/usr/bin/slick-greeter-set-keyboard-layout is in slick-greeter 1.1.4-1.
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 | #!/usr/bin/python3
import sys
import os
import syslog
import subprocess
if __name__ == '__main__':
try:
# Exit if something is missing
for required_file in ["/etc/default/keyboard", "/usr/bin/setxkbmap"]:
if not os.path.exists(required_file):
syslog.syslog("%s not found." % required_file)
sys.exit(0)
# Log current keyboard configuration
output = subprocess.check_output(["setxkbmap", "-query"]).decode("UTF-8")
syslog.syslog("Current keyboard configuration: %s" % output)
# Parse keyboard configuration file
XKBMODEL = ""
XKBLAYOUT = ""
XKBVARIANT = ""
XKBOPTIONS = ""
with open("/etc/default/keyboard", "r") as keyboard:
for line in keyboard:
line = line.strip()
if "XKBMODEL=" in line:
XKBMODEL = line.split('=')[1].replace('"', '')
if "XKBLAYOUT=" in line:
XKBLAYOUT = line.split('=')[1].replace('"', '')
if "XKBVARIANT=" in line:
XKBVARIANT = line.split('=')[1].replace('"', '')
if "XKBOPTIONS=" in line:
XKBOPTIONS = line.split('=')[1].replace('"', '')
# Apply keyboard configuration
command = ["setxkbmap", "-model", XKBMODEL, "-layout", XKBLAYOUT, "-variant", XKBVARIANT, "-option", XKBOPTIONS, "-v"]
syslog.syslog("Applying keyboard configuration: %s" % command)
output = subprocess.check_output(command).decode("UTF-8")
syslog.syslog("Result: %s" % output)
# Log new keyboard configuration
output = subprocess.check_output(["setxkbmap", "-query"]).decode("UTF-8")
syslog.syslog("New keyboard configuration: %s" % output)
except Exception as e:
# best effort, syslog it and bail out
syslog.syslog("ERROR: %s" % e)
sys.exit(0)
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