Bug#287087: capplets: gnome-keyboard-properties can't load "U.S.
English w/ deadkeys"
Leonardo Rochael Almeida
Leonardo Rochael Almeida <leo@hiper.com.br>, 287087@bugs.debian.org
Fri, 24 Dec 2004 05:31:39 -0200
Package: capplets
Version: 1:2.8.1-3
Severity: important
Trying to load the "U.S. English w/ deadkeys" layout results in a dialog
box complaining of an XKB error and asking to report the results of
running the following programs:
$ gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/xkb
layouts = [us+us_intl,us,us_intl]
model = pc104
overrideSettings = false
options = [grp grp:alts_toggle]
update_handlers = []
$ xprop -root | grep XKB
_XKB_RULES_NAMES_BACKUP(STRING) = "xfree86", "pc104", "us+us_intl", "", ""
_XKB_RULES_NAMES(STRING) = "xfree86", "pc104", "us+us_intl,us", ",", "grp:alts_toggle"
The results of running gconftool-2 before trying to add the "U.S.
English w/ deadkeys" layout is:
$ gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/xkb
layouts = [us+us_intl,us]
model = pc104
overrideSettings = false
options = [grp grp:alts_toggle]
update_handlers = []
This leads me to believe that gnome-keyboard-properties is trying to
load the us_intl layout, which is no longer valid (since XFree 4.3.0 I
think). The correct way to obtain an "U.S. English w/ deadkeys" layout
in the new XFree-modular-xkb-layout-system is to load the "us+us_intl"
layout, which can be seen in the gconftool-2 results above because it's
what Gnome inherited from the XFree86 configuration (XF86Config-4).
I suspect this might be the case for a number of other layouts too, but
fixing the us_intl mess would already help a number of speakers of
accented latin languages (Portuguese, Spanish,...) that have american
keyboards.
BTW, it'd be nice if the "Avaliable layouts" and the "Selected layouts"
boxes included the id of the layout (e.g. "(us_intl)") beside the layout
labels (e.g. "U.S. English w/ deadkeys") so that users have a better
chance of understanding what is going on.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.9-1-686
Locale: LANG=pt_BR, LC_CTYPE=pt_BR (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL set to C)
Versions of packages capplets depends on:
ii capplets-data 1:2.8.1-3 configuration applets for GNOME 2
ii gnome-control-center 1:2.8.1-3 The GNOME Control Center for GNOME
ii gnome-desktop-data 2.8.1-2 Common files for GNOME 2 desktop a
ii gnome-icon-theme 2.8.0-1 GNOME Desktop icon theme
ii gnome-panel 2.8.1-2 Launcher and docking facility for
ii gnome-session 2.8.1-3 The GNOME 2 Session Manager
ii libart-2.0-2 2.3.16-6 Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii libasound2 1.0.7-4 ALSA library
ii libatk1.0-0 1.8.0-3 The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii libaudiofile0 0.2.6-5 Open-source version of SGI's audio
ii libbonobo2-0 2.8.0-3 Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii libbonoboui2-0 2.8.0-2 The Bonobo UI library
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-18 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libeel2-2 2.8.2-1 Eazel Extensions Library (for GNOM
ii libesd0 0.2.35-2 Enlightened Sound Daemon - Shared
ii libfontconfig1 2.2.3-4 generic font configuration library
ii libfreetype6 2.1.7-2.3 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii libgail-common 1.8.0-2 GNOME Accessibility Implementation
ii libgail17 1.8.0-2 GNOME Accessibility Implementation
ii libgconf2-4 2.8.1-4 GNOME configuration database syste
ii libgcrypt11 1.2.0-4 LGPL Crypto library - runtime libr
ii libglade2-0 1:2.4.0-1 Library to load .glade files at ru
ii libglib2.0-0 2.4.8-1 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgnome-desktop-2 2.8.1-2 Utility library for loading .deskt
ii libgnome-keyring0 0.4.0-2 GNOME keyring services library
ii libgnome2-0 2.8.0-6 The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii libgnomecanvas2-0 2.8.0-1 A powerful object-oriented display
ii libgnomeui-0 2.8.0-3 The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii libgnomevfs2-0 2.8.3-6 The GNOME virtual file-system libr
ii libgnutls11 1.0.16-9 GNU TLS library - runtime library
ii libgpg-error0 1.0-1 library for common error values an
ii libgstreamer-plugins0.8-0 0.8.6-1 Various GStreamer libraries and li
ii libgstreamer0.8-0 0.8.7-1 Core GStreamer libraries, plugins,
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.4.13-1 The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii libice6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-8 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii libjpeg62 6b-9 The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG
ii libmetacity0 1:2.8.6-1 Common library of lightweight GTK2
ii libnautilus2-2 2.8.2-2 libraries for nautilus components
ii liborbit2 1:2.10.2-1.1 libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii libpango1.0-0 1.6.0-3 Layout and rendering of internatio
ii libpopt0 1.7-5 lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii libsm6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-8 X Window System Session Management
ii libstartup-notification0 0.7-1 library for program launch feedbac
ii libtasn1-2 0.2.10-3 Manage ASN.1 structures (runtime)
ii libx11-6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-8 X Window System protocol client li
ii libxext6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-8 X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii libxft2 2.1.2-6 FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii libxklavier8 1.03-1 X Keyboard Extension high-level AP
ii libxml2 2.6.11-5 GNOME XML library
ii libxrandr2 4.3.0.dfsg.1-8 X Window System Resize, Rotate and
ii libxrender1 0.8.3-7 X Rendering Extension client libra
ii nautilus 2.8.2-2 file manager and graphical shell f
ii xlibs 4.3.0.dfsg.1-8 X Window System client libraries m
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.2-3 compression library - runtime
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