i3 is not involved in handling keys, only keyboard shortcuts. Are you saying that keybindings (such as Mod+2 to switch to workspace 2) you configured in the i3 config file are not working? Or are you referring to text input to applications, such as entering your name in a web form in Firefox?
On Sun, Nov 3, 2019 at 3:09 PM Vlastimil Zima <vlastimil.z...@gmail.com> wrote: > Package: i3-wm > Version: 4.17.1-1 > Severity: normal > Tags: l10n > > Dear Maintainer, > > I'm trying to setup a i3, but I encountered a problem with keyboard > layout setup. Multiple layouts set up in /etc/default/keyboard are > ignored by i3 and only 'us' layout is available. On the other hand, > keyboard options are respected. > > I have in /etc/default/keyboard > > XKBLAYOUT="us,cz" > XKBVARIANT=",qwerty" > BACKSPACE="guess" > XKBMODEL="pc105" > XKBOPTIONS="grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll,caps:none" > > but after i3 is started, 'setxkbmap -query' returns > > rules: evdev > model: pc105 > layout: us > options: grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll,caps:none > > I'd expect the layouts from the keyborad setup would be used as well. I > wasn't able to find another location which would override the keyboard > layout. > > Regards, > Vlastimil Zíma > > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: bullseye/sid > APT prefers testing > APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable') > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) > > Kernel: Linux 5.2.0-3-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) > Kernel taint flags: TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE > Locale: LANG=en_DK.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_DK.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), > LANGUAGE=en_DK.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash > Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) > LSM: AppArmor: enabled > > Versions of packages i3-wm depends on: > ii libc6 2.29-2 > ii libcairo2 1.16.0-4 > ii libev4 1:4.27-1 > ii libglib2.0-0 2.62.2-1 > ii libpango-1.0-0 1.42.4-7 > ii libpangocairo-1.0-0 1.42.4-7 > ii libpcre3 2:8.39-12+b1 > ii libstartup-notification0 0.12-6 > ii libxcb-cursor0 0.1.1-4 > ii libxcb-icccm4 0.4.1-1.1 > ii libxcb-keysyms1 0.4.0-1+b2 > ii libxcb-randr0 1.13.1-2 > ii libxcb-shape0 1.13.1-2 > ii libxcb-util0 0.3.8-3+b2 > ii libxcb-xinerama0 1.13.1-2 > ii libxcb-xkb1 1.13.1-2 > ii libxcb-xrm0 1.0-3 > ii libxcb1 1.13.1-2 > ii libxkbcommon-x11-0 0.8.4-1 > ii libxkbcommon0 0.8.4-1 > ii libyajl2 2.1.0-3 > ii perl 5.30.0-9 > > Versions of packages i3-wm recommends: > ii fonts-dejavu-core 2.37-1 > ii gnome-terminal [x-terminal-emulator] 3.34.2-1 > ii libanyevent-i3-perl 0.17-1 > ii libjson-xs-perl 4.020-1+b1 > ii xfonts-base 1:1.0.5 > ii xterm [x-terminal-emulator] 349-1 > > i3-wm suggests no packages. > > -- no debconf information > -- Best regards, Michael