Keyboard layout messed up for KBD_PORTUGUESE_BRAZILIAN_ABNT2. #27

tb110188 · 2021-04-22T01:28:11Z

When I try to type any text on any of the GUI applicatuins, the letter doesnt matches the keyboard layout (it works just fine from the command prompt).

hideyukn88 · 2021-04-22T02:05:18Z

@tb110188 , would you please attach weston.log from /mnt/wslg ? and what keyboard layout do you use in Windows side ?

tb110188 · 2021-04-22T02:09:47Z

@tb110188 , would you please attach weston.log from /mnt/wslg ? and what keyboard layout do you use in Windows side ?

i'm reinstalling Ubuntu... And sure, also I do use PT BR (ABNT2)

jordan080 · 2021-04-22T02:12:44Z

I'm having the same issue. My keyboard layout is PT-BR (ABNT2) too, and here's my weston.log file:

weston.log

tb110188 · 2021-04-22T02:13:45Z

@jordan080 Thanks...

hideyukn88 · 2021-04-22T02:20:33Z

From your weston.log.

[23:07:28.183] kbd_layout:0x416 kbd_type:0x4 kbd_subType:0x0 kbd_functionKeys:0xc

RDP client is correctly reports 0x416, which is ...

#define KBD_PORTUGUESE_BRAZILIAN_ABNT 0x00000416

Would you please do "setxkbmap -print -verbose 10" on Linux side to see if corresponding layout is installed/configured in Xkb ?

tb110188 · 2021-04-22T02:21:59Z

Setting verbose level to 10
locale is C
Trying to load rules file ./rules/evdev...
Trying to load rules file /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev...
Success.
Applied rules from evdev:
rules: evdev
model: pc105
layout: us
Trying to build keymap using the following components:
keycodes: evdev+aliases(qwerty)
types: complete
compat: complete
symbols: pc+us+inet(evdev)
geometry: pc(pc105)
xkb_keymap {
xkb_keycodes { include "evdev+aliases(qwerty)" };
xkb_types { include "complete" };
xkb_compat { include "complete" };
xkb_symbols { include "pc+us+inet(evdev)" };
xkb_geometry { include "pc(pc105)" };
};

tb110188 · 2021-04-22T02:22:22Z

weston.log

also here is my weston.log

jordan080 · 2021-04-22T02:36:44Z

From your weston.log.

[23:07:28.183] kbd_layout:0x416 kbd_type:0x4 kbd_subType:0x0 kbd_functionKeys:0xc

RDP client is correctly reports 0x416, which is ...

#define KBD_PORTUGUESE_BRAZILIAN_ABNT 0x00000416

Would you please do "setxkbmap -print -verbose 10" on Linux side to see if corresponding layout is installed/configured in Xkb ?

My output from "setxkbmap" is pretty much the same as that of @tb110188:

Setting verbose level to 10
locale is C
Trying to load rules file ./rules/evdev...
Trying to load rules file /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev...
Success.
Applied rules from evdev:
rules: evdev
model: pc105
layout: us
Trying to build keymap using the following components:
keycodes: evdev+aliases(qwerty)
types: complete
compat: complete
symbols: pc+us+inet(evdev)
geometry: pc(pc105)
xkb_keymap {
xkb_keycodes { include "evdev+aliases(qwerty)" };
xkb_types { include "complete" };
xkb_compat { include "complete" };
xkb_symbols { include "pc+us+inet(evdev)" };
xkb_geometry { include "pc(pc105)" };
};

hideyukn88 · 2021-04-22T02:53:23Z

Assuming you are on Ubuntu, can you configure keyboard layout using "sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration" and restart WSLg by wsl --shutdown or wsl --terminate [distro name] ?

tb110188 · 2021-04-22T03:04:50Z

@hideyukn88 Nope, still the same issue...

tb110188 · 2021-04-22T03:10:42Z

when I try to type "qwerty" this is what it shows "/,.hxw"...

tb110188 · 2021-04-22T03:39:34Z

I don't know exactly what i did, i installed full gnome pckages and change my locale to pt_BR.UTF8, also changind some stuff related to the keyboar... and now it's working just fine...

jordan080 · 2021-04-22T10:58:57Z

I don't know exactly what i did, i installed full gnome pckages and change my locale to pt_BR.UTF8, also changind some stuff related to the keyboar... and now it's working just fine...

