Problems with switching layouts with XKB

["Allen B. Riddell" <ariddell@concentric.net>]

OK, I'm trying to use dvorak7min -- I can use it fine in non-gui land, but 
when I go into X, nothing seems to work. I issue the command "asdf" which 
should switch it, but it gives me this error message:

$ asdf
Couldn't interpret _XKB_RULES_NAMES property

and I get that message when I try to use setkbdmap (or setxkbmap, can't 
remember which) --

Any help?