/etc/default/keyboard ignored after upgrade to 16.04
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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console-setup (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
I just upgraded Xubuntu 14.04 to 16.04, and I noticed my compose key wasn't working in any application in X. I verified my compose key was still set up in /etc/default/
XKBOPTIONS=
I googled around and ran these two commands:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-
sudo update-initramfs -u
But the problem persists. I notice that the compose key works fine in the console, but it doesn't work in any X application, including the terminal.
Here's my current workaround:
echo "setxkbmap -option compose:ralt" >> ~/.xprofile
It looks like I'm not the only one experiencing this, and it doesn't seem limited to Xfce:
https:/
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS
Release: 16.04
$ apt-cache policy keyboard-
keyboard-
Installed: 1.108ubuntu15.2
Candidate: 1.108ubuntu15.2
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: keyboard-
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-31-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Sat Aug 13 09:04:10 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-05-08 (827 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
PackageArchitec
SourcePackage: console-setup
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-08-05 (7 days ago)
description: | updated |
summary: |
- XKBOPTIONS ignored after upgrade to 16.04 + /etc/default/keyboard ignored after upgrade to 16.04 |
your missed one command .. see the top of /etc/default/ keyboard. it points to the documentation at /usr/share/ doc/keyboard- configuration/ README. Debian that tells what you have to do after manually changing the config..