This is with gnome 2.14.1 Expected results: no error dialogs and able to switch keymaps. Actual results: The first error dialog happens when I select 'open keyboard preferences' in the keyboard indicator menu. The second error dialog happens after dismissing the first error and adding dvorak keymap. On subsequent attempts, I only receive error #1. I checked and gnome-setting-daemon is running with the same process id before and after the error. After this process I still have no option to switch to dvorak. ################ Error 1 ################################# Unable to start the settings manager 'gnome-settings-daemon'. Without the GNOME settings manager running, some preferences may not take effect. This could indicate a problem with Bonobo, or a non-GNOME (e.g. KDE) settings manager may already be active and conflicting with the GNOME settings manager. ########################################################### ##################### Error 2 ############################ Error activating XKB configuration. It can happen under various circumstances: - a bug in libxklavier library - a bug in X server (xkbcomp, xmodmap utilities) - X server with incompatible libxkbfile implementation X server version data: Gentoo Linux (The X.Org Foundation 6.8.0, revision r1-0.2.2.1) 60800000 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/kbd ############################################################## rcoons@x1000 ~ $ xprop -root | grep XKB _XKB_RULES_NAMES_BACKUP(STRING) = "xorg", "pc105", "us", "", "" _XKB_RULES_NAMES(STRING) = "xorg", "pc105", "us", "", "" rcoons@x1000 ~ $ gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd layouts = [us,dvorak] model = options = [grp grp:alts_toggle] overrideSettings = true ############################## emerge --info #################### x1000 lib # emerge --info Portage 2.1_rc2-r2 (default-linux/x86/2006.0, gcc-3.4.2, glibc-2.3.4.20040808-r1, 2.6.16-gentoo-r2 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.16-gentoo-r2 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1300MHz Gentoo Base System version 1.12.0_pre17 dev-lang/python: 2.3.4, 2.4.3-r1 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5 dev-util/ccache: [Not Present] dev-util/confcache: [Not Present] sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.17 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r7 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r1 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.2-r5 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.8.1-r1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=pentium-m -pipe -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -frename-registers -fprefetch-loop-arrays -falign-functions=64 -mmmx -msse2 -msse" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/eselect/compiler /etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=pentium-m -pipe -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -frename-registers -fprefetch-loop-arrays -falign-functions=64 -mmmx -msse2 -msse" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks metadata-transfer prelink sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.cites.uiuc.edu/pub/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude='/distfiles' --exclude='/local' --exclude='/packages'" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.namerica.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X aalib acpi acpi4linux alsa apache2 avi berkdb bidi bitmap-fonts bluetooth bonobo cdparanoia cdr cli composite crypt cups curl dbus dga directfb divx4linux dri dv dvd dvdread eds emboss encode esd ethereal evo fbcon flash foomaticdb fortran gd gdbm ggi gif gimpprint gnome gphoto2 gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 gtkhtml hal i8x0 imlib ipv6 irmc isdnlog jpeg libg++ libwww lirc live lzo mad mikmod mmx mmx2 mozdevelop mozilla moznocompose moznomail mozsvg mozxmlterm mp3 mpeg nas ncurses network nls no_wxgtk1 nojoystick nptl ogg oggvorbis opengl opie oss pam pcmcia pcre pda pdflib perl php png pnp postgres pppd python quicktime radoen readline reflection rtc samba sasl sdl session slang spell spl sse sse2 ssl svga tcpd tiff truetype truetype-fonts trusted type1-fonts udev unicode usb vorbis wavelan wmf wxwindows x86 xine xinerama xlib xml xml2 xmms xorg xosd xprint xv xvid xvmc yv12 zlib elibc_glibc input_devices_synaptics kernel_linux userland_GNU video_cards_radeon" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS ################################################################ Let me know if I can add any info or clarify anything. Thanks, Brian
I should have added this before: When logging into gnome I get this error (which I'll refer to as Error 0) dialog, which is probably relevant. After I get this error the settings daemon is running though: rcoons 31830 1 0 21:24 ? 00:00:00 /usr/libexec/gnome-settings-daemon --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:GNOME_SettingsDaemon --oaf-ior-fd=25 ################# Error 0 ############################################ There was an error starting the GNOME Settings Daemon. Some things, such as themes, sounds, or background settings may not work correctly. The Settings Daemon restarted too many times. The last error message was: System exception: IDL:Bonobo/GeneralError:1.0 : Child process did not give an error message, unknown failure occurred GNOME will still try to restart the Settings Daemon next time you log in. #########################################################################
Someone else got rid of 'Error 0' by doing the following: set-language-env -E set-language-env set-language-env -r I'll try this when I get home this evening.
I don't even have set-language-env on my system, maybe it's for another gnome version. I found that I can switch to dvorak with: setxkbmap -model pc105 -layout dvorak and back with: setxkbmap -model pc105 -layout us and these changes is reflected by the keyboard indicator, but I am still unable to switch the layout via the keyboard indicator itself.
i have to this bug but i use x 7.0
Added 2.14.2 to summary since I still have it with this version of gnome.
Removing ~x86 from make.conf and emerge -e system; emerge -e xorg-x11; emerge -e gnome fixed my problem. Not sure exactly which it was though.
Marking as WORKSFORME as per comment 6
