[andrew_pmk@hotmail.com: Re: Backspace=delete: missing xkb file]
Branden; is task-x-window-system able to handle upgrades from 3.3.x to
4.0.1?
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From: "Andrew MacKinnon" <andrew_pmk@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Backspace=delete: missing xkb file
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> > On my computer, when you start X the backspace key produces delete. I
>have
> > checked this with xev. I have noticed, upon starting X, an error message
> > that /usr/lib/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/xkbcomp doesn't exist. I have recently
> > installed a new version of X debian linux. Do you know what this file is
> > and/or what it should be? It seems to be calling this file as a shell
> > script.
>
>If this is the case, then something is broke badly -- my machine doesn't
>even have a /usr/lib/X11R6/ directory. That your machine wants something
>there is very odd. (Now, /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/xkbcomp would be
>understandable, though I was under the impression that this directory
>was supposed to have been moved to /etc/X11/xkb. Branden?)
>
>Was your setup a migration from an earlier phase1- or phase2- package?
>Or did it come from a direct upgrade from 3.3.X?
I was directly upgrading my xfree86-base package. And this file isn't in
/etc/X11/xkb either.
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