Bug 500836

Summary:	Setting XKB Keyboard Model does not work on Wayland
Product:	[Plasma] kwin	Reporter:	Werner Sembach [TUXEDO] <wse>
Component:	input	Assignee:	KWin default assignee <kwin-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	normal	CC:	duha.bugs
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	6.3.2
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Werner Sembach [TUXEDO] 2025-02-27 20:35:33 UTC

SUMMARY
Setting a XKB keyboard model does not work on Wayland. I tried both using the systemsettings (Keyboard->Keyboard->Model) and a systemd-hwdb rule https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/36536 .

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Select a model different from the default "Generic | Generic 104-key PC"

OBSERVED RESULT
Nothing happens

EXPECTED RESULT
The different bindings of the selected model are applied.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: TUXEDO OS
KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.2
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.11.0
Qt Version: 6.8.2

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
On X11 changing the model via systemsettings works, the systemd-hwdb setting however also seems to be ignored there.

Comment 1 Werner Sembach [TUXEDO] 2025-02-28 22:32:45 UTC

I got a hint why it probably isn't working: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xkeyboard-config/xkeyboard-config/-/merge_requests/794#note_2803713

I used RedirectKey in the XKB model config, which isn't supported on wayland.