prevent xkb layout from changing

Question

I have a customized layout, but it keeps (what seems to be randomly) changing to default, I am not sure what I need to do more:

// cat .profile
setxkbmap -layout fr2

denis:~ $ uname -r
4.15.0-62-generic

denis:~ $ cat /etc/os-release 
NAME="Linux Mint"
VERSION="18.3 (Sylvia)"
ID=linuxmint
ID_LIKE=ubuntu
PRETTY_NAME="Linux Mint 18.3"
VERSION_ID="18.3"
HOME_URL="http://www.linuxmint.com/"
SUPPORT_URL="http://forums.linuxmint.com/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="http://bugs.launchpad.net/linuxmint/"
VERSION_CODENAME=sylvia
UBUNTU_CODENAME=xenial

@mosvy thinks for the edit, it makes sense now, that you have put xkb in the title. — ctrl-alt-delor, Feb 22 '20 at 10:19

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 21 '20 at 10:46

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Several distros are having this problem. Create a .desktop file with the setxkbmap code and put it in ~/.config/autostart/. To keep the configuration, use this command.

gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.keyboard active false

If the command won't work, others have reported using something other than ibus or disable any screen locking that might reload the default layout.

answered Feb 21 '20 at 10:46

hellork

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thank you, i ll try this out – dgan Feb 21 '20 at 20:32
Ok well, for future reference, this is not enough – dgan Apr 06 '20 at 08:10
It depends on the compositor you're using. Or go back to using X instead of Wayland, which can't handle keymaps. https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/309580/does-wayland-use-xkb-for-keyboard-layouts – hellork Apr 07 '20 at 22:31
I am not under Wayland, and never was.. – dgan Apr 08 '20 at 09:36
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Changed from Cinnamon to MATE, which doesnt have this problem. Not a fix, but works for me lol – dgan Apr 23 '20 at 16:07

prevent xkb layout from changing

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