[SOLVED] .Xkeymap no longer loaded upon log-in

Question

I use MATE as my desktop environment.
Months ago, I have set up .Xkeymap and created a .xinitrc file with these contents:
xkbcomp ~/.Xkeymap $DISPLAY
This worked fine for about 6 months and I had my modified layout ready for me at each log-in.
Since some time in the last week or so, it fails to load at startup.
Running the above command manually after log-in works fine.
I tried adding #!/bin/bash to the start of .xinitrc but that didn't help.
Running .xinitrc manually changes the layout correctly.
I also tried adding the .xinitrc script to the startup items in MATE. This also did not make the layout change happen upon log-in.
What am I missing? How can I make my layout changes apply automatically upon log-in again?
EDIT: bizarrely, adding
mate-terminal -e ~/.xinitrc
to the startup list did work.
Last edited by CarbonFixer (2015-06-02 20:22:00)

Answer 1

I was able to get it working by going into the BI directory and selecting the UI language changing utility. Once I reloaded the english version everything worked again. It is Odd, but it worked.