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Have you tried using [awful's widget instead](https://awesomewm.org/doc/api/classes/awful.widget.keyboardlayout.html): awful.widget.keyboardlayout. It seems to be a switcher that automatically loads the available X11 settings(?).

Here's a sample configuration (untested, pruned from mine).

**NB**: I only use one layout, so I haven't tried the switching functionality.

```lua
local awful = require("awful")
local wibox = require("wibox")
local mylauncher = awful.widget.launcher({ image = beautiful.awesome_icon,
                                     menu = mymainmenu })
local mykeyboardlayout = awful.widget.keyboardlayout()

awful.screen.connect_for_each_screen(function(s)
    -- Create a promptbox for each screen
    s.mypromptbox = awful.widget.prompt()
    -- Create the wibox
    s.mywibox = awful.wibar({ position = "top", screen = s })

    -- Add widgets to the wibox
    s.mywibox:setup {
        layout = wibox.layout.align.horizontal,
        { -- Left widgets
            layout = wibox.layout.fixed.horizontal,
            mylauncher,
            s.mypromptbox,
        },
        s.mytasklist, -- Middle widget
        { -- Right widgets
            layout = wibox.layout.fixed.horizontal,
            mykeyboardlayout,
            wibox.widget.systray(),
        },
    }
end)
```