Bug#273938: gnome: "Error activating XKB configuration"

[Julian Gilbey]

Package: gnome
Version: 58

(I'm not sure which package is generating the bug, so I'm going for
gnome - please reassign as appropriate.)

I'm on a fresh woody installation, and when starting gnome, I get the
following error message:

  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

/var/log/XFree86.0.log contains the message:
  Error loading keymap /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/compiled/server-0.xkm
which makes sense, since this file does not exist on my system.

As requested, the results of the commands above are:
  - The result of xprop -root | grep XKB

_XKB_RULES_NAMES_BACKUP(STRING) = "xfree86", "pc105", "uk", "", ""
_XKB_RULES_NAMES(STRING) = "xfree86", "pc105", "uk", "", ""

  - The result of gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/xkb

 layouts = [uk]
 model = pc105
 overrideSettings = false
 options = []

HTH,

   Julian