On Sun, Oct 17, 2021 at 07:52:29PM -0400, Cmdte Alpha Tigre Z wrote: > Oh, I forgot to say: I'm using Debian 10.10 i386 > > El dom, 17 oct 2021 a las 17:12, Cmdte Alpha Tigre Z > (<santiagopi...@gmail.com>) escribió: > > > > Hi. > > > > I was trying to set up the keyboard for the whole system > > with "localectl set-x11-keymap pc105 us altgr-intl". Before > > that, it did not have the altgr-intl variant. > > > > I have LXQt installed, with SDDM as the display manager. > > After booting the PC again, SDDM was no longer showing up > > when the PC finished starting. Through some research > > reading the systemd journal, I found that "sddm-greeter" > > could not connect to the X server. > > > > I also found that, if I login at a virtual console as root and run: > > "systemctl isolate multi-user.target" and then > > "systemctl isolate graphical.target" > > to try to reload the graphical system, then everything works fine > > and SDDM shows up as normal. It also allows me to use > > the keyboard with the chosen configuration. > > > > Later, I removed the "altgr-intl" option from "/etc/default/keyboard" > > and rebooted, and voilá... everything was back to normal and > > SDDM showed up at the end of the boot process. > > > > I tried rebooting many times, changing some localization settings, > > and the problem appeared exactly only when the "altgr-intl" > > was enabled in "/etc/default/keyboard". The keyboard works > > well when you set it up through LXQt. > > > > Now, while writing this message, I tried it again and now > > the kernel reports a segmentation fault in "sddm-greeter" > > after it reads "/usr/share/xsessions/lxqt.desktop". Of course, > > everything fails again leaving me with only the mouse cursor > > and a black screen. > > > > Before I go to report this as a bug, I wanted to know > > if I am not the only one with this problem. > > > > Please, ¿could someone with LXQt and a little free time > > tell me whether the system fails to start when adding > > XKBVARIANT="altgr-intl" to "/etc/default/keyboard" > > and then rebooting? You can go back to normal behaviour > > just logging in at a virtual console, removing the "altgr-intl" > > part from "/etc/default/keyboard" and rebooting. > > > > Thanks in advance. >
Hi, First things first: bring your machine up to date - there is now 10.11. [Or update to Debian 11 - but read release notes :) ] I think you may have two independent problems here: changing keyboard layout shouldn't cause problems with the X server. All best, as ever, Andy Cater
