(SOLVED) Keyboard layout problems and main menu disappeared

Rademes · posted: 2016-12-30 16:43

Good day.
I tried to set up three keyboard layouts, but without success. I need US, Russian and Latvian (apostrophe variant) layouts. First I have edited /etc/default/keyboard file like this:
XKBLAYOUT="us,ru,lv"
XKBVARIANT="apostrophe"
XKBOPTIONS="grp:lwin_toggle,compose:rwin,lv3:ralt_switch"
Also I have enabled keyboard indicator.
After reboot by pressing Left Win key keyboard layouts are switching only one circle, I mean US -> RU -> LV, and stops switching after LV.
How can I properly configure keyboard layouts here?
And now bigger problem. I can not understand why, but almost all main menu items and keyboard layout indicator have disappeared. So I left with this menu:
========= SCRAPER REMOVED AN EMBEDDED LINK HERE ===========
url was:"http://storage8.static.itmages.ru/i/16/1230/h_1483115279_4947457_440f40bec9.jpg"
linktext was:"http://storage8.static.itmages.ru/i/16/ ... 40bec9.jpg"
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Why it happened, and how can I get menu back?
Finally I always get this warning message attached when I start Xfburn. How can I get rid of it?

rokytnji · posted: 2016-12-30 18:16

Well. In my AntiX 15 install in /etc/skel/ . I have

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harry@biker:/etc/skel/.icewm
$ ls
keys           menu               menu.dpkg-old  preferences  theme    winoptions
keys.dpkg-old  menu-applications  personal       startup      toolbar
harry@biker:/etc/skel/.icewm
$

So any corrupted icewm files I have in /home/harry/.icewm. I would replace them by renaming the originals in there on the end .brkn
and copy the files from /etc/skel/.icewm over to

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harry@biker:~/.icewm
$ ls
keys  menu-applications  preferences  theme   toolbar
menu  personal           startup      themes  winoptions
harry@biker:~/.icewm

As far as the language question goes. Being a Texan. I have no personal experience on how to handle that part of your question.
It would have been nice if you had broke your thread up into multiple threads with only one question each.
Which you can still do your self if you edit this thread title and title it,
"Lost menu, How to restore to original?"
Then take the keyboard question out and start a new thread titled"Key Bindings for Language?" Or something like that.

Doing the same for the xfburn question also would be a bonus for us also.

I only mention this as it makes it easier for new members, like you. To find answers using my self help search tutorial over here.

how-to-search-for-a-solution-when-you-have-a-antix-problem-t5387.html

Up to you though.
Good luck with it.

Rademes · posted: 2016-12-30 19:33

Made some searching about menu disappearance and found this topic:
choosing-locale-can-wipe-out-fluxbox-configuration-files-t5785.html
The author there described what I did before main menu was broken. I tried to change keyboard layouts there, with very bad result. Still that is very bad, that bug, which have been reported in Jul 16, 2015 still has not been fixed.

skidoo · posted: 2016-12-30 20:19

I have replied to"XfBurn warning message" here:

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skidoo · posted: 2016-12-30 20:25

FWIW, until you mentioned fluxbox, due to the titlebar color in your screenshot I would have guessed you were using JWM or IceWM.

Have you tried logging out, then choose another session, to determine whether kb switcher issue affects ONLY fluxbox?
(If your desktop menu is now working, instead of logging out you can just choose from"Other Desktops" in the menu)

Rademes · posted: 2016-12-31 11:54

It would have been nice if you had broke your thread up into multiple threads with only one question each.

I didn't wanted to post multiple threads, but if it is necessary next time I will do this.

skidoo wrote: Have you tried logging out, then choose another session, to determine whether kb switcher issue affects ONLY fluxbox?

As I can see, all desktop environments are affected __{{emoticon}}__

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I will reinstall system and try to reproduce this bug.

Update: Xfburn problem resolved.

Update 2: Keyboard switching problem partially resolved. I was able to get Latvian layout to work, but still Latvian letters like ā, Ū are available only by pressing [Alt Gr] button. Apostrophe variant does not working. Also fbxkb switcher does not working properly on Icewm desktop environment, but it works on Fluxbox.
Can you suggest keyboard switching indicator for Icewm desktop environment?

Thank You for your help!
Happy New Year!

skidoo · posted: 2016-12-31 19:50

As far as I know, the same"fbxkb" kb switcher tray app should also work in icewm.
An earlier post here explains how/where to specify the autostart:
post47442.html#p47442

My knowledge of keyboard variants is extremely limited. I found this:

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url was:"http://fbxkb.sourceforge.net/faq.html"
linktext was:"http://fbxkb.sourceforge.net/faq.html"
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and, this:
file:/usr/share/antiX/keymap.template
^--- hopefully the list mentions the exact"apostrophe version" namestring you require

Rademes · posted: 2017-01-02 18:38

Thank you again, but for now I am satisfied with current keyboard settings, because I tried and figured out, that it is pretty convenient to use Latvian keyboard without apostrophe variant (like on old good WinXP).Looks like Keyboard switching indicator understands only settings in /etc/X11/XF86Config file. Also for now I am unable to reproduce Menu disappearing error. So this topic is Solved.
Here is my current keyboard settings:

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$ cat /etc/default/keyboard 
XKBMODEL="pc105"
XKBLAYOUT="lv,ru"
XKBVARIANT=""
XKBOPTIONS="grp:lwin_toggle,terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp,grp_led:scroll"

P.S. Latvian keyboard layout can be used without problems to type English letters too.