bug#37897: Bug: Resetting locale settings

[o . rojon]

Hello ludo, hey guys,

here you go. I took the liberty to anonymize and to skip the package 
modules and packages sections.

I realised that when I dont specify WHICH KIND of german keyboard layout 
I have, the problem does not occur. That is, if I use the 
(keyboard-layout (keyboard-layout "de")), I dont have any problems.

Thus I suppose that there might be something wrong with the spelling of 
the specification (compare both commented-out attempts at 
specification). Strictly speaking, then, it may not be a bug. But if it 
is not a bug, I dont know how specify the specification, since in the 
manual the specification consists of only one word (e.g. "fr" "bepo"), 
and under /run/current-system/profile/share/keymaps/i386/qwertz/, said 
keymap is listed as "de-latin1-nodeadkeys".

(use-modules (gnu))
(use-service-modules desktop networking ssh xorg)
(use-package-modules ...)

(operating-system
  (locale "de_DE.utf8")
  (timezone "Europe/Berlin")
;;  (keyboard-layout (keyboard-layout "de" "latin1-nodeadkeys"))
;;  (keyboard-layout (keyboard-layout "de" "latin1 nodeadkeys"))
  (keyboard-layout (keyboard-layout "de"))
  (bootloader
    (bootloader-configuration
      (bootloader grub-bootloader)
      (target "/dev/sdb")
      (keyboard-layout keyboard-layout)))
  (swap-devices (list "/dev/sdb3"))
  (file-systems
    (cons* (file-system
             (mount-point "/home")
             (device
               (uuid "8ee0b983-53f0-4e18-852f-8cd4424a6c6f"
                     'btrfs))
             (type "btrfs"))
           (file-system
             (mount-point "/")
             (device
               (uuid "cb425a5f-bd91-45d3-92e1-3b983450ee21"
                     'ext4))
             (type "ext4"))
           %base-file-systems))
  (host-name "guixter")
  (users (cons* (user-account
                  (name "user")
                  (comment "")
                  (group "users")
                  (home-directory "/home/user")
                  (supplementary-groups
                    '("wheel" "netdev" "audio" "video")))
                %base-user-accounts))
  (packages
    (append
     (list ...)
      %base-packages))
  (services
    (append
      (list (service xfce-desktop-service-type)
            (set-xorg-configuration
              (xorg-configuration
                (keyboard-layout keyboard-layout))))
      %desktop-services)))

Greetings,
Olivier

On 13.11.2019 14:48, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> Hi,
>
> address@hidden skribis:
>
> > So I was talking about the keyboard layout all along. Not only was my
> > locale set to "de_DE.utf8", but my keyboard configuration is set to
> > "de-latin1-nodeadkeys". Interestingly, the keyboard layout is
> > different in xorg and xfce than it is in the console (the one I reach
> > via C-M-Fx, not the terminal emulator). In the console, I have the
> > qwertz keyboard layout.
> >
> > Also find the part of my current configuration file (sitting at
> > /etc/config.scm) which specifies both locale and keyboard layout:
> > (operating-system
> >   (locale "de_DE.utf8")
> >   (timezone "Europe/Berlin")
> >   (keyboard-layout (keyboard-layout "de" "latin1-nodeadkeys"))
> >   (bootloader
> >     (bootloader-configuration
> >       (bootloader grub-bootloader)
> >       (target "/dev/sdb")
> >       (keyboard-layout keyboard-layout)))
>
> Could you post your complete config file?
>
> The snippet above defines the keyboard layout for the console and for
> GRUB, but it does not define the keyboard layout for Xorg/Xfce.  For
> that you need an extra bit with ‘set-xorg-configuration’ as noted at
> <>.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Ludo’.