Solved XFCE4.20: keyboard layout. The flag images "disappear": UA, RU.

[USerID]

Regularly (but not systematically) during work the flag images "disappear": UA, RU. See the picture. Although the layouts are switched, they work. The UA, RU flags "disappear". The US flag does not disappear.
In the terminal, switching layouts also works normally:
# WWW_ЫЫЫ_ЇЇЇ
How to fix:
Method 1: deleted UA, US and RU became visible. Added the UA layout again and all the flags appeared again.
Method 2: logout from XFCE and re-login.
Method 3: reboot.

Where and how does such a nuisance arise?
The keyboard layout is switched via the Win key.
The keyboard is a no-name, wireless, bought at a grocery market for a small price.

 

[arampak]

I acquired the same problem recently after the update. The flags (or the text, depending on the setting) disappear from the panel and the menu when I click on the panel. The only one remaining is the English (US). This happens every time after suspend/resume. The simple fix that works is to edit the list of keyboards by adding and deleting another layout, but that's very irritating. As someone who writes in several languages, I have to go through this procedure often enough to hate it. The Xfce version is 4.20, and the GTK version is 3.24.43.

 

[Styrsven]

I had the same issue at suspend/resume in XFCE using a swedish keyboard.
The solution that resolved my issue was adding a file

/usr/local/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/keyboard.conf


with this content:

Section "InputClass"
Identifier "KeyboardDefaults"
MatchIsKeyboard "on"
Option "XkbLayout" "se"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
EndSection


 

[USerID]

This happens every time after suspend/resume.

Thank you. I'll turn off all "energy efficiency". I don't really need it. The processor consumes 25 watts, all the hardware consumes little.

The solution that resolved my issue was adding a file

I wrote it down in my notebook. I'll do the same on the backup PC. Thanks for the recommendation.

 

[arampak]

USerID ,

I have just figured out a more elegant way to solve the problem. You may want to create a batch file and run it every time the problem appears:

export DISPLAY=:0
export XAUTHORITY=/home/<user>/.Xauthority
setxkbmap -layout us,ru,ua -option grp:win_space_toggle

Where the list after -layouts contains all the keyboard layouts you need, and the phrase after -option sets the combination that toggles the layout. Replace <user> with your user name.

A more elegant solution would be adding the following to /etc/rc.resume script:

# Find the user running the X session
USER=$(who | awk '$2 ~ /^ttyv[0-9]+/ { print $1; exit }')

# Get their DISPLAY and XAUTHORITY
DISPLAY=:0
XAUTHORITY="/home/$USER/.Xauthority"

# Run the reset script as them
su "$USER" -c "DISPLAY=$DISPLAY XAUTHORITY=$XAUTHORITY /usr/local/bin/setxkbmap -layout us,ru,ua -option grp:win_space_toggle" &

This will reset the list of layouts every time the system resumes, which will guarantee that the list is visible and all indicators work.

 

[USerID]

Thank you. Okay. I updated to 14.3. I need to wait until the problem appears again. Maybe I won't see it in 14.3. Although, the process is not periodic, I'll try!