I am using Gentoo 2006.0 (noteboook sony vaio, pentium-m) After upgrading XORG 7, I am getting the following error (I'll try to traslate from italian) and I can't switch my keyboard layout: Error activatgin XKB configuration. This could happen if: - libxklavier has a bug - X server has a bug (in the tools xbkcomp o xmodmap) - X server is using an incompatible version of libxkbfile Version os X server: The Xorg Foundation 70000000 If you want to report this has a bug, include: - the result of xprop -root | grep XKB - the result of gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd Well .... I have 2 computers with Gentoo, and on one of them (an AMD64) I fixed this issue by creating a symlink: ln -sf /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb Unfortunately on the notebok it didn't help. please let me know if you need some more info!
I think it's the problem of the orphan sym link /etc/X11/xkb. After upgrading, it points to ../../usr/lib/X11/xkb, such that xkbcomp couldn't work properly. It took me hours to track this down. You can try to remove /etc/X11/xkb and see if it helps.
Same error on an dual CPU AMD64 (Opteron). There was no orphaned link, and creating oneas suggested did not fix it, although KDE is OK. This happened right after upgrade to Xorg Modular. I tried an emerge -e system && emerge -e world but that did not fix things either. During upgrade to modular I had to accept ~amd64 for only one package. Guess which one? xkbutils!! Coincidence?
@xkbutils: I'm running Gentoo on a AMD Sempron64 box and also got that message after upgrading to modular X. But I run without xkbutils and everything works after symlinking /usr/lib/X11/xkb with /usr/share/X11/xkb. This also fixes the "orphaned" symlink in /etc/X11/. This one links to /usr/lib64/X11/xkb which is already linked to /usr/share/X11/xkb. Please check, which package pulls xkbutils in. But the problem shouln't be caused by it.
(In reply to comment #3) > @xkbutils: > > I'm running Gentoo on a AMD Sempron64 box and also got that message after > upgrading to modular X. But I run without xkbutils and everything works after > symlinking /usr/lib/X11/xkb with /usr/share/X11/xkb. Hi. I didn't write that I have two boxes: => one is AMD 64 => another one is Pentium M (notebook) On ADM 64 I fixed this problem very soon, by doing what you have done. On the notebook this solution didn't work. Gentoo AMD64 and x86 have different portage tree...
I have the same problem after migrating to xorg 7. Also gnome keyboard indicator doesn't work with the same message. $>gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd layouts = [ru winkeys,fr] model = overrideSettings = false options = [grp grp:ctrl_shift_toggle,lv3 lv3:lwin_switch]
I did something that fixed my problem! ... but I am not able to say what I did exactly..... It's also important to have a look in to GDM logs. The last thing that I did was to add 'xinerama' support into GDM (because I use 2 monitors) and reinstall GDM. But I don't know if this was the solution. Something is really wrong in update procedure.....
I too had this error after updating to the new modular X format per the "Migrating to Modular X HOWTO" instructions. My keyboard seemed to work just fine, but the error is annoying. I had the orphaned link, removing it didn't work. Instead (as Sebastian Volke suggested) adding link from /usr/share/X11/xkb to /usr/lib/X11/xkb, along with reinstating the original "orphaned" link (which is no longer orphaned once that other link is made) got rid of the error. As a side note, I never have had xkbutils installed.
This bug seems to be resolved with Gnome 2.14
Actually, I got it when I was upgrading to 2.14 (mod X is a depenancy of it, I believe). However, it may have been fixed by additional changes to the ebuild since I had my problems.
I had this after upgrading to Xorg 7.1 from 6.8 My gnome is 2.14 The workaround is symlinking: ln -s /usr/share/X11/xkb/ /usr/lib/X11/xkb
is this problem fixed ? I think it was due to the xkbdata/xkeyboard-config transition. I any of you is still experiencing this problem, could you add your: - emerge --info - version of xorg-server, xkeyboard-config and xkbdata
Marking as fixed. Please reopen if this is still a problem.
I have the same problem. AMD64 Gnome 2.20.3 xorg-server 1.4.0.90-r3 xorg-x11 7.2 $ xprop -root | grep XKB _XKB_RULES_NAMES_BACKUP(STRING) = "xorg", "pc104", "us,ru", "mod,mod", "grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll,lv3:win_switch,compose:menu,eurosign:e" _XKB_RULES_NAMES(STRING) = "xorg", "pc104", "us,ru", "mod,mod", "grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll,lv3:win_switch,compose:menu,eurosign:e" $ gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd layouts = [] model = options = [grp_led grp_led:scroll,compose compose:menu,grp grp:alt_shift_toggle] overrideSettings = true The problem appears for any configuration changes that I try.