What exactly did you change in the keyboard settings? And did you install the full GNOME DE?

tb110188 · 2021-04-22T13:07:40Z

I don't know exactly what i did, i installed full gnome pckages and change my locale to pt_BR.UTF8, also changind some stuff related to the keyboar... and now it's working just fine...

What exactly did you change in the keyboard settings? And did you install the full GNOME DE?

Tried again, but without installing Full Gnome Desktop Experience...

I think we need that...

tb110188 · 2021-04-22T14:44:08Z

Update:

We don't need Gnome Desktop Experience, but i don't know what else...

luishdemetrio · 2021-04-22T16:21:54Z

The same here. It only worked here after removing the Brazilian ABTN2 keyboard and have restarted WSL. It is working with United States-International.

tb110188 · 2021-04-22T20:16:41Z

there shoul be a way to make it work without messing with the keyboard...

tb110188 · 2021-04-23T02:06:17Z

Unfortunately, while they don't fix it, we won't be able to use GUI apps with ABNT2 keyboards

PauloCotrim · 2021-04-23T11:42:22Z

setxkbmap -model abnt2 -layout br -variant abnt2

tb110188 · 2021-04-23T11:44:03Z

Didn't work for me

Did you changed the LOCALE too???

PauloCotrim · 2021-04-23T11:46:59Z

setxkbmap -model abnt2 -layout br -variant abnt2
do without restarting wsl. If it works, you will probably have to configure it in .wsl config

PauloCotrim · 2021-04-23T11:47:52Z

sudo update-locale LANG=pt_BR.UTF8

tb110188 · 2021-04-23T11:48:59Z

sudo update-locale LANG=pt_BR.UTF8

*** update-locale: Error: invalid locale settings: LANG=pt_BR.UTF8

PauloCotrim · 2021-04-23T11:49:53Z

sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales ?

PauloCotrim · 2021-04-23T11:50:31Z

edit sudo vim /etc/locale.gen

tb110188 · 2021-04-23T11:58:09Z

now we do need aa way to keep this config when we shutdown WSL...

PauloCotrim · 2021-04-23T12:06:47Z

echo "setxkbmap -model abnt2 -layout br -variant abnt2" >> ~/.bashrc

I didn't find any parameters in /etc/wsl.conf

so I put it to set when starting bash in the terminal

tb110188 · 2021-04-23T12:18:44Z

it stops working when i install gnome-terminal... lol

jordan080 · 2021-04-23T12:21:21Z

Tried all of @PauloCotrim solutions, and none of these work

tb110188 · 2021-04-23T12:23:33Z

Tried all of @PauloCotrim solutions, and none of these work

first step, configure your locale

sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales

on the screen scroll down and choose pt_BR.UTF8

then next you will do ok and ok, and run this on the command line

sudo update-locale LANG=pt_BR.UTF8

in the end you run this

setxkbmap -model abnt2 -layout br -variant abnt2

and don't restart WSL yet, just try...

adrian-gierakowski · 2021-09-17T21:48:44Z

this helped

WAYLAND_DISPLAY="wayland-1"

now the linux gui apps follow the layout selected in windows, however the frames of the windows are kind of ugly. Any idea how to configure this?

adrian-gierakowski · 2021-09-20T10:52:02Z

So the WAYLAND_DISPLAY doesn't seem to work anymore :/

Anyway, It seems like the problem in my case is due to the Colemak layout not being recognised.
I've got 4 layouts configured on Window side:

and here's what I see when tailing /mnt/wslg/weston.log while switching between them (from bottom to top):

