This might be a RTFM problem, but if it is I haven't been able to find the FM! I saw that xorg-x11-6.8.0 was available and upgraded. As part of the upgrade the keyboard driver in my xorg.conf file was changed from keyboard to kbd since keyboard is being obsoleted. After the upgrade, I discovered that I couldn't switch virtual consoles using <ctrl>-<alt>-<F?> Instead of switching the console, the characters for that key combination would get sent to my active window. I downgraded back to xorg-x11-6.7.0-r2 and noted that the problem persisted. Going back through the changes made to the system, I noted the keyboard driver change and changed it back to "keyboard". Upon restarting, I was able to switch consoles. Changing it back to kbd and I was unable to switch consoles. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Using xorg-x11-6.7.0-r2 2. Change keyboard driver from "keyboard" to "kbd" 3. Restart X 4. Try to change console using <ctrl>-<alt>-F1 Actual Results: Console doesn't change and the characters for the key combination are sent to the active window. Expected Results: Key combination is intercepted by X and the console switched. emerge info: ============ Portage 2.0.51_pre23 (default-x86-2004.2, gcc-3.3.4, glibc-2.3.4.20040808-r0, 2.6.8-gentoo-r4 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.8-gentoo-r4 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1.80GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.5.3 Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r4 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.5-r1 Binutils: sys-devel/binutils-2.15.90.0.1.1-r3 Headers: sys-kernel/linux26-headers-2.6.8.1 Libtools: sys-devel/libtool-1.5.2-r5 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=pentium4 -O2 -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.2/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/env /usr/kde/3.3/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /var/bind /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=pentium4 -O2 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache fixpackages sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.mirrors.pair.com/ http://gentoo.osuosl.org http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.namerica.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X acpi alsa apache2 arts artswrappersuid audiofile avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cdr crypt cups dvd encode fam fbcon foomaticdb gdbm gif gpm gtk gtk2 imlib java javascript jpeg kde libg++ libwww mad maildir mikmod mmx motif mozilla moznocompose moznoirc moznomail mpeg ncurses nls nptl oggvorbis opengl pam pda pdflib perl png ppds python qt quicktime readline sasl sdl slang spell sse ssl tcltk tcpd tiff truetype usb x86 xml2 xmms xprint xv zlib linguas_en" xorg.conf (keyboard section) Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "keyboard" #Driver "kbd" EndSection
Results of using kbd driver and trying to switch to all virtual consoles: garath ~ # cat -v - ^[O7P^[O7Q^[O7R^[O7S^[[15;7~^[[17;7~^[[18;7~^[[19;7~^[[20;7~^[[21;7~^[[23;7~^[[24;7~
*** Bug 63471 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
I just upgraded my other Gentoo box and it has the same problem xorg.conf Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "kbd" EndSection Xorg.0.log (**) Option "CoreKeyboard" (**) Keyboard0: Core Keyboard (**) Option "Protocol" "standard" (**) Keyboard0: Protocol: standard (**) Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30" (**) Option "XkbRules" "xorg" (**) Keyboard0: XkbRules: "xorg" (**) Option "XkbModel" "pc101" (**) Keyboard0: XkbModel: "pc101" (**) Option "XkbLayout" "us" (**) Keyboard0: XkbLayout: "us" (**) Option "CustomKeycodes" "off" (**) Keyboard0: CustomKeycodes disabled (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Keyboard0" (type: KEYBOARD) (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Mouse0" (type: MOUSE) (EE) Couldn't open compiled keymap file /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/compiled/server-0.xkm (EE) Couldn't load XKB keymap, falling back to pre-XKB keymap setxkbmap -print xkb_keymap { xkb_keycodes { include "xfree86+aliases(qwerty)" }; xkb_types { include "complete" }; xkb_compat { include "complete" }; xkb_symbols { include "pc/pc(pc101)+pc/us" }; xkb_geometry { include "pc(pc101)" }; }; /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/compiled (symlink to /var/lib/xkb) only contains a README with a timestamp of the upgrade time.
