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[Vincenzo Mazzotta <vincenzo_mazzotta_it@xxxxxxxx>]

06 Febrary 2009 12:44:19 (ITALY)

I updated Kernel to last version and other libraries and now not work
keypad and lights which stay up on keypad.

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:
The X.Org Foundation
10502000

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/kbd

xprop -root | grep XKB
_XKB_RULES_NAMES_BACKUP(STRING) = "evdev", "pc105", "es", "", "lv3:ralt_switch"
_XKB_RULES_NAMES(STRING) = "evdev", "pc105", "es", "", "lv3:ralt_switch"


gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd
 layouts = []
 model = 
 options = [lv3	lv3:ralt_switch,keypad	keypad:comma]

Thank you for your help :)
Kind Regards
Vincenzo

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"Error activating XKB configuration." - Requires manual xorg.conf editing
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/67188
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Status in Mactel Support: Confirmed
Status in “control-center” source package in Ubuntu: Invalid
Status in “xkeyboard-config” source package in Ubuntu: Triaged
Status in “xkeyboard-config” source package in Fedora: In Progress

Bug description:
After upgrading to Edgy Eft, the Polish symbols disapeared when I write. However, they are properly displayed at the menus, web pages, etc.. During logging in, the system showed an error message:
"There is an error of configuration activation of the XKB. This could be caused by:
 - error in libxklavier, or X serwera (tools xkbcomp, xmodmap), or serwer X is not comptible with libxkbfile implementation.
Version of serwer X:
The X.Org Foundation
70101000"
 The error message also suggests to run:
rados@domowy:~$ xprop -root | grep XKB

_XKB_RULES_NAMES_BACKUP(STRING) = "xorg", "pc105", "pl", "qwerty", "lv3:ralt_switch"
_XKB_RULES_NAMES(STRING) = "xorg", "pc105", "pl", "qwerty", "lv3:ralt_switch"

and
rados@domowy:~$ gconftool-2 -R 

/desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd
 layouts = []
 model = 
 overrideSettings = true
 options = []


See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DebuggingXAutoconfiguration for discussion of workarounds for this bug.  For more discussion also see http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-gnome/2005-December/013059.html and http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=288974.

A correct solution requires that Preferences > keyboard (or a similar GUI configuration tool) set the keyboard correctly, without requiring editing of xorg.conf.  Possibly it will need changed to not update gconf but rather update the xorg.conf file directly.


This problem sometimes is caused by a new xorg that doesn't support the selected XkbVariant for the configured keyboard layout, and the upgrade program doesn't reconfigure xorg.conf (or whatever) correctly to switch to the proper layout.