The past several times I have installed Gentoo, I have always had the same problem when I configure keyboard layouts in Gnome. When I add a "Japanese" kayout, I immediately get the above error. I noticed that adding most other layouts does not produce this error. (I guess it's only layouts that utilize "extra" keys). If I remove the "English" layout however, the error goes away. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3.
I get the same error, using a western keyboard (however, it is a "microsoft natural... keyboard". Gentoo Linux (The X.Org Foundation 6.8.2, revision r1-0.1.2) 60802000 xprop -root | grep XKB _XKB_RULES_NAMES_BACKUP(STRING) = "xorg", "microsoft", "de_CH", "", "" _XKB_RULES_NAMES(STRING) = "xorg", "microsoft", "de_CH", "", "" gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/xkb layouts = [de_CH,se basic] model = microsoft overrideSettings = false options = [grp grp:alts_toggle] update_handlers = [] -------------------------------------------------------------- /var/log/Xorg.0.log says: (II) LoadModule: "kbd" (II) Loading /usr/lib64/modules/input/kbd_drv.o (II) Module kbd: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 6.8.2, module version = 1.0.0 Module class: X.Org XInput Driver ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.4 Later on it says: (EE) Error loading keymap /usr/lib64/X11/xkb/compiled/server-0.xkm SetKbdSettings - type: -1 rate: -1 delay: -1 snumlk: 0 However that directory is enpty besides a README file in there.
can you check the status of : /usr/lib/X11/xkb/xkbcomp preferrably using qokg -c -v -f /usr/lib/X11/xkb/xkbcomp
qpkg -c -v -f /usr/lib/X11/xkb/xkbcomp returns without any output. ls -la /usr/lib/X11/xkb/xkbcomp: -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 192648 31. Mar 18:14 /usr/lib/X11/xkb/xkbcomp I have not played with manually creating symlinks programs or otherwise modified my xorg installation. So this is the result of simply emerging and upgrading xorg-x11 over time. The only "special thing" I ever did is emerging "linuxwacom" for a wacom drawing tablet and "demerging" it later.
Weird, even after rebuilding with the exact same use flags: x11-base/xorg-x11-6.8.2-r1 (-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 xkbcomp doesn't belong to any package. (This is on an amd64) equery belongs /usr/lib/X11/xkb/xkbcomp [ Searching for file(s) /usr/lib/X11/xkb/xkbcomp in *... ] ---->no output qpkg -c -v -f /usr/lib/X11/xkb/xkbcomp ---->no output
amd64 specific path issue? qpkg -c -v -f /usr/lib64/X11/xkb/xkbcomp ------->x11-base/xorg-x11-6.8.2-r1 * mmh on second sight, it seems to be the same file, just symlinked. So that shouldn't be an issue, right?
well the problem is that if this file was merged with dispatch-conf, it per defaults uses "diff -a" which will mangle it from being a working executable to something strange that won't run.
(note that since the file then is different than the one regiesterd in the package contents, it will be considered a modified config in the next udpate, so a simple rebuild will not fix this issue )
I have never used dispatch-conf so far or is that implicitly being called by etc-update? I deleted the whole xkb directory and rebuild. I'll report if the bug is fixed/not fixed. Thanks for the quick response times in any case!!! I really appreciate that.
it shouldn't be implied by etc-update, however, etc-update may also be set to use diff -a, it depends on the configuration. Although, this is a hunch, however a somewhat well based one as I've seen this problem in a few instances before. Hope your problem gets solved, but its hard to debug problems like this that we cannot reproduce.
I have the same problem. I just upgraded to gnome 2.10. I've never messed w/ the layout ever. I hope this gets fixed. CFLAGS="-O3 -march=athlon-xp -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -fprefetch-loop-arrays -ftracer" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms strict userpriv usersandbox" $ xprop -root | grep XKB _XKB_RULES_NAMES_BACKUP(STRING) = "xorg", "pc104", "us", "", "" _XKB_RULES_NAMES(STRING) = "xorg", "pc104", "us", "", "" # gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd layouts = [us] model = pc105 overrideSettings = true options = []
Since i emerged gnome 2.10 i've been having this "Error activating XKB configuration" window too. This is an amd64 machine. I deleted the xkb folder, as told on this page, and re-emerged x.org . After it finished, i did not run dispatch-conf again, but tried to open gnome again. I got the "Error activating XKB" screen again. When i run: # qpkg -c -v -f /usr/bin/xmodmap x11-base/xorg-x11-6.8.2-r1 * 0/1 # qpkg -c -v -f /usr/lib64/X11/xkb/xkbcomp x11-base/xorg-x11-6.8.2-r1 * 0/1 What does it mean? How do i fix this?
