed 0.3K bytes:
> If this is a duplicate bug, close it.
> 
> Currently SLIM (and SDDM) do neither respect nor offer an option to
> select a keyboard layout other than "en_US".
> 
> **
> 
> Expected fix is that display managers (SDDM, SLIM, future ones) can be
> configured to let users choose the language/keyboard layout of their choice.
> 
> 
> 

What I mean is https://github.com/sddm/sddm/issues/482

and not https://github.com/sddm/sddm/issues/202 (however it is related).

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From: ng0 <contact.ng0 <at> cryptolab.net>
To: 26234 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#26234: SLIM, SDDM can only be used with en_US keyboard layout
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2017 09:35:29 +0000

ng0 transcribed 0.3K bytes:
> If this is a duplicate bug, close it.
> 
> Currently SLIM (and SDDM) do neither respect nor offer an option to
> select a keyboard layout other than "en_US".
> 
> **
> 
> Expected fix is that display managers (SDDM, SLIM, future ones) can be
> configured to let users choose the language/keyboard layout of their choice.
> 
> 
> 

And for SLIM we need to address a change in
file "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf" depending on the chosen
language. This would however be focused on a one user system where
everyone uses the same layout.

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=780185#p780185

Message #16 received at 26234-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: ng0 <contact.ng0 <at> cryptolab.net>
Cc: 26234-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#26234: SLIM, SDDM can only be used with en_US keyboard layout
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2019 23:18:50 +0100

Hello,

ng0 <contact.ng0 <at> cryptolab.net> skribis:

> If this is a duplicate bug, close it.
>
> Currently SLIM (and SDDM) do neither respect nor offer an option to
> select a keyboard layout other than "en_US".
>
> **
>
> Expected fix is that display managers (SDDM, SLIM, future ones) can be
> configured to let users choose the language/keyboard layout of their choice.

It’s been a while :-), but this is fixed by
598757e038ab5dea3b59c9c248a2ad860c41fe62, which lets you choose the Xorg
keyboard layout (this was already possible before actually, but a bit
more involved.)

Thanks,
Ludo’.

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