Package: xkb-data
Version: 2.41-1
Dear Maintainer,
I noticed a "setxkbmap dvorak" command, run by my X session scripts,
starting giving an error with the latest xkb-data:
Error loading new keyboard description
It started after upgrading the following 4 packages together:
console-setup:amd64 (1.223, 1.226)
console-setup-linux:amd64 (1.223, 1.226)
xkb-data:amd64 (2.38-2, 2.41-1),
keyboard-configuration:amd64 (1.223, 1.226)
(The xkb-data changes look the most substantial, which is why I've filed
against that package.)
My keyboard layout was still as expected, but downgrading those packages
to the versions from 'testing' eliminated the error.
Here's the output of "setxkbmap -verbose 10 -print dvorak" with 2.38-2:
Setting verbose level to 10
locale is C
Warning! Multiple definitions of keyboard layout
Using command line, ignoring X server
Trying to load rules file ./rules/evdev...
Trying to load rules file /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev...
Success.
Applied rules from evdev:
rules: evdev
model: pc105
layout: dvorak
options: ctrl:swapcaps,compose:menu
Trying to build keymap using the following components:
keycodes: evdev+aliases(qwerty)
types: complete
compat: complete
symbols: pc+us(dvorak)+inet(evdev)+ctrl(swapcaps)+compose(menu)
geometry: pc(pc105)
xkb_keymap {
xkb_keycodes { include "evdev+aliases(qwerty)" };
xkb_types { include "complete" };
xkb_compat { include "complete" };
xkb_symbols { include "pc+us(dvorak)+inet(evdev)+ctrl(swapcaps)+compose(menu)" };
xkb_geometry { include "pc(pc105)" };
};
And with 2.41-1:
Setting verbose level to 10
locale is C
Warning! Multiple definitions of keyboard layout
Using command line, ignoring X server
Trying to load rules file ./rules/evdev...
Trying to load rules file /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev...
Success.
Applied rules from evdev:
rules: evdev
model: pc105
layout: dvorak
options: ctrl:swapcaps,compose:menu
Trying to build keymap using the following components:
keycodes: evdev+aliases(qwerty)
types: complete
compat: complete
symbols: pc+dvorak+inet(evdev)+ctrl(swapcaps)+compose(menu)
geometry: pc(pc105)
xkb_keymap {
xkb_keycodes { include "evdev+aliases(qwerty)" };
xkb_types { include "complete" };
xkb_compat { include "complete" };
xkb_symbols { include "pc+dvorak+inet(evdev)+ctrl(swapcaps)+compose(menu)" };
xkb_geometry { include "pc(pc105)" };
};
The contents of /etc/default/keyboard:
# KEYBOARD CONFIGURATION FILE
# Consult the keyboard(5) manual page.
XKBMODEL="pc105"
XKBLAYOUT="us"
XKBVARIANT="dvorak"
XKBOPTIONS="ctrl:swapcaps"
BACKSPACE="guess"
My X session was configured to run this command at startup:
setxkbmap -option 'ctrl:swapcaps' -option 'compose:menu' dvorak
After looking at the above output, I changed "dvorak" to "us(dvorak)" in
the command, and it worked without error.
It's not clear whether support for just "dvorak" was dropped on purpose,
but I don't recall seeing any deprecation warnings about it, and don't
see any relevant Debian changelog or "NEWS" entry.
- Michael