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Fail while setting keyboard-layout in system config

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From: Konstantinos Agiannis <agiannis.kon <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: Fail while setting keyboard-layout in system config
Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2025 18:11:56 +0200

Hello,


I try to create a qcow2 image from a system configuration.


This is the config

### START

;; This is an operating system configuration template
;; for a "bare bones" setup, with no X11 display server.

(use-modules (gnu))
(use-service-modules networking ssh desktop)
(use-package-modules tmux lxqt librewolf ssh xorg package-management)

(operating-system
  (host-name "netvm")
  (timezone "Europe/Athens")
  (locale "el_GR.utf8")

  (keyboard-layout (keyboard-layout "us,el" #:options 
'("grp:alt_shift_toggle")))

  ;; Boot in "legacy" BIOS mode, assuming /dev/sdX is the
  ;; target hard disk, and "my-root" is the label of the target
  ;; root file system.
  (bootloader (bootloader-configuration
                (bootloader grub-bootloader)
                (targets '("/dev/sdX"))))

  ;; It's fitting to support the equally bare bones ‘-nographic’
  ;; QEMU option, which also nicely sidesteps forcing QWERTY.
  (kernel-arguments (list "console=ttyS0,115200"))
  (file-systems (cons (file-system
                        (device (file-system-label "my-root"))
                        (mount-point "/")
                        (type "ext4"))
                      %base-file-systems))

  ;; This is where user accounts are specified.  The "root"
  ;; account is implicit, and is initially created with the
  ;; empty password.
  (users (cons (user-account
                (name "konstantinos")
                (comment "Konstantinos' main account")
                (group "users")

                ;; Adding the account to the "wheel" group
                ;; makes it a sudoer.  Adding it to "audio"
                ;; and "video" allows the user to play sound
                ;; and access the webcam.
                (supplementary-groups '("wheel"
                                        "audio" "video")))
               %base-user-accounts))


  ;; Globally-installed packages.
  (packages (append (list tmux lxqt librewolf) %base-packages))

  ;; Add services to the baseline: a DHCP client and
  ;; an SSH server.
  (services (append (list (service dhcp-client-service-type)
                          (service lxqt-desktop-service-type))
                    %base-services)))

### END


I build the config with the following command


guix system image --image-type=qcow2 --image-size=10G system.scm


But during building I get the following error


-builder for 
`/gnu/store/a5yfcnbkh6l5azsnsd6xx5ghjjc0qy4k-console-keymap.us-el.drv' 
failed with exit code 1
build of 
/gnu/store/a5yfcnbkh6l5azsnsd6xx5ghjjc0qy4k-console-keymap.us-el.drv failed


And the drv file contains the following

/gnu/store/bgrrik798z5zgm6gckwcmk68ihswlhvh-console-setup-1.212/bin/ckbcomp: 
Can not find file "symbols/el" in any known directory
Backtrace:
           1 (primitive-load "/gnu/store/jqgd55xlvamadnh2k54pxfy19j9…")
In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
   2007:7  0 (error _ . _)

ice-9/boot-9.scm:2007:7: In procedure error:
failed to create console keymap for keyboard layout "us,el"


I am new to guix so it may be my error.


Thanks,

Konstantinos

Message #8 received at 80048 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Konstantinos Agiannis <agiannis.kon <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 80048 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#80048: Fail while setting keyboard-layout in system config
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2025 00:07:45 +0100

Hi Konstantinos,

Konstantinos Agiannis <agiannis.kon <at> gmail.com> skribis:

>   (keyboard-layout (keyboard-layout "us,el" #:options
> '("grp:alt_shift_toggle")))

I checked the files in the ‘xkeyboard-config’ (as noted in the manual),
and I believe it should be “gr”, not “el”:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
$ head -1 $(guix build xkeyboard-config)/share/X11/xkb/symbols/gr
// Keyboard layouts for Greece.
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

Let me know if it helps!

Thanks,
Ludo’.

Message #11 received at 80048 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Konstantinos Agiannis <agiannis.kon <at> gmail.com>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 80048 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#80048: Fail while setting keyboard-layout in system config
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2025 09:02:16 +0200

Hi,


thanks for looking into it. Yes it fixes my problem. My bad, should have 
investigated it on my own.


Thanks,

Konstantinos

Στις 23/12/25 01:07, ο/η Ludovic Courtès έγραψε:
> Hi Konstantinos,
>
> Konstantinos Agiannis <agiannis.kon <at> gmail.com> skribis:
>
>>    (keyboard-layout (keyboard-layout "us,el" #:options
>> '("grp:alt_shift_toggle")))
> I checked the files in the ‘xkeyboard-config’ (as noted in the manual),
> and I believe it should be “gr”, not “el”:
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> $ head -1 $(guix build xkeyboard-config)/share/X11/xkb/symbols/gr
> // Keyboard layouts for Greece.
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> Let me know if it helps!
>
> Thanks,
> Ludo’.

Message #16 received at 80048-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Konstantinos Agiannis <agiannis.kon <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 80048-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#80048: Fail while setting keyboard-layout in system config
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2025 10:55:26 +0100

Hi,

Konstantinos Agiannis <agiannis.kon <at> gmail.com> skribis:

> thanks for looking into it. Yes it fixes my problem. My bad, should
> have investigated it on my own.

No worries, great that it’s solved!

Thanks,
Ludo’.

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