Bug 25347

Created attachment 31559 [details]
output of 'xkbcomp -xkb $DISPLAY keymap.xkb'

[Originally reported here:

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=533863

Reporting here as per maintainer request.]

I use two keymaps: us and il, I use the dvorak variant of us, and I
switch between us and il using some key combination, generally alt
+shift.  I used to configure this in Xorg.conf thus:

        Option          "XkbLayout"     "us,il"
	Option          "XkbVariant"    "dvorak,"
        Option          "XkbOptions"    "grp:alt_shift_toggle,ctrl:swapcaps"

Recently, with the Xorg switch to evdev and hal for input device
configuration, this stopped working, and I eventually discovered that
the keyboard is no longer configured in Xorg.conf.

I therefore configured the keyboard in /etc/default/console-setup thus:

XKBMODEL="acer_laptop"
XKBLAYOUT="us,il"
XKBVARIANT="dvorak,"
XKBOPTIONS="lv3:ralt_switch"
XKBOPTIONS="grp:alt_shift_toggle,ctrl:swapcaps"

[A combination of the Debian defaults and my Xorg options.]  This works
fine in the console, but for some reason behaves strangely in X.  I
have to hit alt+shift *twice* to switch to il, and once to switch
back.  I tried changing the toggle to lwin, with the same results.
[I notice using xev that when alt+shift is configured, ISO_Prev_Group
keysyms are generated, while when lwin is configured, ISO_Next_Group
keysyms are generated.  I have no idea why, or if this is significant.]

[I have been warned that the dual XKBOPTIONS means that the first one will be ignored; I'm going to correct that.]