Re: setxkbmap crashes Xorg

[Davide Mancusi <arekfu@gmail.com>]

Seb ha scritto:
> Hi,
>
> Has anybody found a work-around bug #462243
> (http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=462243).  It was
> merged with an upstream bug in Xorg
> (https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14162).  It happens in my
> Debian sid system, with a M$ Natural Ergonomic (4000 v1.0) keyboard,
> whenever setxkbmap is called.  I do this through kde's keyboard layout
> in control center, and X simply crashes.  It also happens with a mere
> call to setxkbmap on the command line without args.
>
> I have this relevant entry in xorg.conf:
>
> ,-----[ xorg.conf (lines: 50 - 57) ]
> | Section "InputDevice"
> | 
> |     # generated from default
> |     Identifier     "Keyboard0"
> |     Driver         "kbd"
> |     Option         "XkbModel" "microsoftpro"
> | EndSection
> `-----
>
> This has completely crippled the ability to change keyboard layout
> between languages, so any ideas are welcome.  Thanks.

	You don't need setxkbmap to switch between different keyboard layouts. 
I also use KDE, but I prefer to use kkbswitch and set up X as follows:

Section "InputDevice"
 Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
 Driver "kbd"
 Option "CoreKeyboard"
 Option "XkbRules"     "xorg"
 Option "XkbModel"     "pc104"
 Option "XkbLayout"    "it,se"
 Option "XkbOptions"   "grp:shifts_toggle,compose:menu,lv3:rwin_switch"
EndSection

Cheers,
Davide

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