x11/slim does not pickup correct xkb keymap from xorg.conf

[Niclas Zeising]

On 2013-05-21 17:45, Beeblebrox wrote:
> my /etc/X11/xorg.conf has:
> Section "InputDevice"
> 	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
> 	Driver      "kbd"
> 	Option      "XkbModel" "pc105"
>         Option      "XkbLayout" "fr"
> ##	MatchIsKeyboard "on"
> EndSection
> 
> # service onestart slim
> xorg starts, keymap is wrong, the log shows as below and I have to manually
> run "setxkbmap fr"
> II) Module kbd: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
>     compiled for 1.7.7, module version = 1.7.0
>     Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
>     ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 7.0
> (**) AT Keyboard: always reports core events
> (**) Option "Protocol" "standard"
> (**) Option "XkbRules" "base"
> (**) Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
> (**) Option "XkbLayout" "us"
> 

Some guesses around here.  Slim is a session manager if I'm not
mistaken?  That means it has to handle multiple sessions, perhaps with
different keyboard layouts.  If this scenario is correct, then it might
make sense for slim to ignore or reset keyboard settings, and then have
the DE/WM decide for each session, since different users (sessions) want
different defaults.  Just a thought.
You might want to check around in the config for slim, or ask on google,
to see if anything else comes up.
Regards!
-- 
Niclas