Bug#258575: XFree: Error activating XKB configuration.

[David Marceau <davidmarceau@sympatico.ca>]

Branden Robinson wrote:
> reassign 258575 xlibs
> retitle 258575 xlibs: error activating XKB configuration
> tag 258575 + moreinfo
> thanks
>
> On Sat, Jul 10, 2004 at 08:55:23AM -0400, David Marceau wrote:
>
> > Package: xserver-xfree86
> > Version: 4.3.0.dfsg.1-5
> > Severity: normal
> > File: XFree
>
>
> There is no such file as "XFree".  I assume you mean "XFree86".
>
>
> > In the Dialog box indicating the above error,
>
>
> What program produced this dialog box?
>
>
> > it says it is probably an internal X Server error.
>
>
> That's pretty misleading.  It's far more like an XKB configuration problem,
> or a bug in the XKB data.  I am reassigning this bug accordingly.
>
>
> > -recently upgraded my machine from "testing" version to "unstable"
> > version which is what probably caused this error.
>
>
> Possibly.
>
>
> > -attempting to use the following keyboard inputs:
> > -french canadian
> > -english canadian
> > -us
> > -japanese
> >
> > -I also noticed the copy/paste capability between emacs and mozilla no
> > longer works.
> > -I also noticed my japanese keyboard input capability from within
> > mozilla no longer works when doing shift-space.
>
>
> The above two things are separate reports; please file them separately
> against the "mozilla" package.  If the problem is really with X, they'll be
> reassigned to it.
>
>
> > -As requested from the dialog:
> > # xprop -root |grep XKB
> > _XKB_RULES_NAMES_BACKUP(STRING) = "xfree86", "pc104", "us", "", ""
> > _XKB_RULES_NAMES(STRING) = "xfree86", "pc104", "us", "", ""
> >
> > # gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/xkb
> > layouts = [us,ca_enhanced,jp]
> > model = pc104
> > overrideSettings = false
> > options = []
>
>
> Okay, so you're trying to switch between 3 different layouts.
>
> Do the following commands work?:
>
> $ setxkbmap us
> $ setxkbmap ca_enhanced
> $ setxkbmap jp
They seem to be doing something but when I am in a standard gnome terminal, us 
keyboard works. ca_enhanced works.

setxkbmap jp does something but not what I would expect.
It remaps my "'" to "<" for example.
When I shift+space it doesn't go into japanese keyboard input.  I tried using 
emacs, mozilla and kterm and nothing changes to kana input.

I apologize for being so foggy about this it's just that it was working before I 
did this update and when the update happened to go to the unstable version it 
was realizing the consequences of this :)

Something weird happened with gnome-session, gnome-control-center, and c-applets 
 and they seemed not to update to the corresponding "unstable" version.  I 
tried in aptitude shift-L to update/repair right? The same error happens and 
they don't get updated.  My gut feeling is that somehow this has affect my 
keyboard stuff.  Everything is I am absolutely sure is ok because when I search 
for ~b in aptitude for the broken packages, there is nothing except libmagick 
that's broken because I installed sun java and the eclipse and it affected it 
somehow.

I tried both gnome and KDE desktops and it is the same thing.  No japanese 
keyboard input and worse the mouse copy/paste was affected.

Thanks for taking the time to consider my request.
Cheers.
David Marceau