Anki won't open if i have a different keyboard layout with setxkbmap

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Python module pip_system_certs is not installed. System certificate store and custom SSL certificates may not work. See: https://github.com/ankitects/anki/issues/3016
Starting Anki 25.02.6...
2025-06-12 08:17:18,919:INFO:aqt.mediasrv: Serving on http://127.0.0.1:45907
Qt warning: GBM is not supported with the current configuration. Fallback to Vulkan rendering in Chromium.
xkbcommon: ERROR: [XKB-661] Couldn't process include statement for 'us(qwerty)'
xkbcommon: ERROR: [XKB-769] Abandoning symbols file "(unnamed map)"
xkbcommon: ERROR: Failed to compile xkb_symbols
xkbcommon: ERROR: [XKB-822] Failed to compile keymap
[1363:1400:0612/081719.376189:FATAL:xkb_keyboard_layout_engine.cc(661)] Keymap file failed to load: us,it,es-qwerty
zsh: trace trap  anki

Weird because when i just use the us layout, it works. But if i dare to use italian, spanish and dutch, it simply does not open.

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Try updating Anki or the other steps listed at Troubleshooting - Anki Manual.

This has been reported before:

But it seems like an old issue. I’m seeing another report from Feb this year.

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