X server fails to start half the time with an error 11 (segmentation fault?). When it does start I get a dialog box that says: Error activating XKB configuration. Probably internal X server problem. X server version data: Gentoo Linux (The X.Org Foundation 6.8.1.902, revision r0-0.1.1) 60801902 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/xkb Heres the data it asks for: taro ~ # xprop -root | grep XKB _XKB_RULES_NAMES_BACKUP(STRING) = "xorg", "pc104", "us", "", "" _XKB_RULES_NAMES(STRING) = "xorg", "pc104", "us", "", "" taro ~ # gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/xkb layouts = [us] model = pc104 overrideSettings = false options = [] update_handlers = [] This xorg.conf file hasn't changed in a long time, and suddenly it doesn't work. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. startx Actual Results: The keyboard still works. I don't know what the problem is. I'm using a PS/2 to USB keyboard adaptor with a PS/2 keyboard and a USB port on the computer. Thats never made a difference in the past though. Flags n stuff .. [ebuild R ] x11-base/xorg-x11-6.8.1.902 -3dfx +3dnow +bitmap-fonts -cjk -debug +dlloader +dmx -doc +font-server -hardened -insecure-drivers +ipv6 -minimal +mmx -nls +opengl +pam +sdk -sse -static +truetype-fonts +type1-fonts (-uclibc) +xprint +xv 0 kB Also, I had to emerge linuxwacom again to make it work even though it was the same version of linuxwacom. The wacom is my main mouse (I like it). [ebuild R ] x11-misc/linuxwacom-0.6.6 +gtk +gtk2 +sdk +tcltk 0 kB taro ~ # emerge info Portage 2.0.51-r13 (default-linux/x86/2004.3, gcc-3.4.3, glibc-2.3.4.20041102-r0, 2.6.10-gentoo-r6 i586) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.10-gentoo-r6 i586 AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor Gentoo Base System version 1.6.8 Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.4 [2.3.4 (#1, Jun 29 2004, 05:54:33)] distcc 2.17 i586-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled]ccache version 2.3 [enabled] dev-lang/python: 2.3.4 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.59-r6, 2.13 sys-devel/automake: 1.8.5-r2, 1.5, 1.4_p6, 1.6.3, 1.7.9, 1.9.4 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r2 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.10-r2 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.8.1-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=k6-2 -ffast-math -fstrict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -frename-registers -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" CHOST="i586-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /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/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=k6-2 -ffast-math -fstrict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -frename-registers -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig candy ccache confcache distlocks sandbox sfperms" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp:///ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/gentoo/ ftp://vlaai.snt.ipv6.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/gentoo/ http://ftp6.uni-erlangen.de/pub/mirrors/gentoo http://gentoo.binarycompass.org http://gentoo.seren.com/gentoo ftp://ftp6.uni-erlangen.de/pub/mirrors/gentoo http://gentoo.mirror.sdv.fr http://gentoo.math.bme.hu http://chod.cwru.edu/gentoo http://vlaai.snt.ipv6.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/gentoo/ http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo http://gentoo.tiscali.nl/gentoo/ http://gentoo.llarian.net/ http://cudlug.cudenver.edu/gentoo/ http://ftp.isu.edu.tw/pub/Linux/Gentoo http://ftp.easynet.nl/mirror/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.ipv6.uni-muenster.de/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo http://mirrors.tds.net/gentoo http://mirror.clarkson.edu/pub/distributions/gentoo/ http://gentoo.netnitco.net" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.namerica.