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    From Mike Easter@MikeE@ster.invalid to comp.sys.raspberry-pi on Sun Aug 17 18:26:14 2025
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    Recent new install of RPi OS 64 (bookworm, '25 May) on RPi3.

    I prefer to use sticky keys, and on systems which don't have a desktop
    function to enable that, I always install xkbset which has a sticky
    keys function, and to disable latchlock and twokeys and have the expiry
    result in sticky keys on.

    BUT... the latest RPiOS + xkbset (0.6-3) fails w/ any command (except
    empty which gives the xkbset help info) and gives this result instead:

    XKB not supported for display :0

    I don't even know what that means. The current xkbset works properly 'elsewhere' such as in Puppy BookWorm.

    what can I do to fix this? And what does the 'result' mean?
    --
    Mike Easter

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  • From Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?=@ldo@nz.invalid to comp.sys.raspberry-pi on Mon Aug 18 03:15:40 2025
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    On Sun, 17 Aug 2025 18:26:14 -0700, Mike Easter wrote:

    XKB not supported for display :0

    Probably means you’re running Wayland.
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  • From Mike Easter@MikeE@ster.invalid to comp.sys.raspberry-pi on Mon Aug 18 13:31:32 2025
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    Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
    Mike Easter wrote:

    XKB not supported for display :0

    Probably means you’re running Wayland.
    Thanks. Yes; inxi -G said xwayland; I followed this guide https://itsfoss.com/raspberry-pi-os-switch-wayland-xorg/
    ... starting w/
    sudo raspi-config
    ... and resulting in xorg after reboot.
    xkbset now works for all my purposes sticky keys, no latchlock, no
    twokey, no expiry.
    For my purposes, sticky keys is worth more to me than xwayland.
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    Mike Easter
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  • From Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?=@ldo@nz.invalid to comp.sys.raspberry-pi on Tue Aug 19 00:02:59 2025
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    On Mon, 18 Aug 2025 13:31:32 -0700, Mike Easter wrote:

    For my purposes, sticky keys is worth more to me than xwayland.

    Sticky keys are available under Wayland -- no need for XWayland. You were
    just trying to use an X11-specific utility to set them, which is why it failed.
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  • From Mike Easter@MikeE@ster.invalid to comp.sys.raspberry-pi on Mon Aug 18 18:08:27 2025
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    Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
    Sticky keys are available under Wayland -- no need for XWayland. You were just trying to use an X11-specific utility to set them, which is why it failed.

    On the systems I use which have Wayland, typically they also have a DE
    which has a function to set sticky.

    On the systems I use which use a WM or LXQt/LXDE which don't have a DE function for sticky, I use xkbset, such as raspbian, puppy, easyos.

    On my hardware, xwayland is employed more often than wayland.
    --
    Mike Easter
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