Can't set keyboard layout in DE

English Hardware
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Hello,

I’m pretty new in Opensuse, but not new in Linux. Did a fresh install of Leap 15.3 and I can’t set my keyboard layout.

I need Polish programmer qwerty layout (the most popular, typical one used by 99% of people here).

Currently when I type Polish diacritics (with letf alt + letter) I’m triggering various DE keyboard shortcuts instead (lock screen, display “start” menu, open Dolphin).


localectl 
   System Locale: LANG=pl_PL.UTF-8
       VC Keymap: Pl02 # this is incorrectly set by Yast (should be pl) but changing it didn't help either
      X11 Layout: pl
       X11 Model: pc105
     X11 Options: terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp



locale
LANG=pl_PL.UTF-8
LC_CTYPE="pl_PL.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC=pl_PL.UTF-8
LC_TIME=pl_PL.UTF-8
LC_COLLATE="pl_PL.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY=pl_PL.UTF-8
LC_MESSAGES="pl_PL.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER=pl_PL.UTF-8
LC_NAME="pl_PL.UTF-8"
LC_ADDRESS="pl_PL.UTF-8"
LC_TELEPHONE="pl_PL.UTF-8"
LC_MEASUREMENT=pl_PL.UTF-8
LC_IDENTIFICATION="pl_PL.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=

https://i.ibb.co/xjk0xqW/Zrzut-ekranu-z-2021-12-05-15-36-14.png


cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-keyboard.conf 
# Written by systemd-localed(8), read by systemd-localed and Xorg. It's
# probably wise not to edit this file manually. Use localectl(1) to
# instruct systemd-localed to update it.
Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "system-keyboard"
        MatchIsKeyboard "on"
        Option "XkbLayout" "pl"
        Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
        Option "XkbOptions" "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"
EndSection

I initially started with KDE but it had exactly the same issue. Removed it and installed GNOME, no avail.

I installed briefly IBus daemon and IBus to deselect “Use system keyboard layout”. This doesn’t do anything.


setxkbmap pl

doesn’t help.

YaST2/Set system keyboard doesn’t help.
YaST2/Language set to Polish, field “adjust keyboard layout to language” grayed out.

I found in some official guide that I’m supposed to set the layout from DE but that doesn’t work.

This whole IBus thingy also confuses me. I don’t have it installed, but I saw some libraries of it were used by KDE.

Also not quite sure if Wayland doesn’t go into the way. I’ve been using Xorg system before.

2

Is it possible to use Linux without english keyboard?

3

Hi mkkot and welcome to this forum!
That grayed out part seems to be wrong. (I may be wrong, too, as I am still on 15.2.) I can just do some wild guessing - see if there’s a hit? Any of the following packages not installed - may do the trick?

yast2-country
xkeyboard-config
xkeyboard-config-lang
kbd
setxkbmap
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When I invoke

setxkbmap pl

…then when I press the right ALT key and the “l/L” key I get “ł/Ł”. Does that lead you to a solution? Experiment.

5

Oh man, you can’t be serious. Linux can support almost any keyboard layout that exists, even some local dialects, like in my country it supports Silesian language - Wikipedia or Kashubian language - Wikipedia or it can support Dvorak keyboard Dvorak keyboard layout - Wikipedia. I say only once someone using it through my entire life but he was like a super nerd.

Thanks for your warm welcome and help, however no luck, everything was already installed.

Now I have another problem – I have to mount usb drives manually despite the fact that my user seems to be added to every group that makes sense.

Since I need this new PC up and running till last Saturday, I guess I will just copy my existing Archlinux there because it simply just work for me.

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Ever since I’ve been using openSUSE here in Germany, I’ve used German keyboards and German as the system language –

  • Most of the KDE Plasma users are German language users but –
    *=2]I do have a “very British” language test user, with a German language keyboard –

 > localectl
   System Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
       VC Keymap: de-latin1-nodeadkeys
      X11 Layout: de
       X11 Model: cymotionlinux
     X11 Variant: nodeadkeys
     X11 Options: terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp
 > 
 > inxi --admin --filter --usb
USB:       Hub: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 10 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s chip ID: 1d6b:0002 
           Device-1: 1-7:2 info: Cherry Keyboard type: Keyboard,HID driver: cherry,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 
           speed: 1.5 Mb/s chip ID: 046a:0023 
           Device-2: 1-10:3 info: Logitech M-U0007 [Corded Mouse M500] type: Mouse driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 
           rev: 2.0 speed: 1.5 Mb/s chip ID: 046d:c069 
           Hub: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s chip ID: 1d6b:0003 
           Hub: 3-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s chip ID: 1d6b:0002 
           Hub: 4-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s chip ID: 1d6b:0003 
           Hub: 5-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s chip ID: 1d6b:0002 
           Hub: 6-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 1 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s chip ID: 1d6b:0003 
 >

Meaning, my keyboard is a Cherry Linux CyMotion device – with Penguin keys – no Redmond keys … >:)

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Please check ‘/usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/xorg.lst’ for the supported keyboard values to be used for your location.

You’ll also have to check ‘/usr/share/kbd/keymaps/xkb/’ for the supported keymap value – for example “pl-dvorak_altquotes” or “pl-dvorak”.

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For many years I have used to set the installation language to Slovak during installation, but I always have set the keyboard to English (us).
Then, after the installation is finished and I log into the desktop environment for the first time, I add the local Slovak keyboard.
This ensures a usable layout for terminals outside the graphical environment.