[10:53:57.413] Client: LanguageImeInfo: ProfileType: 2 (TF_PROFILETYPE_KEYBOARDLAYOUT)
[10:53:57.413] Client: LanguageImeInfo: LanguageID: 0x409
[10:53:57.413] Client: LanguageImeInfo: LanguageProfileCLSID: GUID_NULL
[10:53:57.413] Client: LanguageImeInfo: ProfileGUID: GUID_NULL
[10:53:57.413] Client: LanguageImeInfo: KeyboardLayout: 0x809
[10:53:57.413] convert_rdp_keyboard_to_xkb_rule_names: matching layout=gb variant=(null) options=(null)
[10:53:59.431] Client: LanguageImeInfo: ProfileType: 2 (TF_PROFILETYPE_KEYBOARDLAYOUT)
[10:53:59.431] Client: LanguageImeInfo: LanguageID: 0x809
[10:53:59.431] Client: LanguageImeInfo: LanguageProfileCLSID: GUID_NULL
[10:53:59.431] Client: LanguageImeInfo: ProfileGUID: GUID_NULL
[10:53:59.431] Client: LanguageImeInfo: KeyboardLayout: 0x10409
[10:53:59.431] convert_rdp_keyboard_to_xkb_rule_names: matching layout=us variant=dvorak options=(null)
[10:54:01.172] Client: LanguageImeInfo: ProfileType: 2 (TF_PROFILETYPE_KEYBOARDLAYOUT)
[10:54:01.172] Client: LanguageImeInfo: LanguageID: 0x809
[10:54:01.172] Client: LanguageImeInfo: LanguageProfileCLSID: GUID_NULL
[10:54:01.172] Client: LanguageImeInfo: ProfileGUID: GUID_NULL
[10:54:01.172] Client: LanguageImeInfo: KeyboardLayout: 0x809
[10:54:01.172] convert_rdp_keyboard_to_xkb_rule_names: matching layout=gb variant=(null) options=(null)
[10:54:02.761] Client: LanguageImeInfo: ProfileType: 2 (TF_PROFILETYPE_KEYBOARDLAYOUT)
[10:54:02.761] Client: LanguageImeInfo: LanguageID: 0x809
[10:54:02.761] Client: LanguageImeInfo: LanguageProfileCLSID: GUID_NULL
[10:54:02.761] Client: LanguageImeInfo: ProfileGUID: GUID_NULL
[10:54:02.761] Client: LanguageImeInfo: KeyboardLayout: 0xa0000409
[10:54:02.761] convert_rdp_keyboard_to_xkb_rule_names: matching layout=(null) variant=(null) options=(null)
[10:54:02.761] rail_client_LanguageImeInfo_callback: Failed to switch to kbd_layout:0xa0000409 kbd_type:0x2110110 kbd_subType:0x2

Apart from Colemak not being able to match with anything (matching layout=(null) variant=(null) options=(null)), it's also interesting that the US layout (first from the bottom on the screenshot) is matched with layout=gb variant=(null) options=(null)

I wonder if I need to install the colemak layout on the linux side for it to be able to match the windows one?

adrian-gierakowski · 2021-09-20T11:11:12Z

So the WAYLAND_DISPLAY doesn't seem to work anymore :/

ok, I managed to get it working again, when I set WAYLAND_DISPLAY to a non existing display (not present in $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR), I can control the keyboard layout used by GUI applications by running setxkbmap in wsl terminal. So this makes it use the colemak layout (regardless of what's on Windows side):

setxkbmap us -variant colemak

now, when I change layout on windows side it will override the one set with setxkbmap, however I still get the error when switching to colemak on windows side (and need to set it from terminal)

setxkbmap doesn't work with the default WAYLAND_DISPLAY=wayland-0`

hideyukn88 · 2021-09-20T16:27:56Z

@adrian-gierakowski, thanks for reporting the issue. If I understand correctly, by default, Windows doesn't support "colemak" keyboard layout. Have you installed 3rd party keyboard layout file to Windows? thanks!

hideyukn88 · 2021-10-07T21:09:49Z

Closing this issue as KBD_PORTUGUESE_BRAZILIAN_ABNT2 should be working correctly. If there is issue with KBD_PORTUGUESE_BRAZILIAN_ABNT2, please reopen this issue. If there is issue with other keyboard layout/language, please open new issue, thanks!

fred-camargo-cpfl · 2022-01-08T19:33:24Z

I know that this thread is closed, but I needed to leave this comment, that the only thing that make it work for me, was this post from @baiano , besides:

      setxkbmap -model abnt2 -layout br -variant abnt2

that was suggested a couple of times before, the difference for me was:

     WAYLAND_DISPLAY="wayland-1"

I tried with gedit, and finally, it recognized the ABNT2 keyboard.
Regarding vscode, I don´t have installed it in wsl yet.

beppler · 2022-02-02T17:08:53Z

For me it works without display, but only after the first graphical program has been run.

