Keyboard issue on KDE Plasma Wayland

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Hello,

I’m curious and I decided to test Wayland on my system, The first tries wasn’t good, there was too many bugs, and so I back to xorg, but now, after some updates, looks like Wayland is in a much better stage and I’m liking, but there is still one annoying bug related on my keyboard, the layout is correct but the accents are not working correctly.

Example:
It should be: ã
but I only get: ~a

I was able to fix this issue on xorg with below command, but it’s not working on wayland, is there I way to fix this issue on Wayland?

$ setxkbmap -model abnt2 -layout br -variant abnt2

System:
  Kernel: 5.15.0-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0
  parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.15-x86_64
  root=UUID=dfa33105-8d9e-4555-9174-609a71216485 ro quiet apparmor=1
  security=apparmor resume=UUID=493ccde5-7f80-4bf5-b22c-98ce796aade6
  udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.22.5 tk: Qt 5.15.2 wm: kwin_wayland vt: 2 dm: SDDM
  Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: Gigabyte model: GA-870A-UD3 v: x.x serial: <filter>
  BIOS: Award v: F5 date: 08/01/2011
Battery:
  Message: No system battery data found. Is one present?
Memory:
  RAM: total: 7.76 GiB used: 3.23 GiB (41.5%)
  RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
  Info: Quad Core model: AMD Phenom II X4 965 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: K10
  family: 10 (16) model-id: 4 stepping: 3 microcode: 10000C8 cache: L2: 2 MiB
  bogomips: 27337
  Speed: 2200 MHz min/max: 800/3400 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 800 2: 800
  3: 800 4: 800
  Flags: 3dnow 3dnowext 3dnowprefetch abm apic clflush cmov cmp_legacy
  constant_tsc cpuid cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de extapic extd_apicid fpu fxsr
  fxsr_opt ht hw_pstate ibs lahf_lm lbrv lm mca mce misalignsse mmx mmxext
  monitor msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl npt nrip_save nx osvw pae pat pdpe1gb pge
  pni popcnt pse pse36 rdtscp rep_good sep skinit sse sse2 sse4a svm svm_lock
  syscall tsc vme vmmcall wdt
  Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass status: Not affected
  Type: spectre_v1
  mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2
  mitigation: Full AMD retpoline, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Ellesmere [Radeon RX 470/480/570/570X/580/580X/590]
  vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: amdgpu v: kernel bus-ID: 01:00.0
  chip-ID: 1002:67df class-ID: 0300
  Display: wayland server: X.Org 1.21.1.2 compositor: kwin_wayland driver:
  loaded: amdgpu,ati unloaded: modesetting,radeon alternate: fbdev,vesa
  display-ID: :1 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.0x11.2")
  s-diag: 582mm (22.9")
  Monitor-1: XWAYLAND0 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 96
  size: 510x290mm (20.1x11.4") diag: 587mm (23.1")
  OpenGL: renderer: Radeon RX 570 Series (POLARIS10 DRM 3.42.0
  5.15.0-1-MANJARO LLVM 12.0.1)
  v: 4.6 Mesa 21.2.3 direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD SBx00 Azalia vendor: Gigabyte GA-880GMA-USB3
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:14.2 chip-ID: 1002:4383
  class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD Ellesmere HDMI Audio [Radeon RX 470/480 / 570/580/590]
  vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 01:00.1
  chip-ID: 1002:aaf0 class-ID: 0403
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.0-1-MANJARO running: yes
  Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.19 running: no
  Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes
  Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.38 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
  vendor: Gigabyte driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 9e00 bus-ID: 06:00.0
  chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp6s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
  broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Message: No bluetooth data found.
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 2.48 TiB used: 1.75 TiB (70.4%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: SanDisk model: SSD PLUS 240GB
  size: 223.58 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
  type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 00RL scheme: MBR
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Corsair model: Corsair Force GS
  size: 119.24 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
  type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 5.07 scheme: MBR
  ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Patriot model: Burst size: 223.57 GiB
  block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD
  serial: <filter> rev: KB.3 scheme: MBR
  ID-4: /dev/sdd maj-min: 8:48 vendor: Crucial model: CT120BX100SSD1
  size: 111.79 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
  type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: MU01 scheme: GPT
  ID-5: /dev/sde maj-min: 8:64 vendor: Western Digital model: WD20PURZ-85GU6Y0
  size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
  type: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> rev: 0A80 scheme: MBR
  Optical-1: /dev/sr0 vendor: HL-DT-ST model: DVDRAM GH22NS50 rev: TN02
  dev-links: cdrom
  Features: speed: 48 multisession: yes audio: yes dvd: yes
  rw: cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r,dvd-ram state: running
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 214.77 GiB size: 210.4 GiB (97.96%)
  used: 104.88 GiB (49.8%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdc1 maj-min: 8:33
  label: LINUX-SSD uuid: dfa33105-8d9e-4555-9174-609a71216485
  ID-2: /home/<filter>/Games raw-size: 111.79 GiB size: 109.47 GiB (97.93%)
  used: 60.68 GiB (55.4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdd1 maj-min: 8:49
  label: LINUX-GAMES uuid: ef7d7ba9-f8da-4419-b9a3-ca9e2232da86
  ID-3: /home/<filter>/HDD-DATA-2T raw-size: 1.82 TiB size: 1.82 TiB (100.00%)
  used: 1.59 TiB (87.2%) fs: ntfs dev: /dev/sde1 maj-min: 8:65 label: DATA_2T
  uuid: 28A6726FA6723CFE
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8.8 GiB used: 13.5 MiB (0.1%)
  priority: -2 dev: /dev/sdc2 maj-min: 8:34 label: N/A
  uuid: 493ccde5-7f80-4bf5-b22c-98ce796aade6
Unmounted:
  ID-1: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 size: 100 MiB fs: ntfs label: System Reserved
  uuid: E680DA2C5F90FD24
  ID-2: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 size: 223.48 GiB fs: ntfs label: WIN-SSD
  uuid: 07492E03A516286B
  ID-3: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 size: 119.24 GiB fs: ntfs label: WIN-GAMES
  uuid: EAE6EE7DE6EE4A01
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 5 rev: 2.0
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 5 rev: 2.0
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 5 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
  chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-5: 5-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 5 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
  chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-6: 6-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
  chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-7: 7-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
  chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 7-3:2 info: SINO WEALTH USB KEYBOARD type: Keyboard,HID
  driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 1.5 Mb/s
  power: 100mA chip-ID: 258a:0001 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: 7-4:3 info: Pixart Imaging Optical Mouse type: Mouse
  driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 1.1 speed: 1.5 Mb/s
  power: 100mA chip-ID: 093a:2521 class-ID: 0301
  Hub-8: 8-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-9: 9-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 2 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s
  chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 38.9 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 54.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 221
Info:
  Processes: 256 Uptime: 37m wakeups: 0 Init: systemd v: 249 tool: systemctl
  Compilers: gcc: 11.1.0 Packages: 1502 pacman: 1488 lib: 445 flatpak: 14
  Shell: Bash v: 5.1.8 running-in: yakuake inxi: 3.3.07
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Found this interesting post here but the solution indicated was not able to fix my issue, maybe i didn’t implemented it properly, never know, the description sometimes is too much technical and confusing from user point of view because you need a lot of background about how the system works.

