Bug#261219: capplets: gnome-keyboard-properties reports an error, and doesn't let me do anything

[Arnaud Patard (Rtp)]

Bruce Stephens <bruce@cenderis.demon.co.uk> writes:

> Package: capplets
> Version: 1:2.6.1-10
> Severity: normal
>
> The dialog is:
>
> Error activating XKB configuration.
> Probably internal X server problem.
>
> X server version data:
> The XFree86 Project, Inc
> 40300001
> You are using XFree 4.3.0.
> There are known problems with complex XKB configurations.
> Try using simpler configuration or taking more fresh version of XFree
> software.
> If you report this situation as a bug, please include:
> - The result of xprop -root | grep XKB
> - The result of gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/xkb
>
> But I don't see what to do: I can't simplify the configuration, because
> I get this error dialog when I try to change anything.
>
> The error dialog asks that I include the output of two commands:
> bruce% xprop -root | grep XKB
> _XKB_RULES_NAMES_BACKUP(STRING) = "xfree86", "pc104", "en_US", "",
> "ctrl:nocaps"_XKB_RULES_NAMES(STRING) = "xfree86", "pc104", "en_US", "",
> "ctrl:nocaps"
> bruce% gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/xkb
>  layouts = [us_intl]
>  model = logiink
>  overrideSettings = false
>  options = [ctrl        ctrl:nocaps,compose     compose:menu]


Hi, 

Does setting your xfree setup to logiink instead of pc104 solve the
problem ?


Regards,
Arnaud