Guix,Some (=none) of you might remember my X keyboard woes on #guix, where I was stuck without a backspace key or the key below it (\, |) on my ThinkPad X230T's US keyboard. Both sent out ‘XF86ScreenSaver’ codes instead.
I tried dozens of things, both in my system configuration and by running random stateful xkb commands (naughty), and managed to ‘fix’ the bug without ever finding the cause (very naughty).
I think I was looking for it in all the wrong places. Something goes wrong before the kernel even boots. Here's my keyboard-layout:
(keyboard-layout (keyboard-layout"us" "dvp" ; kaufmann.no/roland/dvorak #:model "thinkpad" ; pc104, pc105, thinkpad, … #:options ; list of XKB Option strings (list "" ; unset all inherited options "caps:shiftlock" ; Shift Lock affects all keys
"shift:breaks_caps" ; Shift cancels Caps Lock
"compose:102" ; next to left Shift on
pc105
"lv3:ralt_switch" ; key to choose 3rd level
"nbsp:level3n" ; nbsp @lv3, thin nbsp
@lv4
"numpad:shift3" ; Num Lock: Shift chooses
lv3
"kpdl:semi" ; key pad semicolon @lv3
"misc:typo" ; add extra typographic
chars
"ctrl:swapcaps" ; onwards for great Emacs
"terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"))) ; zap X just to watch it
die
Here's what works just fine:
(service slim-service-type
(slim-configuration
(xorg-configuration
(xorg-configuration
(keyboard-layout keyboard-layout)
…
However, today I tried to (re-)add it to GRUB, too, and ended up
writing the following comment:
(bootloader (bootloader-configuration (bootloader grub-efi-bootloader);; XXX Strange bug: GRUB can read the LUKS passphrase, but afterwards (at ;; the menu screen) no longer responds to key presses. Even stranger: it ;; makes my X230T's backspace key send ‘XF86ScreenSaver’s even on Linux.
;; (keyboard-layout keyboard-layout) (target "/boot/efi") (timeout 1)))) This is 100% reproducible.I'll try to narrow it down a bit, but the combination of losing my actual work-workstation (which is also my funstation) while entering my passphrase 5 times, every time, makes that an unpleasant and tedious affair.
Kind regards, T G-R
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