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Error activating XKB configuration for German Macintosh layouts
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Description
Using Macintosh (German) or Macintosh (German, no dead keys) will make an error window popup:
Error activating XKB configuration.
There can be various reasons for that.
Which results in the US layout being used.
xprop -root | grep XKB returns
_XKB_RULES_NAMES_BACKUP(STRING) = "evdev", "macbook78", "de", "mac_nodeadkeys", "lv3:alt_switch,terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"
_XKB_RULES_NAMES(STRING) = "evdev", "macbook78", "de", "mac_nodeadkeys", "lv3:alt_switch,terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"
gsettings get org.gnome.libgnomekbd.keyboard model:
''
gsettings get org.gnome.libgnomekbd.keyboard layouts:
['de\tmac_nodeadkeys']
gsettings get org.gnome.libgnomekbd.keyboard options:
@as []
More context: https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?p=2611992#p2611992
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the activation error with the Macintosh (German) layouts, then inspect the reported xprop and gsettings output alongside the linked forum discussion. There are no source files or tests named in the issue; done means the selected German Macintosh layout activates without the error window and does not fall back to US.
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- python
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- Bug
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