GPMrks · 2022-02-11T13:38:13Z

Tried all of @PauloCotrim solutions, and none of these work

first step, configure your locale

sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales

on the screen scroll down and choose pt_BR.UTF8

then next you will do ok and ok, and run this on the command line

sudo update-locale LANG=pt_BR.UTF8

in the end you run this

setxkbmap -model abnt2 -layout br -variant abnt2

and don't restart WSL yet, just try...

Thank you so much. This was really annoying to me. And it finally got fixed.

My best wishes.

robertoalvesneto · 2022-02-14T01:14:01Z

When I launch 'tilix' or 'guake' by terminal my keyboard settings work fine, i can press 'ç' '~' etc. But my appearance changes, like themes and colors, don't work.

When i launch 'tilix' or 'guake' by shortcut on C:\Users\ranen\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Ubuntu-20.04 my keyboard settings don't work, but apprerance changes works:

does anyone know why? Maybe it's a silly doubt but I've searched a lot and I haven't found a solution.

hideyukn88 · 2022-02-14T16:38:42Z

@robertoalvesneto, have you updated WSL with the latest version from aka.ms/wslstorepage? If this doesn't solve, please let me know how those settings (themes, color and keyboard layout) are applied, thanks!

robertoalvesneto · 2022-02-16T15:12:33Z

@hideyukn88 thanks for the reply.

Some versions:

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> wsl --update
Verificando atualizações...
Não há atualizações disponíveis.
Versão do kernel: 5.10.60.1

C:\Users\ranen>ver
Microsoft Windows [versão 10.0.22000.527]

VcXsrv X Server
version 1.20.9.0

How i set up the theme:

I installed the gnome-tweaks using apt, downloaded the theme from gnome-look, move to folder .themes and launch tweaks by terminal and set new theme. The gnome tweaks alert on terminal:

/mnt/c/Users/ranen ❯ gnome-tweaks
WARNING : Shell not installed or running
WARNING : Shell not running
NoneType: None
WARNING : Error detecting shell
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gtweak/tweaks/tweak_group_shell_extensions.py", line 217, in __init__
    raise Exception("Shell not running or DBus service not available")
Exception: Shell not running or DBus service not available

If i launch any app by terminal the theme is not applied. But, if i launch by shortcut icon on windows folder the theme is applied.
Conversely, the keyboard work fine in any app launched by terminal, but not through the shortcut icon.

IBus preferences

I try set keyboard in the ibus but it doesn't seem to have any effect, and every time i open it, it alerts:

The IBus daemon is not running. Do you wish to start it?
>y
IBus has been started! if you cannot use IBus, add the following lines to your .bashrc; then relog into your desktop.
export GTK_IM_MODULE=ibus
export XMODIFIERS=@um=ibus
export QT_IM_MODULE=ibus

I add this vars to .bashrc and .zshrc, nothing happened:

hideyukn88 · 2022-02-16T15:43:04Z

@robertoalvesneto, thanks for detail info, WSL alone doesn't manage keyboard layout, but WSLg does. In your case, VcXsrv is being used instead of WSLg, you might need to follow up with VcXsrv. Thanks!

robertoalvesneto · 2022-02-24T20:48:55Z

@hideyukn88 thanks for your answer! I installed VcXsrv a long time ago and i didn't even know WSLg. I uninstalled VcXsrv and updated all. I still have problems but at least they are new problems 😆.
For anyone else who has similar keyboard problems, check three things:

What GUI you use;
wayland or x11;
you launch your apps by bash or zsh;

In my case, change to wayland made the gnome theme work

export GDK_BACKEND=wayland

For my, run source ~/.zshrc was not enough, it gave an error of DISPLAY :0, so, try reboot your wsl.

And launch my apps by bash instead of zsh made my keyboard language work.

I still don't know how to make the keyboard preferences work by launching the app from zsh, but I've made some progress.

