Bug 514936

Summary:	Keyboard layout broken
Product:	[Plasma] kwin	Reporter:	Alex Turbov <i.zaufi>
Component:	input	Assignee:	KWin default assignee <kwin-bugs-null>
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	major	CC:	akselmo, duha.bugs
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	6.5.5
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Compiled Sources
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments:	Configured layouts Missed keyboard layout indicator in tray RMB on tray "icon" Configure keyboard layouts dialog

Description Alex Turbov 2026-01-22 13:51:44 UTC

SUMMARY

Keyboard layout indicator and switching stop working (seems to have happened after the upgrade to 6.5.5, but I'm not sure). Now I can type only English (first layout) and can't see the indicator in the system tray (Wayland). In the Xorg session, I see only the `US` indicator, and on RMB, it shows only this one layout.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Add an extra keyboard layout
2. Check the `journalctl --user`
3. 

OBSERVED RESULT

```
Jan 22 17:37:11 extop kwin_wayland[1773]: kwin_xkbcommon: XKB: [XKB-338] Couldn't find file "types/custom" in include paths
Jan 22 17:37:11 extop kwin_wayland[1773]: kwin_xkbcommon: XKB: [XKB-338] 1 include paths searched:
Jan 22 17:37:11 extop kwin_wayland[1773]: kwin_xkbcommon: XKB: [XKB-338]         /usr/share/X11/xkb
Jan 22 17:37:11 extop kwin_wayland[1773]: kwin_xkbcommon: XKB: [XKB-338] 3 include paths could not be added:
Jan 22 17:37:11 extop kwin_wayland[1773]: kwin_xkbcommon: XKB: [XKB-338]         /home/zaufi/.config/xkb
Jan 22 17:37:11 extop kwin_wayland[1773]: kwin_xkbcommon: XKB: [XKB-338]         /home/zaufi/.xkb
Jan 22 17:37:11 extop kwin_wayland[1773]: kwin_xkbcommon: XKB: [XKB-338]         /etc/xkb
Jan 22 17:37:11 extop kwin_wayland[1773]: kwin_xkbcommon: XKB: [XKB-661] Couldn't process include statement for 'custom'
Jan 22 17:37:11 extop kwin_wayland_wrapper[84888]: The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
Jan 22 17:37:11 extop kwin_wayland_wrapper[84888]: > Warning:          Unsupported maximum keycode 708, clipping.
Jan 22 17:37:11 extop kwin_wayland_wrapper[84888]: >                   X11 cannot support keycodes above 255.
Jan 22 17:37:11 extop kwin_wayland_wrapper[84888]: > Warning:          Virtual modifier Hyper multiply defined
Jan 22 17:37:11 extop kwin_wayland_wrapper[84888]: >                   Using 0, ignoring 0
Jan 22 17:37:11 extop kwin_wayland_wrapper[84888]: > Warning:          Virtual modifier ScrollLock multiply defined
Jan 22 17:37:11 extop kwin_wayland_wrapper[84888]: >                   Using 0, ignoring 0
Jan 22 17:37:11 extop kwin_wayland[1773]: kwin_xkbcommon: XKB: [XKB-769] Abandoning keytypes file "(unnamed map)"
Jan 22 17:37:11 extop kwin_wayland_wrapper[84888]: Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server
Jan 22 17:37:11 extop kwin_wayland[1773]: kwin_xkbcommon: XKB: Failed to compile xkb_types
Jan 22 17:37:11 extop kwin_wayland[1773]: kwin_xkbcommon: XKB: [XKB-822] Failed to compile keymap
Jan 22 17:37:11 extop kwin_wayland[1773]: kwin_xkbcommon: Could not create xkb keymap from configuration
```

EXPECTED RESULT
Keyboard layout indicator works and is able to switch layouts

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma:  
KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.5 
KDE Frameworks Version:  6.22
Qt Version: 6.9.3

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Comment 1 Akseli Lahtinen 2026-01-23 11:50:22 UTC

I can't reproduce this with EurKEY (US) And Finnish layouts. Can you share all the layouts you are using?

Operating System: KDE Linux 2026-01-22
KDE Plasma Version: 6.6.80
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.23.0
Qt Version: 6.10.1
Kernel Version: 6.18.6-zen1-1-zen (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 12 × AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor
Memory: 16 GiB of RAM (15.5 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon RX 6600

Comment 2 Alex Turbov 2026-01-23 12:29:59 UTC

Created attachment 188817 [details]
Configured layouts

Comment 3 Alex Turbov 2026-01-23 12:31:23 UTC

Created attachment 188819 [details]
Missed keyboard layout indicator in tray

Comment 4 Alex Turbov 2026-01-23 12:32:26 UTC

Created attachment 188820 [details]
RMB on tray "icon"

Comment 5 Alex Turbov 2026-01-23 12:33:35 UTC

Created attachment 188821 [details]
Configure keyboard layouts dialog