GDM Keyboard layout

Im having trouble setting the keyboard's layout for GDM.....
I followed the wiki: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GN … ard_layout ... leading to this other page -> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Be … S_keyboard
And created the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf with this content:
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "evdev keyboard catchall"
MatchIsKeyboard "on"
MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
Driver "evdev"
Option "XkbLayout" "es"
Option "XkbVariant" "querty"
EndSection
But I still have the same default (us, i guess) keyboard layout.... any idea?

No idea?
This is my full /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "evdev pointer catchall"
MatchIsPointer "on"
MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
Driver "evdev"
EndSection
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "evdev keyboard catchall"
MatchIsKeyboard "on"
MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
Driver "evdev"
Option "XkbLayout" "es"
Option "XkbVariant" "qwerty"
EndSection
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "Keyboard Defaults"
MatchIsKeyboard "yes"
Option "XkbLayout" "es"
EndSection
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "evdev touchpad catchall"
MatchIsTouchpad "on"
MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
Driver "evdev"
EndSection
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "evdev tablet catchall"
MatchIsTablet "on"
MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
Driver "evdev"
EndSection
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "evdev touchscreen catchall"
MatchIsTouchscreen "on"
MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
Driver "evdev"
EndSection

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Capture 1:
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Capture 2:
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Capture 3:
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