Bug#597109: x11-xkb-utils: "setxkbmap -model macbook79 -layout ch -variant de_mac" fails

[Ronny Standtke <ronny.standtke@gmx.net>]

Package: x11-xkb-utils
Version: 7.5+5
Severity: normal


setxkbmap fails with a non-helpful error message when using the following parameters:

$ setxkbmap -model macbook79 -layout ch -variant de_mac
Error loading new keyboard description

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_CH.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_CH.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages x11-xkb-utils depends on:
ii  libc6                         2.11.2-5   Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libx11-6                      2:1.3.3-3  X11 client-side library
ii  libxaw7                       2:1.0.7-1  X11 Athena Widget library
ii  libxkbfile1                   1:1.0.6-2  X11 keyboard file manipulation lib
ii  libxmu6                       2:1.0.5-2  X11 miscellaneous utility library
ii  libxt6                        1:1.0.7-1  X11 toolkit intrinsics library
ii  x11-common                    1:7.5+6    X Window System (X.Org) infrastruc

x11-xkb-utils recommends no packages.

x11-xkb-utils suggests no packages.

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