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[Solved] TCP 12 x64 How can I set up setxkbmap automatically?

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Rich:
Hi Santos

--- Quote from: Santos on February 07, 2022, 01:25:06 AM --- ... I will try to test it again with the corrections. To have an alternative way of doing it. ...
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I look forward to hearing whether it works or not. Remember to disable the Xorg keyboard config file and restart
Xorg prior to trying it.

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Santos:
Hello Rich.

Today I tried with the corrections you made (.txt file downloaded and checked out). But still, no change. Counted up to 3 (even tried up to ten) with keyboard unplugged,  Xorg  keyboard config file removed and  Xorg  restarted.

Am I missing something?

Rich:
Hi Santos

--- Quote from: Santos on February 09, 2022, 01:09:32 AM --- ... Am I missing something?
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Maybe. Or maybe I  missed something. Or maybe we both missed something.  :)

OK, I decided to test this out on one of my machines. I changed  RUN+=  to:

--- Code: ---RUN+="/bin/ash -c 'touch /home/tc/KBD'"
--- End code ---
Make udev aware of the new rules file:

--- Code: ---sudo udevadm control --reload-rules
--- End code ---
I unplugged and replugged the keyboard. When I checked my home directory, there was an empty file called KBD, so
the rule did run. I also noticed it remembered that  NumLock  was on.

I use a US keyboard so have no need for  setxkbmap , but I have  numlockx.tcz  installed and used that for the
next test. I changed  RUN+=  to:

--- Code: ---RUN+="/bin/ash -c 'DISPLAY=:0 /usr/local/bin/numlockx off'"
--- End code ---
I unplugged and replugged the keyboard. The  NumLock  LED briefly lit up before  numlockx  turned  NumLock  off.
So running an  X  application to change the keyboard works too.

Remember to run the  udevadm  command when you first copy the file to  /etc/udev/rules.d/
When editing the file, don't forget to hit  Save  before testing it again.
Watch your spelling, punctuation, and capitalization when making changes.

--- Quote --- ... (.txt file downloaded ...
--- End quote ---
On the off chance you changed it, I think the filenames have to end in  .rule

Santos:
Hello Rich

Followed each step very carefully, triple checked the punctuation, spelling, capitalization and saved all changes on file before closing it. And ran command to update rules.


--- Quote from: Rich on February 09, 2022, 10:15:25 AM ---... On the off chance you changed it, I think the filenames have to end in  .rule

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Fear not. I downloaded the .txt file just to look at the content. I didn't blindly downloaded and put it in the directory. :-)

I did tested the same way you have done it. With a test file generated by  touch  . So I'm confident it is running the desired command, but maybe it is a quirk of  setxkbmap?

You can try by just changing your kbmap to something else and try to put it back on: en. With the udev rule.

Rich:
Hi Santos
OK, I think I cracked it. Run the following command:

--- Code: ---udevadm monitor --env
--- End code ---
Then unplug and replug the keyboard. You'll see  udev  print a bunch of messages. The last group is the  bind  command
for the keyboard. You want the values for  SUBSYSTEM, ID_VENDOR_ID, and ID_MODEL_ID  listed there.

Place the following in your  .rules  file with the values you found for  SUBSYSTEM, ID_VENDOR_ID, and ID_MODEL_ID.

--- Code: ---ACTION=="bind", SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ENV{ID_VENDOR_ID}=="413c", ENV{ID_MODEL_ID}=="2005" RUN+="/bin/ash -c 'DISPLAY=:0 /usr/local/bin/setxkbmap es'"
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