I forgot: # xprop -root | grep XKB _XKB_RULES_NAMES_BACKUP(STRING) = "xorg", "pc104", "en_US,he_IL", ",", "grp:switch,grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll" _XKB_RULES_NAMES(STRING) = "xorg", "pc104", "en_US,he_IL", "", "grp:switch,grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll" # gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd layouts = [us] model = generic options = [] overrideSettings = false # emerge info Portage 2.0.51.22-r1 (default-linux/amd64/2004.3, gcc-3.4.3, glibc-2.3.4.20041102-r1, 2.6.11-gentoo-r6 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.11-gentoo-r6 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+ Gentoo Base System version 1.6.12 ccache version 2.3 [enabled] dev-lang/python: 2.3.5 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.9 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r6 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.5 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r10 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.16 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.8.1-r4 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O3 -march=athlon64 -funit-at-a-time -fpeel-loops -ftracer -funswitch-loops -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O3 -march=athlon64 -funit-at-a-time -fpeel-loops -ftracer -funswitch-loops -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.hamakor.org.il/pub/mirrors/gentoo http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" LANG="he_IL.UTF-8" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://mirror.hamakor.org.il/gentoo-portage" USE="amd64 X aac aalib acpi alsa avi bash-completion berkdb bidi bitmap-fonts cdr cpudetection crypt crypto curl directfb dts dvd dvdr eds esd fam flac font-server fortran gdbm gif gnome gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 imlib java jp2 jpeg junit lirc lzw lzw-tiff mad mbrola mikmod mmext motif mozilla mp3 ncurses network nls nvidia ogg oggvorbis opengl pam perl png python readline samba sdl slang ssl tcltk tcpd threads tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode usb userlocales vorbis xine xml2 xmms xpm xrandr xv xvid zlib userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
Can someone please specify the solution provided, or correct the the summary so that it indicates clearly that this issue is not yet resolved?
A better search of the forums lead to a few solutions. The one that solved my problem is to remove all layouts on the Gnome "Keyboard Preferences", and add them again. I also changed the following lines on my xorg.conf: Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard1" Driver "kbd" Option "XkbModel" "pc104" Option "XkbOptions" "grp:switch,grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll" Option "XkbLayout" "us,il" from: Option "XkbLayout" "en_US,he_IL" to: Option "XkbLayout" "us,il" I read it too on some of the forum threads on this issue.
I had the same problem occuring on two different gentoo linux systems. One is a Pentium 4 laptop (i386) and the other one is an AMD64 desktop PC. The laptop is a system which I recently upgraded to the 2005.0 profile and the amd64 system I newly installed about a month ago. It turned out, that some keyboard layouts are broken. Not totally broken because they still work for themselves but they don't work in combination (to switch between layouts). You can check if you have this problem, by executing the following: setxkbmap us,de_CH -or- setxkbmap us,ca If you get an error message your layout is most probably one of those broken ones. If you don't get anything your layout should work. The layouts which I found broken are: az Azerbaijani ca Canadian ca_enhanced French Canadian fo Faroese # this one seems to be totally broken hu Hungarian hu_qwerty Hungarian (qwerty) jp Japanese # jp and ko might also be broken in another way ko Korean lt_std Lithuanian azerty standard # but not lt (qwerty "numeric") mn Mongolian fr_CH Swiss French de_CH Swiss German vn Vietnamese nec/jp PC-98xx Series The actual problem lies somewhere within xkb and is not a trivial problem. I read somewhere, that a solution already exists and it is currently being integrated into the X server CVS source. There are two workarounds which you can use until the changes will be in one of the next releases of Xorg. Those two workarounds have a limitation, though. It is not possible to configure more than two layouts (maybe three, but I'm not sure). I found those two workarounds here: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=125722#c15 But originally they have it from here: http://oclug.on.ca/archives/oclug/2005-January/043030.html I hope this helps. For me it worked.
Has this been fixed in xkb yet? There have been a few xorg releases since the last comment.
I have just installed xorg-x11-6.8.2-r6 and upgraded some gnome 2.12.2 packages. now I get: 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 (The X.Org Foundation 6.8.2, revision r6-0.1.13) 60802000 If you report this situation as a bug, please include: - The result of xprop -root | grep XKB _XKB_RULES_NAMES_BACKUP(STRING) = "xorg", "thinkpad", "de", "", "" _XKB_RULES_NAMES(STRING) = "xorg", "thinkpad", "de", "", "" - The result of gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd layouts = [de,us intl,es nodeadkeys] model = thinkpad overrideSettings = false options = [grp grp:alts_toggle]
In reply to comment #17 : See Bug #114601
It seems that the underlying cause of this is the same as bug #93190. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 93190 ***
