Hello everyone.
I have a problem after manual upgrade from debian-12 to debian-13.
Keyboard language switching doesn't work anymore in debian-13.
Both templates have "qubesdb-watch /keyboard-layout" running,
but appvms based on new template just fail to switch languages.
Regards,
Vitali
I add more details here.
I run i3 as WM.
my keyboard layout is switching via xorg mechanism
dom0 has a file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-keyboard.conf:
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "system-keyboard"
MatchIsKeyboard "on"
Option "XkbLayout" "us,ru"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbOptions" "grp:caps_toggle"
EndSection
Debian-12 template and its appvms do not have any special settings for keyboard layout switching. It just inherits dom0 settings.
So, if i switch keyboard layout (being in debian-12 appvm context) - it switches current keyboard layout (for this appvm) and for dom0 as well.
if i am switching it within dom0 - this switch works only for dom0.
This was ok for me.
But appvms based on debian-13 seem completely ignore global dom0 xorg layout switching settings and keyboard layout is not switching at all. not for appvm context and not from dom0.
Hi everybody.
This problem also exists in the official debian-13 template from Qubes itself.
[user@dom0 ~]$ qubesdb-read -d debian-13 /qubes-keyboard
xkb_keymap {\x0a\x09xkb_keycodes { include "evdev+aliases(qwerty)"\x09};\x0a\x09xkb_types { include "complete"\x09};\x0a\x09xkb_compat { include "complete"\x09};\x0a\x09xkb_symbols { include "pc+us+ru:2+inet(evdev)+capslock(grouplock)"\x09};\x0a\x09xkb_geometry { include "pc(pc105)"\x09};\x0a};
Seems like this qubes xkb mapping runtime change is not installed properly into debian-13 environment or is somehow incompatible or conflicting with
xkb-data (version 2.42-1 in debian-13).
As a result, xev shows Caps_Lock ivent (after pressing Caps button) instead of expected ISO_Next_Group (like in Debian-12).
if i manually run the following command in debian-13 appvm:
setxkbmap -layout 'us,ru' -option 'grp:caps_toggle'
it works like expected (caps button switches keyboard layout).
Regards,
Vitali