I need to switch between Japanese and US keyboard layouts. For some reason, setxkbmap won't let me use any other layout if I specify the 'jp' keyboard.
[root@poseidon xkb]# /usr/X11R6/bin/setxkbmap -rules xfree86 -model jp106 -layout "us" -option "grp:ctrl_alt_toggle"
[root@poseidon xkb]# /usr/X11R6/bin/setxkbmap -rules xfree86 -model jp106 -layout "us,cz" -option "grp:ctrl_alt_toggle"
[root@poseidon xkb]# /usr/X11R6/bin/setxkbmap -rules xfree86 -model jp106 -layout "jp" -option "grp:ctrl_alt_toggle"
[root@poseidon xkb]# /usr/X11R6/bin/setxkbmap -rules xfree86 -model jp106 -layout "jp,us" -option "grp:ctrl_alt_toggle"
Error loading new keyboard description
[root@poseidon xkb]#
It appears that the japanese keyboard has two internal layouts, which are toggled. But I can't get a clear understanding of how this is suppsed to work. setxkbmap doesn't have a verbose or debug option, so I don't know *why* it's getting an error.
I'm guessing (and it's purely a guess) that the togle specified on the command line is interfering with the internal toggle in the japanese keyboard but I can't find anything in the japanese keyboad definition files that would switch the mapping....
Ideally, I want the keyboard LEDs to show which keyboard is active (say with scroll-lock LED) but for now I just need to be able to switch keyboards.
TIA,
--Yan
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