fast forward... I like to be able to configure my systems minimally where i know what programs do what instead of having a suite handle all the tasks. For example i run openbox and dwm as window managers for X. So i know how to configure window management to work with the X display software. It has its limits but to me those limits are worthwhile.

Like all the other mainsream desktops out there these days.

I'd say far too many, but as I suffer its shortcomings I cannot be objective enough.

Just like Mate or Cinnamon or Gnome (which I have not tried).
But that is probably because X is working reasonably well and when it does not, some *.orx/layouts get it fixed quick enough.

For example: I've been waiting years for Xfce to be able to line up/organise/keep the desktop icons where I bloody put them.
It's the one thing I miss from XP.

I have been seriously thinking about getting rid of Xfce once and for all but never get around to doing so, probably for fear of breaking my Devuan ASCI .

Cheers,

A.

Done.

Applications -> Settings -> Session and Startup -> Application Autostart -> Add

Name: keyboardmap (or whatever)
Description: sets kb layout (or whatever)
setxkbmap latam

Thank you very much for your help.

That this issue is still a problem after so many years is not a good omen, not for Xfce and certainly not for the Linux ecosystem.

Cheers,

A.

Yes, it works.
I can set the layout with setxkbmap.

But it does not survive a reboot.
Where can I set it to make it permanent?

Thanks for your input

Cheers,

A.

The issue I am having with the keyboard settings in Xfce seems to be related to a well known bug from back in 2010.
Nine (9) years ago and counting ....

https://askubuntu.com/questions/66096/h … er-reboots

Like someone else posted on that thread:

I'll see if I can make one of the workarounds (evidently considered a permanent fix by the developers) work for me.

Cheers,

A.

Hmm ...
What I want is to be able to configure it via the desktop settings like it should be done.
ie: Applications -> Settings -> Keyboard -> Layout

rant
This is the type of thing that gets on Linux users' nerves: a straightforward configuration glitch in something that (at this stage in Linux time) should not be happening.
After all, how long has Xfce been a desktop option?
/rant

So if it wants to use the system defaults (the previous setting), I guess I'll have to try setting the system defaults to what I want.

Any other ideas?

Thanks for your input.

Cheers,

A.

http://xahlee.info/linux/linux_xkb_tutorial.html

Yes.

Thought that could be the case, so tried Applications -> Settings -> Keyboard -> Layout, un-checked Use system defaults and chose Generic 105-key PC (intl.) with Spanish (Latin American) layout and Spanish (Latin American, no dead keys) variant.

But no, no cigar.

Thanks for your input.

A.

My Sun 7 keyboard went south, the second one this year.
Nice but not so trusty after all.

So I pulled an old Lenovo backup from the closet: KU-0225 / P/N: 41A5312
It's a standard 105-key Latin American layout keyboard.

But something is not right and I cannot figure out what it is.

I have set the layout with dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration and my /etc/default/keyboard file reads accordingly.

# KEYBOARD CONFIGURATION FILE
# Consult the keyboard(5) manual page.

XKBMODEL="pc105"
XKBLAYOUT="latam"
XKBVARIANT="nodeadkeys"
XKBOPTIONS="lv3:ralt_switch,compose:menu,terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"

BACKSPACE="guess"

It seems that the keyboard configuration setting is being ignored and the keyboard is working as if it were a Spanish layout (like if it had a ç / Ç at the end of the third row).

eg: The key that should give me an accent ` or two types of brackets { or } and [ or ] gives me a ç or a Ç.

Rather annoying.

Any idea what might be happening here?

Thanks in advance,

A.