Hi Alex,

I solved my problem by adding the line "setxkbmap -option" just before the line  "@lxpanel --profile LXDE", ie at the beginning of the file /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE/autostart, for a new user, or the file $HOME/.config/lxsession/LXDE/autostart, for an existing one.  Now, I always see FR even when autologin is enabled.

Is this solution helps for your problem too?

I will create a patch and see with my mentor to commit it in the Mga SVN repository.

Best regards,

Nico.

Hello Nicolas,
Thank you for your LXDE support.

I used:
sed -i 's|@lxpanel --profile LXDE|setxkbmap -option\n@lxpanel --profile LXDE|g' /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE/autostart

Result for new user:
OK if to switch keyboard layouts by mouse click, but keyboard layouts cannot be switched by keyboard.

Remi hi,

Will you unpatch? I had only visual problems without patch, but all worked fine. Keyboard layouts cannot be switched by keyboard with patch. So it's regress now.

CC: (none) => remi

Hi Alex,

I have understood the problem that prevents keyboard layouts to be switched by keyboard: it is because lxpanel is launched before "setxkbmap -option" is finished.  So I have modified my solution and I will submit it to Remi.

Regards.

Nico.

Will you unpatch? I had only visual problems without patch, but all worked fine. Keyboard layouts cannot be switched by keyboard with patch. So it's regress now.

You just copy pasted comment 3 Alex, can you please state whether you saw Nicolas' comment 4 and tried the new lxpanel?

I tested the latest LXDE from Cauldron, lxpanel-0.7.2-1.mga5.i586.rpm
Where is new lxpanel?

Well lxpanel-0.7.2-1.mga5 is indeed the latest version, so Nicolas' fix from comment 4 is maybe not sufficient.

Hi,

The patched package is not lxpanel but lxde-common.

After some tests, I can confirm that, sometimes, the keyboard switch works and, sometimes, when you first try to switch, you have to try three times before it works.

So I should unpatch because the only corrected problem is a visual one (e.g. FR keyboard marked as US one) but the patch causes a bigger problem.

My question is: Do I have the right to unpatch and submit a new pkg during the freeze period?  If the response is positive, I will do that quickly.

Cheers,

Nico.

You can commit to SVN, but then you have to ask for a freeze push on the dev mailing list, explaining what the changes are.

> sometimes, when you first try to switch, you have to try three times before it works.
I tested three times, but it does not work.

> the patch causes a bigger problem.
Yes, please unpatch and report to upstream. I remember LXDE in Mageia 2 worked fine, so it's regress in upstream.

Many thanks for your works.

Hi,

I have unpatched but the result of "mgarepo rpmlog lxde-common" is rather strange: it says "0.99.0-6.mga4".  I do not understand why it is not "0.99.0-6.mga5".  Is it possible to correct that mistake?

Regarding the problem with the displayed keyboard that is wrong, after several other tests, I can confirm that:

1) The problem is not related to LXDM because it also occurs with GDM and KDM.

2) "setxkbmap -print | grep symbols" says "[...] pc+fr+[...]".

3) setxkbmap get the display with: "XkbOpenDisplay([...])".

4) Lxpanel xkb plugin only displays what the X server told it, when it is configured to keep system configuration, so symbols_string contains "[...] pc+us+[...]".

5) Lxpanel xkb plugin get the display with:
   "GDK_DISPLAY_XDISPLAY(gdk_display_get_default())"

6) With MATE and autologin:

6.1) If you configure several keyboard layouts but not US, then the chosen layout is the first of the list (normal behavior).

6.2) If you configure several keyboard layouts including US, then the chosen layout is US, even if it is not the first of the list (abnormal behavior).

As LXDE and MATE have problems and use glib/gtk+ 2, I suspect that the problem comes from querying the X server through those libraries and not directly.

Regards,

Nico.

I cannot confirm for MATE, it's OK for me. I have issue for LXDE only.

I have updated the errata https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Mageia_5_Errata#LXDE concerning this problem.

Whiteboard: (none) => IN_ERRATA

Suggested advisory:
========================

The updated lxde-common package forces reloading the keyboard configuration with the "setxkbmap" command when a user logs into LXDE to be sure the keyboard displayed in lxpanel is the right one.  Otherwise, when using autologin, lxpanel always display "US" even if the configured layout is something else, like "FR", for example.
========================

Updated packages in core/updates_testing:
========================
i586:
lxde-common-0.99.0-9.3.mga5.noarch.rpm

x86_64:
lxde-common-0.99.0-9.3.mga5.noarch.rpm

Source RPMs:
lxde-common-0.99.0-9.3.mga5.src.rpm

Assignee: bugsquad => qa-bugs
Status: NEW => ASSIGNED

Alex could you test with these new packages please, when they land on the mirror.
Thanks

Hi Nicolas,
Thanks you found right solution for this issue. I'm OK with MGA5 32bit.
Sorry I cannot test 64bit, I'm 32bit only.

Whiteboard: IN_ERRATA => IN_ERRATA MGA5-32-OK

Testing M5 x86 real h/w with French keyboard

BEFORE update (lxde-common-0.99.0-9.2.mga5)
LXDE desktop. Without auto-login, the systray correctly showed FR k/b.
Used MCC to establish auto-login to LXDE, re-booted.
Systray INcorrectly showed US k/b.

AFTER update to: lxde-common-0.99.0-9.3.mga5
Re-booted, auto-login to LXDE desktop now correctly show FR k/b in Systray.

Update good. Thanks to Nicolas & Alex.

CC: (none) => lewyssmith
Whiteboard: IN_ERRATA MGA5-32-OK => IN_ERRATA MGA5-32-OK MGA5-64-OK

Validating. Advisory uploaded.

Please push to 5 updates, thanks.

Keywords: (none) => validated_update
Whiteboard: IN_ERRATA MGA5-32-OK MGA5-64-OK => IN_ERRATA advisory MGA5-32-OK MGA5-64-OK
CC: (none) => sysadmin-bugs

An update for this issue has been pushed to the Mageia Updates repository.

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGAA-2016-0022.html

Status: ASSIGNED => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => FIXED