References that helped me:

reddit WSLg vs VcXsrv
Context menu doesn't respect screen bounds #641

gmazoni · 2022-04-22T13:08:31Z

This is how I persist the configuration with /etc/wsl.conf

[user]
default=guilherme

[boot]
command="export WAYLAND_DISPLAY='wayland-1' && setxkbmap -model abnt2 -layout br -variant abnt2"

hideyukn88 · 2022-04-22T15:27:54Z

@gmazoni, do you still see the issue (without applying your workaround) even using the latest WSL from aka.ms/wslstorepage? thanks!

gmazoni · 2022-04-22T22:14:13Z

@gmazoni, do you still see the issue (without applying your workaround) even using the latest WSL from aka.ms/wslstorepage? thanks!

Hi @hideyukn88, thanks for replying, I updated the WSL and it solved my problem, I removed the wsl.conf and checked all my rc profiles to not export and execute setxkbmap.

thomassalmeida · 2022-06-20T15:43:52Z

Tried all of @PauloCotrim solutions, and none of these work

first step, configure your locale

sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales

on the screen scroll down and choose pt_BR.UTF8

then next you will do ok and ok, and run this on the command line

sudo update-locale LANG=pt_BR.UTF8

in the end you run this

setxkbmap -model abnt2 -layout br -variant abnt2

and don't restart WSL yet, just try...

It worked like a charm. Thanks.

laheinzen · 2022-08-20T06:02:46Z

Nothing of the above was working in a way that I liked in Win11. I wanted this to be automatic, and my choices (done in bashrc and wsl.conf) didn't work. This required running the command again. Also, sometimes it failed, even with the command.

Simplest workaround: changing the keyboard layout in Windows, from ABNT2 to ABNT. The Alt Gr key still works in Windows, and it is now working 100% on WSLg without any additional configuration.

marcioandradejs · 2022-09-05T18:47:50Z

setxkbmap -model abnt2 -layout br -variant abnt2

zsh: command not found: setxkbmap

SOLUTION
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install x11-xkb-utils

DONE! =D

https://command-not-found.com/setxkbmap

Ri0n · 2022-11-21T16:27:54Z

I have a pretty similar problem.
My Windows layouts ru, en.
Tested with gvim with Ubuntu 22.04. I can switch from en to ru with a hotkey but not back. only setxkbmap -layout us switches back to us.
In terminal as usually all works well.

kierke-gaard · 2022-11-22T09:44:08Z

same here. I have German and US key-baord layout installed for Windows. When I switch to US layout and start wsl2, I have also us layout in the wsl2 bash. But emacs started from this bash has then German keyboard layout. really annoying, as emacs becomes useless with this keyboard layout :(

nascimento210 · 2023-02-05T03:55:20Z

I don't know if matters, but I noticed that when I change the keyboard layout on windows the keyboard on linux gui app starts to work properly, maybe the solution is on what happen when we refresh the keyboard on windows.

MouraVocal · 2023-02-28T18:38:47Z

For my pt-br keyboard worked these steps:

1- in your zsh terminal type:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales

select PT-BR UTF-8 with space key on keyboard and click "ok"

2 - type a new command on terminal:

sudo apt update && sudo apt install x11-xkb-utils

3 - On your ~/.zshrc file adds the lines:

setxkbmap -model abnt2 -layout br -variant abnt2
WAYLAND_DISPLAY="wayland-1"

Don't forget to restart terminal for load zshrc file changes.

If you do not use Zsh, try to edit ~/.bashrc file instead

thanks @marcioandradejs and @PauloCotrim for the references

dmajkic · 2023-03-16T09:39:29Z

When I switch keyboard layouts in windows, both "Serbian Latin" and "Serbian Cyrilc" keyboard layouts print cyrilic chars in WSL2 Wayland apps. Sloveninan, which I have also installed, is recognized OK and prints latin chars just fine.

$ setxkbmap -query
rules:      xorg
model:      pc104
layout:     rs
variant:    latinalternatequotes
options:    lv3:ralt_switch

perrylets · 2023-08-02T15:03:08Z

I have the same problem but I can't try the solutions proposed here because I use openSUSE Tumbleweed and some commands from the solutions are exclusive to ubuntu. ANyone know how to fix the issue on openSUSE? I'm using abnt, not abnt2.

cassiocsantana · 2024-01-15T01:47:30Z

Does anyone know how to persist, wsl.conf is not being executed, because I added 'command = ' and it didn't work

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Some versions:

How i set up the theme:

IBus preferences

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References that helped me:

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