[xubuntu-users] [Bulk] Re: 14.10, keyboard map seems wrong for GUI login

[Chris Green]

On Fri, Dec 05, 2014 at 12:21:46AM +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Thu, 4 Dec 2014 21:12:50 +0000, Chris Green wrote:
> > How/where can I set the keyboard mapping for login?
> 
> Add something that fits to your keyboard to /etc/X11/xorg.conf:
> 
> $ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/keyboard.conf 
> Section "InputClass"
>        Identifier "keyboard"
>        MatchIsKeyboard "yes"
>        Option "XkbLayout" "de"
>        #Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
> 
Why is this needed in 14.10 but not in 14.04 though?  It seems like a
step backwards (or a bug even!).

On my 14.04 systems I get my (specified at installation) UK keyboard
layout everywhere, including the GUI login.  On the new 14.10 system I
get the UK keyboard everywhere *except* the GUI login.

-- 
Chris Green