[Solved ... kinda] Strange GDM keyboard layout problem

s_bernstein · Last edited by s_bernstein on Fri Mar 02, 2012 7:34 am; edited 1 time in total

I've got a rather strange problem with my german keyboard layout in gdm - and no, this is not one of the many where you have to add a Section "InputClass" into your xorg.conf.d, because I've done all this and it was working fine for years.

Since I had to replace my old keyboard

my gdm layout for the new (german) keyboard is "us". I've not changed anything in my config files and my old keyboard is still "de". The old one was a Cordless Desktop MX attached via PS/2 - the new one is a MX5500 Rev attached via USB. But even when use my old keyboard on the USB port it will work as german keyboard.

And now the really strange thing: When I attach both keyboards (via PS/2 or USB doesn't matter) my new one is "us", the old one is "de" until I press a key on the old keyboard. After that, my new keyboard is switched to "de".

So the question is: How do I get my keyboard working as german keyboard from the start, without having a second keyboard attached?

Any ideas, anyone?

Kaso_da_Zmok · Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 2:07 pm Post subject: interesting

can you paste kernel config, Xorg Log and all xorg.conf keyboard related stuff into pastebin please?

i assume you want to keep the new USB keyboard, so the Xorg log should be while only the USB keyboard is connected.

in GDM you mean the problem is only while in GDM or also after you login to gnome or what..?

s_bernstein · Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 8:56 am Post subject:

Kaso_da_Zmok · Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 10:32 am Post subject:

something fishi in the xorg log. it tries to apply the DE layout to mouse also.
not completely sure but.

But can you take aside this file 30-Logitech-MX5500.conf

And replace it with only this?

/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/30-keyboard.conf

s_bernstein · Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 7:15 am Post subject:

Well. the Logitech MX 5500 is a bluetooth desktop (aka keyboard mouse combo) and both the mouse and the keyboard will be identified as keyboard and mouse. To be exact the BT receiver also recognized as as mouse and keyboard with all the keys and axes but doesn't do anything.

Short of changing the default catchall keyboard and mouse settings to ignore logitech I have no other ideas. Maybe there's a way to ensure that the keyboard isn't recognized as mouse? Where does this come from? Udev?

s_bernstein · Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 7:34 am Post subject:

OK, so this seems to be a problem with gdm-2.20.11-r1. Updateing to the hard masked 2.32.1-r1 solves the problem.