#913531 gdm3: Keyboard layout order given by XKBLAYOUT in /etc/default/keyboard is ignored if us layout present.

Package:
gdm3
Source:
gdm3
Description:
GNOME Display Manager
Submitter:
Joachim Falk
Date:
2021-03-11 19:33:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#913531#5
Date:
2018-11-11 22:16:39 UTC
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Dear Debian maintainer of gdm3,

there is a problem with gdm3 on a fresh buster netinstall. If multiple keyboard layouts are
selected, e.g., de,us or fr,us, in /etc/default/keyboard like

# KEYBOARD CONFIGURATION FILE

# Consult the keyboard(5) manual page.

XKBMODEL="pc105"
XKBLAYOUT="de,us"
XKBVARIANT=""
XKBOPTIONS=""

BACKSPACE="guess"

then gdm3 will always start with the us layout even if de or fr is present first.
However, XKBLAYOUT="de,fr" or XKBLAYOUT="fr,de" work as expected and GDM3, respectively,
starts with a german or french layout.
#913531#10
Date:
2021-03-11 19:30:31 UTC
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To:
Heads up, this is still present in Debian bullseye with gdm3 version 3.38.2.1-1.