[arch-general] Problem with x11 keymap options

[Juha Kankare]

On 03/03/2019 00:36, Ivy Foster via arch-general wrote:
> On 02 Mar 2019, at  6:48 pm +0000, Juha Kankare via arch-general wrote:
>> Hey,
> Hello!
>
>> I've been trying to get my locale to work correctly, adn everythign else
>> seems to be roughly correct (if I set grp:alt_shift_toggle with
>> setxkbmap I can switch between my keyboards), but the option
>> grp:alt_shift_toggle doesn't work unless I run the command manually.
> So is it failing to load when specified in
> /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/some_snippet_file.conf? If so, would you please
> post the relevant file, and any others you've made for this system
> that configure the keyboard?
>
> Cheers,
> iff

The only file I know is modifying my keyboard settings is 
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-keyboard.conf, which looks like this:

File: /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-keyboard.conf
# Written by systemd-localed(8), read by systemd-localed and Xorg. It's
# probably wise not to edit this file manually. Use localectl(1) to
# instruct systemd-localed to update it.
Section "InputClass"
         Identifier "system-keyboard"
         MatchIsKeyboard "on"
         Option "XkbLayout" "fi,ru,us"
         Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
     Option "XkbVariant" ",phonetic,"
         Option "XkbOptions" "grp:alt_shift_toggle"
EndSection
==EOF==

So, in my opinion, that looks pretty normal. Though, in the Xorg logs 
the keyboard is loaded and removed about three million times, like this:

Short excerpt from my /var/log/Xorg.0.log
[ 28803.768] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Razer Razer Kraken 
7.1 V2 Consumer Control (/dev/input/event3)
[ 28803.768] (**) Razer Razer Kraken 7.1 V2 Consumer Control: Applying 
InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[ 28803.768] (**) Razer Razer Kraken 7.1 V2 Consumer Control: Applying 
InputClass "system-keyboard"
[ 28803.768] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'Razer Razer Kraken 
7.1 V2 Consumer Control'
[ 28803.768] (**) Razer Razer Kraken 7.1 V2 Consumer Control: always 
reports core events
[ 28803.768] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event3"
[ 28803.768] (**) Option "_source" "server/udev"
[ 28803.769] (II) event3  - Razer Razer Kraken 7.1 V2 Consumer Control: 
is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[ 28803.769] (II) event3  - Razer Razer Kraken 7.1 V2 Consumer Control: 
device is a keyboard
[ 28803.769] (II) event3  - Razer Razer Kraken 7.1 V2 Consumer Control: 
device removed
[ 28803.794] (**) Option "config_info" 
"udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-2/1-2:1.3/0003:1532:0510.000C/input/input35/event3"
[ 28803.794] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Razer Razer 
Kraken 7.1 V2 Consumer Control" (type: KEYBOARD, id 14)
[ 28803.794] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc104"
[ 28803.794] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "fi,ru,us"
[ 28803.794] (**) Option "xkb_variant" ",phonetic,"
[ 28803.794] (**) Option "xkb_options" "grp:alt_shift_toggle"
[ 28803.795] (II) event3  - Razer Razer Kraken 7.1 V2 Consumer Control: 
is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[ 28803.795] (II) event3  - Razer Razer Kraken 7.1 V2 Consumer Control: 
device is a keyboard
[ 28803.795] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Razer Razer Kraken 
7.1 V2 (/dev/input/event4)
[ 28803.795] (**) Razer Razer Kraken 7.1 V2: Applying InputClass 
"libinput keyboard catchall"
[ 28803.795] (**) Razer Razer Kraken 7.1 V2: Applying InputClass 
"system-keyboard"
[ 28803.795] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'Razer Razer Kraken 
7.1 V2'
[ 28803.795] (**) Razer Razer Kraken 7.1 V2: always reports core events
[ 28803.795] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event4"
[ 28803.795] (**) Option "_source" "server/udev"
[ 28803.808] (II) event4  - Razer Razer Kraken 7.1 V2: is tagged by udev 
as: Keyboard
[ 28803.808] (II) event4  - Razer Razer Kraken 7.1 V2: device is a keyboard
[ 28803.808] (II) event4  - Razer Razer Kraken 7.1 V2: device removed
[ 28803.834] (**) Option "config_info" 
"udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-2/1-2:1.3/0003:1532:0510.000C/input/input36/event4"
[ 28803.834] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Razer Razer 
Kraken 7.1 V2" (type: KEYBOARD, id 15)
[ 28803.834] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc104"
[ 28803.834] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "fi,ru,us"
[ 28803.834] (**) Option "xkb_variant" ",phonetic,"
[ 28803.834] (**) Option "xkb_options" "grp:alt_shift_toggle"
[ 28803.839] (II) event4  - Razer Razer Kraken 7.1 V2: is tagged by udev 
as: Keyboard
[ 28803.839] (II) event4  - Razer Razer Kraken 7.1 V2: device is a keyboard
[ 28810.116] (II) config/udev: removing device Razer Razer Kraken 7.1 V2 
Consumer Control
[ 28810.117] (II) event3  - Razer Razer Kraken 7.1 V2 Consumer Control: 
device removed
[ 28810.128] (II) UnloadModule: "libinput"
[ 28810.148] (II) config/udev: removing device Razer Razer Kraken 7.1 V2
[ 28810.149] (II) event4  - Razer Razer Kraken 7.1 V2: device removed
[ 28810.167] (II) UnloadModule: "libinput"
[ 28813.716] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Razer Razer Kraken 
7.1 V2 (/dev/input/event4)
[ 28813.716] (**) Razer Razer Kraken 7.1 V2: Applying InputClass 
"libinput keyboard catchall"
[ 28813.716] (**) Razer Razer Kraken 7.1 V2: Applying InputClass 
"system-keyboard"
[ 28813.716] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'Razer Razer Kraken 
7.1 V2'
[ 28813.716] (**) Razer Razer Kraken 7.1 V2: always reports core events
[ 28813.716] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event4"
[ 28813.716] (**) Option "_source" "server/udev"
[ 28813.717] (II) event4  - Razer Razer Kraken 7.1 V2: is tagged by udev 
as: Keyboard
[ 28813.717] (II) event4  - Razer Razer Kraken 7.1 V2: device is a keyboard
[ 28813.717] (II) event4  - Razer Razer Kraken 7.1 V2: device removed
[ 28813.740] (**) Option "config_info" 
"udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-2/1-2:1.3/0003:1532:0510.000D/input/input38/event4"
[ 28813.740] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Razer Razer 
Kraken 7.1 V2" (type: KEYBOARD, id 14)
[ 28813.740] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc104"

Is this normal?

-- 
Regards, Juha Kankare