Bug 878433

This is on purpose, but I'll let Vratislav explain why since it's his code.

(In reply to comment #0)
> Description of problem:
> After adding another keyboard layout (Czech in my case) and removing the
> default English one, there are still two layouts available in the installed
> system.
> 
> Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
> Fedora 18 Beta TC9
> 
> How reproducible:
> 
> 
> Steps to Reproduce:
> 1. Add another layout (e.g. Czech) in installer.
> 2. Remove the default English layout in the installer.
> 3. Install the system.
>   
> Actual results:
> In GNOME, there are still two layouts available including the removed
> English one.
What do you have in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-anaconda.cfg and /etc/vconsole.conf?

*** Bug 880755 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

*** Bug 875567 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

I've just tested the installation where I've set only 'Czech' layout. Configuration files contain:

/etc/vconsole.conf:
KEYMAP="cz-lat2"

/etc/sysconfig/keyboard:
KEYMAP="cz-lat2"

/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-anaconda.conf
#This file was generated by the Anaconda installer
Section "InputClass"
	Identifier	"anaconda-keyboard"
	MatchIsKeyboard	"on"
	Option	"XkbLayout"	"cz"
EndSection

But typing reveals that active VConsole keymap is 'us'. This looks like a systemd bug. Reassigning to systemd. Please reassign this back to anaconda and me if there is any problem with these configuration files. Obviously anaconda can do nothing more than writing out configuration files.

What's the output of:
  $ localectl
?

Note, I'm not sure why there should ever be a config file named anaconda.
That sounds pretty weird, as it is a plain system setting and nothing anaconda
specific:
  /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-anaconda.conf

Systemd reads and writes:
  /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-keyboard.conf

(In reply to comment #6)
> What's the output of:
>   $ localectl
> ?
It gives 'cz-lat2'. The problem here is that 'cz-lat2' is a wierd layout that works like 'us' and after you hit some magic key (PrintScreen or something like that) it starts working as 'cz'. Sorry for the noise.

The problem here is that systemd-localed (used by anaconda) converts 'cz' X layout to 'cz-lat2' VConsole keymap instead of 'cz' VConsole keymap, but that's another story and a separate bug should be created for that.

Reassigning back to anaconda and me.

> 
> Note, I'm not sure why there should ever be a config file named anaconda.
> That sounds pretty weird, as it is a plain system setting and nothing
> anaconda
> specific:
>   /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-anaconda.conf
> 
> Systemd reads and writes:
>   /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-keyboard.conf
That's because multiple X layouts can be configured in the installation and systemd-localed works only with one X layout. If you want to discuss this further, please use something else so that we don't create a lot of noise in this bug making it obfuscated.

Created attachment 654289 [details]
/etc/vconsole.conf from the system installed with Czech layout only

Created attachment 654290 [details]
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-anaconda-keyboard.conf from the system installed with Czech layout only

As attached files show, Anaconda correctly writes out configuration files with Czech layout only. Also there are no other files in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/. So English layout comes from a different place and it is not an anaconda issue. I'm going to reassign this to Gnome.

Hi Vratislav, I have a English f18 Final TC3 x86_64 install,and add Czech into the keyboard layout,the /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-anaconda-keyboard.conf seems to say different from yours .Actually,add Chinese into the keyboard layout,nothing happend in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-anaconda-keyboard.conf

Created attachment 665948 [details]
keyboard.conf

Created attachment 665949 [details]
vconsole.conf

(In reply to comment #11)
> Hi Vratislav, I have a English f18 Final TC3 x86_64 install,and add Czech
> into the keyboard layout,the /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-anaconda-keyboard.conf
> seems to say different from yours .Actually,add Chinese into the keyboard
> layout,nothing happend in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-anaconda-keyboard.conf
I have just tested both TC3 DVD and Live installation and in both cases setting 'Czech' as the only layout in the installation resulted in the configuration files I've attached before in comment #8 and comment #9.

What's the output of

$ gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.input-sources sources

in such a session right after logging in for the first time?

The 'bambara' problem from 873103 was referred here. Is that something to do with this bug?

If I do an install in French with a current F18 build (smoke9), after install, at GDM screen the panel shows 'en' and 'fr' keyboards available, but after creating a user and logging in as that user, it shows 'en' and 'bm' (Bambara) as the available keyboard layouts.

Is that part of this bug? Another bug? Does someone know what the hell is going on there?

For the case of doing a French install and the installed system having English and Bambara keyboard layouts available:

[test@localhost ~]$ gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.input-sources sources
[('xkb', 'us'), ('xkb', 'ml')]

[root@localhost test]# cat /etc/vconsole.conf 
KEYMAP="us"
[root@localhost test]# cat /etc/locale.conf 
LANG="fr_FR.UTF-8"

(note vconsole.conf is correct, if you don't check a checkbox on the front page of install, default will be the US layout, not the 'native' one)

[root@localhost test]# cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-anaconda-keyboard.conf 
#This file was generated by the Anaconda installer
Section "InputClass"
	Identifier	"anaconda-keyboard"
	MatchIsKeyboard	"on"
	Option	"XkbLayout"	"us,fr"
	Option	"XkbOptions"	"grp:alt_shift_toggle"

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