Bug#273938: "Error activating XKB configuration"

[Tomasz Hupa]

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> Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 23:23:40 +0100
> From: Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org>
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> Subject: gnome: "Error activating XKB configuration"
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> 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

This bug still exist in Gnome 2.8 (Sarge).
It can be "resolved" after running gnome-keyboard-properties from gnome terminal window.
Of course it isn't true solution.

Tom.