On 25/04/2020 17:39, gwinship wrote: > I added following configuration to my /etc/default/keyboard > |XKBMODEL="pc105" XKBLAYOUT="gb,de" XKBVARIANT="" > XKBOPTIONS="grp:win_space_toggle" BACKSPACE="guess" |however. This does not > load at boot. > My configuration > Debian 10.3 > i3, xdm > ThinkPad E580 > The /var/log/Xorg.log is > [ 268.754] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard > catchall" > [ 268.754] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "system-default" > [ 268.754] (II) LoadModule: "libinput" > [ 268.755] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/libinput_drv.so > [ 268.763] (II) Module libinput: vendor="X.Org Foundation" > [ 268.763] compiled for 1.20.4, module version = 0.28.2 > [ 268.763] Module class: X.Org XInput Driver > [ 268.763] ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 24.1 > [ 268.763] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'Power Button' > [ 268.763] (**) Power Button: always reports core events > [ 268.763] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event3" > [ 268.763] (**) Option "_source" "server/udev" > [ 268.766] (II) event3 - Power Button: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard > [ 268.766] (II) event3 - Power Button: device is a keyboard > [ 268.767] (II) event3 - Power Button: device removed > [ 268.781] (**) Option "config_info" > "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXPWRBN:00/input/input5/event3" > [ 268.781] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button" > (type: KEYBOARD, id 6) > [ 268.781] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105" > [ 268.781] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "gb,de" > [ 268.781] (WW) Option "xkb_variant" requires a string value > [ 268.781] (**) Option "xkb_options" "grp:win_shift_toggle" > [ 268.832] (II) event3 - Power Button: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard > [ 268.832] (II) event3 - Power Button: device is a keyboard > > I also tried adding the setting using localectl, but this didn't yield > any results either.
The warning of "xkb_variant requires a string value" suggests to me that the empty string is not allowed. What happens if you remove the XKBVARIANT line from the config? Alternatively, the man page for "keyboard" suggests that leaving the entry completely null (XKBVARIANT=) is acceptable. > > Best, > Felix
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