Linux – Trying to set keyboard layout using Xorg configuration but it’s not working

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I'm trying to set my HP Pavilion g6 keyboard layout to English(us) and Arabic(ara).

I'm using Fedora 18, but followed Arch Wiki anyways.

Here's my 90-keyboard-layout.conf file :

Section "InputClass"
        Identifier  "keyboard"
        MatchIsKeyboard "on"
        MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
        Driver          "evdev"
        Option          "XkbModel"  "pc105"
        Option          "XkbLayout"     "us,ara(qwerty_digits)"
        Option          "XkbVariant"    "qwerty_digits,qwerty_digits"
        Option          "XkbOptions"    "grp:alt_shift_toggle"
EndSection

I've entered pc105 because I have no idea what's the corresponding XkbModel for my HP Pavilion g6 keyboard (looked in /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/xorg but didn't find it).

I have also this file 00-anaconda-keyboard.conf which contains :

#This file was generated by the Anaconda installer
Section "InputClass"
        Identifier  "keyboard"
        MatchIsKeyboard "on"
        Option          "XkbOptions"    "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp,"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
        Option  "DontZap" "false"
EndSection

Here's my setxkbmap -print:

xkb_keymap {
    xkb_keycodes  { include "evdev+aliases(qwerty)" };
    xkb_types     { include "complete"  };
    xkb_compat    { include "complete"  };
    xkb_symbols   { include "pc+us(qwerty_digits)+ara(qwerty_digits)(qwerty_digits):2+inet(evdev)+group(alt_shift_toggle)+terminate(ctrl_alt_bksp)" };
    xkb_geometry  { include "pc(pc104)" };
};

What else is missing? Layout switching is not working at all so far.

Best Answer

Edit your 90-keyboard-layout.conf like this:

Section "InputClass"
        Identifier  "keyboard"
        MatchIsKeyboard "on"
        MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
        Driver          "evdev"
        Option          "XkbModel"      "evdev"
        Option          "XkbLayout"     "us,ara"
        Option          "XkbVariant"    ",qwerty_digits"
        Option          "XkbOptions"    "grp:alt_shift_toggle"
EndSection
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