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 3dnow 3ds X X509 aac aalib acpi adns aim aliaschain alsa amd apache2 apm artworkextra asterisk async atm audiofile avantgo avi beep bitmap-fonts bonobo bzip2 bzlib caps cdb cddb cdinstall cdparanoia cdr cgi chroot clamav clearpasswd cnamefix composite cpdflib crypt cscope ctype cups dba dbx devfs devfs26 devmap dga diet dillo dio directfb distcache divx4linux djbfft dlloader dmx dnd dnsdb dri dvb dvd dvdread editor edl eds encode erandom escreen esd ethereal etwin evms evms2 evo exif exiscan ext-png ext-zlib f77 faac faad fam fastcgi fax fbcon fbdev ffmpeg fftw flac flash flatfile flood fluidsynth fmod font-server foomaticdb fortran freetds freetts freetype fs ftp fwdzone gatos gb gcj gd gd-external gdbm geoip ggi gif gimp gimpprint glade glgd glut gmp gmtsuppl gmttria gnome gnomedb gnuplot gnutls gphoto2 gpm gps gs gsl gstreamer gtk gtk2 gtkhtml guile hal hbci hdf hdf5 hostap-nopci hostap-noplx icq icu idl ieee1394 image imagemagick imap imlib imlib2 inifile innodb ipalias ipv6 ipv6arpa irda irmc jabber jack jack-tmpfs java javascript jbig jce jit joystick jp2 jpeg junit kadu-modules kadu-voice ladcca lcd lcms ldap libcaca libdsk libg++ libgda libsamplerate libwww lirc live lmtp ltsp lufsusermount lzo lzw lzw-tiff mad maildir makecheck matroska mbox mcve md5sum mdb memlimit mhash milter ming mixer mldonkeypango mmap mmx mng monkey mono motif mozilla moznomail mozsvg mpeg mpeg4 mplayer msn mssql multicall multipleip multitarget music mysql mythtv nagios-dns nagios-ntp nagios-ping nagios-ssh nas native ncurses neXt net netboot netcdf nethack network neural nntp nocd nosource notlsbeforeauth nowin nptl ntlm nviz oav objc odbc offensive oggvorbis opengl openssh operanom2 opie oscar oss pam pcap pcntl pcre pcsc-lite pda pdflib perl php physfs pic plotutils png pnp portaudio posix postgres ppds psyco pthreads python qemu-fast quicktime quotes radeon readline remote rogue rtc samba sasl scanner sdk sdl semanticfix session shared silc silverxp skey slang slp smartcard sndfile snmp sockets socks5 softmmu sox speedo speex spell sqlite ssl stroke svg szip t1lib tcltk tcpd tcsim tetex tga theora threads tiff timidity tokenizer tools transcode transparent-proxy truetype truetype-fonts trusted type1 type1-fonts usagi usb uudeview v4l v4l2 vhosts videos virus-scan wacom wddx wifi wmf wxwin wxwindows xatrix xchattext xforms xinerama xml xml2 xmms xosd xprint xrandr xsl xv xvid yahoo yaz yv12 zlib zvbi" Unset: PORTDIR_OVERLAY
please verify that this isn't a dupe of https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=472 ie, comment out the Option "XkbRules" line in your xorg.conf and try again.
If that doesn't fix it, please attach your xorg.conf and /var/log/Xorg.0.log as plain/text files.
Created attachment 49086 [details] xorg.conf of the problem machine
Created attachment 49087 [details] Xorg.0.log of the problem machine
I didn't even have such a line in my Xorg.conf file.
See at the very bottom: (EE) Couldn't open compiled keymap file /var/tmp/server-0.xkm Check the permissions on /var/tmp.
Everyone has permission on that directory, and the issue happened even while running as root.
How about the file itself? Also, ls -l /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkbcomp
Neither of those files exist. The first I can understand, the second, I'm thinking should be there. Any idea why it didn't get installed with xorg?
Sorry, meant /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/xkbcomp If that doesn't work .. Hmm .. this is gonna seem a little weird, but try this: chmod 777 /var/lib/xkb X may freeze on the next startup then chmod 755 it then see if problem's fixed
Same problem here. /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkbcomp does not exist on my system. This happened after upgrading to xorg-x11 6.8.0-r4
Read comment #10, first sentence.
OK - got around to restarting X (been so busy I didn't want to have to restart anything I was working on). Anyway - the chmod stuff doesn't work. As for xkbcomp ... ekl@taro ~ $ ls -l /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/xkbcomp 0 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Jan 19 00:53 /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/xkbcomp* looks good to me
A size of 0 looks good to you? *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 41743 ***
lol - sorry. I was looking at permissions, not sizes, and oddly, I just started using dispatch-conf. Looks like a bad time to switch from etc-update! Got the fix from the dup - thanks.
