Bug 6862 – xkb is not active -> some keys do not work

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Ole Tange 2002-08-21 18:54:27 UTC]

I have recently re-emerge xfree. Now I cannot enter (at) or (dollar) as these
are entered with AltGr.

Xfree86.0.log seems to hint that xkb is broken (attached)

[Comment 1 Ole Tange 2002-08-21 18:55:15 UTC]

Created attachment 3284 [details]
/var/log/XFree86.0.log

[Comment 2 Ole Tange 2002-08-21 18:57:06 UTC]

Created attachment 3285 [details]
application/octet-stream

[Comment 3 Ole Tange 2002-08-21 18:57:18 UTC]

Created attachment 3286 [details]
/var/log/XFree86.0.log

[Comment 4 Ole Tange 2002-08-21 19:43:03 UTC]

*** Bug 6824 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Comment 5 Martin Schlemmer (RETIRED) 2002-08-23 15:28:08 UTC]

I get this at top of my log:

(**) Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
(**) XKB: rules: "xfree86"
(**) Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
(**) XKB: model: "pc105"
(**) Option "XkbLayout" "us"
(**) XKB: layout: "us"


Attatch your XF86Config, or check that you have a valid keyboard
Model/Rules/Layout setup.

------------------snip--------------------------------
Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier      "Keyboard0"
        Driver          "keyboard"
        Option          "XkbRules"      "xfree86"
        Option          "XkbModel"      "pc105"
        Option          "XkbLayout"     "us"
EndSection
------------------snip--------------------------------

[Comment 6 Ole Tange 2002-08-23 18:36:52 UTC]

Created attachment 3363 [details]
my XF86Config

[Comment 7 Ole Tange 2002-08-23 18:49:46 UTC]

I tried your addition to XF86Config with the "us" => "dk". This did not help. 
If I should try "us" then I will need to know some characters that can only be 
entered with AltGr on a US-keyboard. 
  
What is peculiar is that the XF86Config has worked before, so the change ought 
to be elsewhere.  

[Comment 8 Frédéric Point 2002-12-24 23:59:52 UTC]

I think i have a explanatoin for this bug :  when I emerge xfree on my box, it deletes the file  "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/rules/xfree86", but he creates  "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/rules/._cfg0000_xfree86" despite the fact that this  directories wasn't in CONFIG_PROTECT list in make.globals.    I think to solve this you only have to add /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/rules/ to  the CONFIG_PROTECT variable in "/etc/make.globals"  PS: I was upgrading from 1.2 to 1.4 

[Comment 9 Martin Schlemmer (RETIRED) 2002-12-26 14:01:42 UTC]

Hrm, ok.  I added /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/ to CONFIG_PROTECT, so the file
should not be unmerged by mistake ...

[Comment 10 Martin Schlemmer (RETIRED) 2003-02-02 14:00:29 UTC]

Still working fine ?  With what version of xfree was it btw ?

[Comment 11 Ole Tange 2003-02-02 20:06:58 UTC]

It seems to be fixed. I will reopen the bug if that is not the case