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=411729

Proposed solution:
add this to /etc/environment

INPUT_METHOD=ibus
GTK_IM_MODULE=ibus
QT_IM_MODULE=ibus
XMODIFIERS=@im=ibus

didn’t work,

So I also installed ibus from repo and running it it suggests also do add come line to $home/.bashrc but also it didn’t work for me too.

very frustrating, so time to back to xorg again until it can be fixed.

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Today I tested the lasted version of Manjaro KDE Stable 21.2.1 with wayland but the issue with keyboard is still there, going to check Qt/KDE bug report (see link below and previous shared link), the issue is indicated as fixed since June 4th 2021 and fixed version shows 6.2, how should I interpret this indication? I Think Plasma 6 has no release date available and KDE 5.XX has releases plan until 2023, at what release I should expect this issue to be fixed on Manjaro KDE?

Note.: Maybe fixed release refer to Wayland Release or Qt release, don’t know, I can’t go deeper to understand developer documentation. I will be very grateful from any indication about this particular issue to better track the solution availability.

@Chrysostomus do you mind to give me a small help here. Thank in advanced.

https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-87088

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As people can see below, confirmed by KDE developer Nate Graham, it’s not possible to estimate when this issue will be fixed for users. So I presume that also Steam Deck will have this particular issues if this product is planned to be sold in Europe / South America once it will use Wayland and KDE Plasma. So I’m just hoping someone is able to send merge request to backport the solution as pointed by Nate too.

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Note.: I’m sharing the screen because the message was post in the public chat KDE-Welcome and it might be of others interest.

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