Bug#282027: XKB error when adding keyboard layout from Gnome control center

[Mark Beattie]

Package: gnome-control-center
Version: 1:2.6.1-13

When attempting to add a second keyboard layout from rom Gnome control
center the following error message is displayed in two seperate dialogue
boxes at the same time:


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


As requested:

# xprop -root | grep XKB
_XKB_RULES_NAMES_BACKUP(STRING) = "xfree86", "pc104", "us", "", ""
_XKB_RULES_NAMES(STRING) = "xfree86", "inspiron", "us", "", ""

# gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/xkb
 layouts = [us]
 model = pc105
 overrideSettings = true
 options = []


I've read elsewhere that the problem may be related to the existance of
the XkbRules line in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4, but I found it had no
effect:
Option          "XkbRules"      "xfree86"

Gnome version 2.6.1