The keyboard layout does not change after modifying config

[jtojnar]

@TLATER

My hunch is that gdm/GNOME have their own keyboard layout handling, since GNOME is very much designed for imperative system configuration, and carries its own configuration interfaces. It’s probably overriding what you’re doing. Have you tried starting an xserver without ever launching anything GNOME-related?

Indeed, see, for example, Problem with `xkbOptions` - it doesn't seem to take effect