Bug#611334: gnome-shell: Error activating XKB configuration on startup

[Christopher Baines]

Package: gnome-shell
Version: 2.91.5-1
Severity: normal

On startup of the Gnome Shell a message appears:
Error activating XKB configuration.
There can be various reasons for that.

If you report this situation as a bug, include the results of
 • xprop -root | grep XKB
 • gsettings get org.gnome.libgnomekbd.keyboard model
 • gsettings get org.gnome.libgnomekbd.keyboard layouts
 • gsettings get org.gnome.libgnomekbd.keyboard options

xprop -root | grep XKB reports:
_XKB_RULES_NAMES_BACKUP(STRING) = "evdev", "pc105", "gb", "", ""
_XKB_RULES_NAMES(STRING) = "evdev", "pc105", "gb", "", ""

gsettings get org.gnome.libgnomekbd.keyboard model reports:
(process:2745): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: specified class size for type `DConfSettingsBackend' is smaller than the parent type's `GSettingsBackend' class size

(process:2745): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed

(process:2745): GLib-GIO-WARNING **: Tried to register an extension of the type (null) to extension point gsettings-backend. Expected type is GObject.
GLib-GIO-Message: Using the 'memory' GSettings backend.  Your settings will not be saved or shared with other applications.
''

gsettings get org.gnome.libgnomekbd.keyboard layouts reports:
(process:2755): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: specified class size for type `DConfSettingsBackend' is smaller than the parent type's `GSettingsBackend' class size

(process:2755): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed

(process:2755): GLib-GIO-WARNING **: Tried to register an extension of the type (null) to extension point gsettings-backend. Expected type is GObject.
GLib-GIO-Message: Using the 'memory' GSettings backend.  Your settings will not be saved or shared with other applications.
@as []

gsettings get org.gnome.libgnomekbd.keyboard options reports:
(process:2837): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: specified class size for type `DConfSettingsBackend' is smaller than the parent type's `GSettingsBackend' class size

(process:2837): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed

(process:2837): GLib-GIO-WARNING **: Tried to register an extension of the type (null) to extension point gsettings-backend. Expected type is GObject.
GLib-GIO-Message: Using the 'memory' GSettings backend.  Your settings will not be saved or shared with other applications.
@as []

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages gnome-shell depends on:
ii  gconf2                  2.32.1-2         GNOME configuration database syste
ii  gir1.2-atk-1.0          1.32.0-2         The ATK accessibility toolkit (GOb
ii  gir1.2-clutter-1.0      1.5.14-1         GObject introspection data for the
ii  gir1.2-freedesktop      0.10.1-1         Introspection data for some FreeDe
ii  gir1.2-gconf-2.0        2.32.1-2         GNOME configuration database syste
ii  gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0    2.23.0-2         GDK Pixbuf library - GObject-Intro
ii  gir1.2-glib-2.0         0.10.1-1         Introspection data for GLib, GObje
ii  gir1.2-gtk-3.0          2.99.2-1         The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  gir1.2-json-glib-1.0    0.12.0-2         GLib JSON manipulation library (do
ii  gir1.2-mutter-2.91      2.91.5-1         GObject introspection data for Mut
ii  gir1.2-pango-1.0        1.28.3-4         Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  gjs                     0.7.9-1          Mozilla-based javascript bindings 
ii  gnome-settings-daemon   2.91.8-1         daemon handling the GNOME session 
ii  libatk1.0-0             1.32.0-2         The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libc6                   2.11.2-10        Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libcairo-gobject2       1.10.0-1         The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libcairo2               1.10.0-1         The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libcanberra0            0.24-1           a simple abstract interface for pl
ii  libclutter-1.0-0        1.5.14-1         Open GL based interactive canvas l
ii  libcroco3               0.6.2-1          a generic Cascading Style Sheet (C
ii  libdbus-1-3             1.2.24-4         simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2        0.88-2.1         simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdconf0               0.4.2-1          Simple key-based configuration sys
ii  libdrm2                 2.4.23-0.0       Userspace interface to kernel DRM 
ii  libffi5                 3.0.9-3          Foreign Function Interface library
ii  libfontconfig1          2.8.0-2.1        generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6            2.4.2-2.1        FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libgconf2-4             2.32.1-2         GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0      2.23.0-2         GDK Pixbuf library
ii  libgirepository-1.0-1   0.10.1-1         Library for handling GObject intro
ii  libgjs0b                0.7.9-1          Mozilla-based javascript bindings 
ii  libgl1-mesa-glx [libgl1 7.7.1-4          A free implementation of the OpenG
ii  libglib2.0-0            2.27.91-1        The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-desktop-3-0    2.91.6-1         Utility library for loading .deskt
ii  libgnome-menu2          2.30.3-1         an implementation of the freedeskt
ii  libgstreamer0.10-0      0.10.32-1        Core GStreamer libraries and eleme
ii  libgtk3.0-0             2.99.2-1         The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libjson-glib-1.0-0      0.10.2-2         GLib JSON manipulation library
ii  libmozjs3d              1.9.2.13-2       The Mozilla SpiderMonkey JavaScrip
ii  libnspr4-0d             4.8.6-1          NetScape Portable Runtime Library
ii  libpango1.0-0           1.28.3-4         Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpulse-mainloop-glib0 0.9.21-3         PulseAudio client libraries (glib 
ii  libpulse0               0.9.21-3         PulseAudio client libraries
ii  libstartup-notification 0.10-1           library for program launch feedbac
ii  libx11-6                2:1.3.3-4        X11 client-side library
ii  libxcomposite1          1:0.4.3-1        X11 Composite extension library
ii  libxdamage1             1:1.1.3-1        X11 damaged region extension libra
ii  libxext6                2:1.1.2-1        X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxfixes3              1:4.0.5-1        X11 miscellaneous 'fixes' extensio
ii  libxml2                 2.7.8.dfsg-2     GNOME XML library
ii  mesa-utils              7.7.1-4          Miscellaneous Mesa GL utilities
ii  mutter                  2.91.5-1         lightweight GTK+ window manager
ii  pkg-config              0.25-1.1         manage compile and link flags for 
ii  python                  2.6.6-3+squeeze5 interactive high-level object-orie
ii  zlib1g                  1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime

Versions of packages gnome-shell recommends:
ii  xserver-xephyr                2:1.7.7-11 nested X server

gnome-shell suggests no packages.

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