GNU bug report logs - #26234
SLIM, SDDM can only be used with en_US keyboard layout

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From: ng0 <contact.ng0 <at> cryptolab.net>
To: 26234 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#26234: SLIM, SDDM can only be used with en_US keyboard layout
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2017 09:35:29 +0000

ng0 transcribed 0.3K bytes:
> If this is a duplicate bug, close it.
> 
> Currently SLIM (and SDDM) do neither respect nor offer an option to
> select a keyboard layout other than "en_US".
> 
> **
> 
> Expected fix is that display managers (SDDM, SLIM, future ones) can be
> configured to let users choose the language/keyboard layout of their choice.
> 
> 
> 

And for SLIM we need to address a change in
file "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf" depending on the chosen
language. This would however be focused on a one user system where
everyone uses the same layout.

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=780185#p780185

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