Don't know if it's a duplicate but with the same symptoms of bug #63795 i got this error message: The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports: > Error: Include file wrong type (expected CompatMap, got KeyNames) > Include file "xfree86" ignored > Abandoning compatibility map "complete" > Abandoning compatibility map "default" Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server (EE) Couldn't load XKB keymap, falling back to pre-XKB keymap not in the log but to the vc where i do startx.. the keyboard sections in xorg.conf is only Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "kbd" EndSection the xorg version installed is: xorg-x11-6.8.0-r2 and only by adding the Option "XkbDisable" line to the keyboard sections eliminates any problem..but i don't want to disable my Xkb driver (and i don't know what are the difference between a kbd-disabled and a kbd-enabled xorg but i suppose that if there are two ways of using my keyboard i want the best and probably kdb is that :)
The line: Option "XkbDisable" really doesn't fix the problem. I can only use Ctrl+Alt+F? if I'm not in a text input window. Also, my Windows key still does not work at all. (I have OpenBox map the Windows key.)
> The line: Option "XkbDisable" really doesn't fix the problem. sorry, i tryed and only putting this two lines toghether fixes the problem: Driver "Keyboard" Option "XkbDisable let me know..
I realize that the X11 team is understaffed and overworked. However since this bug is preventing me from upgrading to 6.8.0, please let me know if there is any way that I can help in getting this problem debugged and resolved.
Check permissions on /var/lib/xkb. Check that both instances of xkbcomp are non-zero in size. $ ls /var/lib/xkb -ld drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 21 19:43 /var/lib/xkb $ ls /usr/X11R6/lib/xkb/xkbcomp -l -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 179580 Nov 21 18:00 /usr/X11R6/lib/xkb/xkbcomp $ ls /usr/X11R6/bin/xkbcomp -l -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 179580 Nov 21 18:00 /usr/X11R6/bin/xkbcomp Other than that, I have no ideas. Try looking into some XKB documentation, searching bugs.freedesktop.org, etc and seeing whether anything comes up.
I've done some more messing around with it and here are my results: This is a fresh emerge of xorg-x11-6.8.0-r3 over xorg-x11-6.7.0-r3 I get the following: $ ls /var/lib/xkb -ld drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 22 21:59 /var/lib/xkb $ ls /usr/X11R6/lib/xkb/xkbcomp -l ls: /usr/X11R6/lib/xkb/xkbcomp: No such file or directory $ ls /usr/X11R6/bin/xkbcomp -l -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 171648 Nov 22 21:49 /usr/X11R6/bin/xkbcomp So the first thing I noticed is that I don't have a /usr/X11R6/lib/xkb directory. A search of bugs.freedesktop.org turned up nothing, neither did a google search. Reading the man pages on setxkbmap and xkbcomp, I have discovered the following: My keyboard section in xorg.conf is: Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "kbd" Option "XkbRules" "xorg" Option "XkbModel" "microsoftmult" Option "XkbLayout" "us" EndSection After starting X, if I do a "setxkbmap -print | xkbcomp - $DISPLAY" I get a working keyboard. Going back to my Xorg.log file, the errors messages are: EE) Couldn't open compiled keymap file /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/compiled/server-0.xkm (EE) Couldn't load XKB keymap, falling back to pre-XKB keymap Running setxkbmap -print | xkbcomp - gives me a stdin.xkm file, If I copy that file to /var/lib/xkb/server-0.xkm prior to starting X, I no longer receive the errors and the keyboard works properly. Finally, a grep of the error text shows that the source file where the error message is located is xc/programs/Xserver/xkb/ddxLoad.c I only have a rudimentary knowledge of C, so my cursory review showed nothing wrong with the code that I could tell. In summary, I can work around the bug by calling setxkbmap -print | xkbcomp - $DISPLAY, which will load the proper keymap. Based upon the error messages it looks like the keymap is not getting compiled and/or written to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/compiled/server-0.xkm during the X server startup If you can give me further direction based upon the above, please let me know.
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/xkbcomp is what you want to check, sorry. I'm on a different revision.
$ ls -l /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/xkbcomp -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Nov 22 21:49 /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/xkbcomp Zero byte file. I'll copy the one from /usr/X11R6/bin/xkbcomp and test.
That was the problem, The next question is what happened in the emerge process?
Not sure how it's happening, but it's not something the ebuild is doing, it's something in `make World`. If you'd like to help track it down, please do. However, it does appear that the problem isn't happening on new installations -- I don't have it. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 47243 ***
