Keyboard layout handler settings do not survive reboot

[tigran123]

Superficially this sounds similar to issue #4 but it is not quite the same. Namely, I have added a "Keyboard Layout Handler" to the panel for switching between GB and RU (phonetic) layouts (via Ctrl-Shift). This works in the current session, but as soon as I reboot the Keyboard Layout Handler in the panel is left with just gb.

In theory this would be no big deal if I could workaround by executing a command in the terminal like this:

$ setxkbmap -option grp:switch,grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll gb,ru

However, this would provide only the Russian typewriter layout and not the Russian phonetic layout. I don't know how to specify the phonetic variant on the setxkbmap command line (it is not obvious from the manpage).

Anyway, the correct fix is for these settings to survive reboot.

[tigran123]

I have figured out the command to specify the variant, so this bug is no longer as critical as it was:

$ setxkbmap -option grp:switch,grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll gb,ru -variant ',phonetic'

[spl237]

The latest version of rc_gui now sets the keyboard in /etc/default/keyboard, so this should now be fixed.

[ant-222]

@spl237

The latest version of rc_gui now sets the keyboard in /etc/default/keyboard, so this should now be fixed.

This error is still persent in a fresh Raspbian downloaded a week ago:

Linux raspberrypi 4.19.97-v7l+ #1294 SMP Thu Jan 30 13:21:14 GMT 2020 armv7l GNU/Linux

[spl237]

It is not an error - you are using an unsupported plugin. The keyboard language should be set using the Raspberry Pi Configuration or Mouse and Keyboard Settings applications. The plugin you are using sets keyboard language using a non-standard method.

[ant-222]

Oh. But:

Preferences -> Keyboard and Mouse -> Keyboard

will not let me define two layouts for a bilingual user. What Raspberri Pi Configuraiton do you mean?

[ant-222]

spl237:

It is not an error - you are using an unsupported plugin.

Then is it an error that that plugin was available in my LXDE out-of-the-box?

[spl237]

We ship all the plugins that LXDE provide, and add our own as well. (If we removed the LXDE ones, we'd get complaints.) If an LXDE plugin - which this is - doesn't work properly (as indeed some don't), raise an issue with the LXDE authors, not with us.

Bilingual support is not a high priority, particularly given the current situation in the world.