[SOLVED] setxkbmap settings get reset when wacom tablet is plugged in.

Geist · 04-25-2018, 02:14 PM

As the title suggests, my keyboard settings get reset when I plug in my, admittedly, old intuos 3 tablet (other usb devices might also cause this but I don't have any to test with)

Before plugging it in:

Code:

setxkbmap -model pc104 -layout us -variant altgr-intl -option compose:rwin

setxkbmap -print -verbose 10

Setting verbose level to 10
locale is C
Trying to load rules file ./rules/evdev...
Trying to load rules file /etc/X11/xkb/rules/evdev...
Success.
Applied rules from evdev:
rules:      evdev
model:      pc104
layout:     us
variant:    altgr-intl
options:    compose:rwin,terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp
Trying to build keymap using the following components:
keycodes:   evdev+aliases(qwerty)
types:      complete
compat:     complete
symbols:    pc+us(altgr-intl)+inet(evdev)+compose(rwin)+terminate(ctrl_alt_bksp)
geometry:   pc(pc104)
xkb_keymap {
	xkb_keycodes  { include "evdev+aliases(qwerty)"	};
	xkb_types     { include "complete"	};
	xkb_compat    { include "complete"	};
	xkb_symbols   { include "pc+us(altgr-intl)+inet(evdev)+compose(rwin)+terminate(ctrl_alt_bksp)"	};
	xkb_geometry  { include "pc(pc104)"	};
};

After plugging it in:

Code:

setxkbmap -print -verbose 10

Setting verbose level to 10
locale is C
Trying to load rules file ./rules/evdev...
Trying to load rules file /etc/X11/xkb/rules/evdev...
Success.
Applied rules from evdev:
rules:      evdev
model:      pc105
layout:     us
options:    terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp
Trying to build keymap using the following components:
keycodes:   evdev+aliases(qwerty)
types:      complete
compat:     complete
symbols:    pc+us+inet(evdev)+terminate(ctrl_alt_bksp)
geometry:   pc(pc105)
xkb_keymap {
	xkb_keycodes  { include "evdev+aliases(qwerty)"	};
	xkb_types     { include "complete"	};
	xkb_compat    { include "complete"	};
	xkb_symbols   { include "pc+us+inet(evdev)+terminate(ctrl_alt_bksp)"	};
	xkb_geometry  { include "pc(pc105)"	};
};

udevadm monitor -e log when plugged in:
https://pastebin.com/9C5rdRU5

My kernel is Linux 4.4.38 #2 SMP Sun Dec 11 16:11:02 CST 2016
(64 bit, multilib AMD)

Packages: ( I need to update at some point :P)

eudev-3.2.5-x86_64-1
eudev-compat32-3.2.5-x86_64-1compat32

setxkbmap-1.3.1-x86_64-1

libwacom-0.26-x86_64-1
libwacom-compat32-0.26-x86_64-1compat32
xf86-input-wacom-0.35.0-x86_64-1

Other users of various distros seem to have similar problems.
My first thought is to just write a bunch of udev rules that run a script, but maybe there's a simpler solution?

Geist · 04-25-2018, 07:39 PM

The script in question, by the way:

Code:

#!/bin/sh
USER=yourname
export DISPLAY=:0
export XAUTHORITY=/home/$USER/.Xauthority
(
sleep 5
su -c ' setxkbmap -model pc104 -layout us -variant altgr-intl -option compose:rwin' - $USER
)&

Not sure if this is the best way to do it, but it does work. The display and xauthority, as well as the su invocation are there because setxkbmap seems to be tied to a specific xsession/user.