Bug#337609: /usr/bin/gnome-keyboard-properties: french keyboard doesn't work anymore ?

[Loic Minier]

        Hi,

On Sat, Nov 05, 2005, Xavier Bestel wrote:
> I don't know if it's the right package to report this bug on. I'm
> running X experimental. Since I have installed gnome 2.12 some letters
> don't work anymore on the keyboard (the e-acute gives an accolade).
> The gnome-keyboard-properties fails when trying to re-select the french
> layout with:
> ** (gnome-keyboard-properties:15969): CRITICAL **: XkbGetKeyboard failed to get keyboard from the server!
...
> #4  0x556d5861 in XkbGetNames () from /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6
> #5  0x0805d1f3 in keyboard_drawing_set_keyboard ()

 Thanks.  I don't know if "gnome-keyboard-properties fails when trying
 to re-select the french layout" matches the bug at
 <http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=167234>, but it looks
 awfully similar.  IMO, the X server should always respond to a
 XkbGetKeyboard(), and the fact it isn't causes the crash to happen.  I
 suppose your new X server is causing that, and I propose you try
 downgrading the X server to unstable's version to check whether that
 solves the problem.  If it does I'll reassign the issue to Xorg.

   Bye,
-- 
Loïc Minier <lool at dooz.org>
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