$ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-keyboard.conf # Read and parsed by systemd-localed. It's probably wise not to edit this file # manually too freely. Section "InputClass" Identifier "system-keyboard" MatchIsKeyboard "on" Option "XkbLayout" "de" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys" Option "XkbOptions" "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp" EndSection Despite the above output, sddm loads the wrong layout. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Change the keyboard layout to a non-us layout 2. Restart, reboot sddm or whatever 3. sddm ignores the keyboard layout Actual Results: sddm refuses to use the specified keyboard layout. Expected Results: Well, sddm should respect my /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-keyboard.conf
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 343427 ***