Keyboard layout switching problem after upgrading debian template

[Vitali Andrusevich]

Hello everyone.

I have a problem after manual upgrade from debian-12 to debian-13.

Keyboard language switching doesn't work anymore in debian-13.
Both templates have "qubesdb-watch /keyboard-layout" running,
but appvms based on new template just fail to switch languages.


Regards,
Vitali

[Vitali Andrusevich]

I add more details here.

I run i3 as WM.

my keyboard layout is switching via xorg mechanism

dom0 has a file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-keyboard.conf:

Section "InputClass"
Identifier "system-keyboard"
MatchIsKeyboard "on"
Option "XkbLayout" "us,ru"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbOptions" "grp:caps_toggle"
EndSection


Debian-12 template and its appvms do not have any special settings for
keyboard layout switching. It just inherits dom0 settings.

So, if i switch keyboard layout (being in debian-12 appvm context) - it
switches current keyboard layout (for this appvm) and for dom0 as well.

if i am switching it within dom0 - this switch works only for dom0.
This was ok for me.

But appvms based on debian-13 seem completely ignore global dom0 xorg
layout switching settings and keyboard layout is not switching at all.
not for appvm context and not from dom0.

[Vitali Andrusevich]

Hi everybody.


This problem also exists in the official debian-13 template from Qubes
itself.

[user@dom0 ~]$ qubesdb-read -d debian-13 /qubes-keyboard

xkb_keymap {\x0a\x09xkb_keycodes { include
"evdev+aliases(qwerty)"\x09};\x0a\x09xkb_types { include
"complete"\x09};\x0a\x09xkb_compat { include
"complete"\x09};\x0a\x09xkb_symbols { include
"pc+us+ru:2+inet(evdev)+capslock(grouplock)"\x09};\x0a\x09xkb_geometry
{ include "pc(pc105)"\x09};\x0a};

Seems like this qubes xkb mapping runtime change is not installed
properly into debian-13 environment or is somehow incompatible or
conflicting with
xkb-data (version 2.42-1 in debian-13).

As a result, xev shows Caps_Lock ivent (after pressing Caps button)
instead of expected ISO_Next_Group (like in Debian-12).

if i manually run the following command in debian-13 appvm:

setxkbmap -layout 'us,ru' -option 'grp:caps_toggle'

it works like expected (caps button switches keyboard layout).

Regards,
Vitali