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Bug 727214 - GDM disables XkbOption ctrl:nocaps from /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf
GDM disables XkbOption ctrl:nocaps from /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: gdm
Classification: Core
Component: general
3.10.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: GDM maintainers
GDM maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2014-03-28 07:57 UTC by Tassilo Horn
Modified: 2018-05-24 11:00 UTC
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Description Tassilo Horn 2014-03-28 07:57:09 UTC 
Like many of us, I use a single-user laptop.  Since I use the German Dvorak TypeII keyboard layout, I want to have it configured globally.  For the X11 part of it, I have this entry in my /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf:

Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "evdev keyboard catchall"
        MatchIsKeyboard "on"
        MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
        Driver "evdev"
        Option "XkbLayout"      "de"
        Option "XkbVariant"     "dvorak"
        Option "XkbOptions"     "ctrl:nocaps"
EndSection

It works in so far that in fact, the correct German Dvorak layout is enabled globally even in GDM.  However, the XkbOption "ctrl:nocaps" is NOT enabled, and I need to type "setxkbmap -option ctrl:nocaps" every time I log into GNOME.

First, I've thought it's an X issue, but then I switched from GDM to LightDM for testing, and with that, the option is enabled after logging into GNOME.  So it seems GDM disables it somehow.

I don't have any input sources configured in the GNOME settings.  I'm the only user, so I have no need to configure them on a per-user basis.  It should just use what's configured globally.

I'm happy to provide any details you might need.
Comment 1 Jesse 2014-04-26 22:03:30 UTC 
I can confirm this is still an issue for GDM 3.12.1. I've set the same option in xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf, but GDM ignores it.

I also tried `sudo -u gdm dconf-editor` and added 'ctrl:nocaps' to org.gnome.desktop.input-sources.xkb-options - it didn't help.

It seems GDM is working very hard to toss out your keyboard configuration, regardless of how you try to tell it what you want.
Comment 2 Tassilo Horn 2014-10-02 07:01:37 UTC 
Indeed, when I enable Typing > Ctrl key position > CapsLock as Ctrl in the Tweak Tool which sets org.gnome.desktop.input-sources.xkb-options, it also doesn't help as Jesse already mentioned.
Comment 3 Tassilo Horn 2014-10-02 07:07:14 UTC 
This is probably the cause of why org.gnome.desktop.input-sources.xkb-options has no effect: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=699123
Comment 4 GNOME Infrastructure Team 2018-05-24 11:00:59 UTC 
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