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Bug#276793: xserver-xfree86: Error activating XKB configuration reported at startup of GNOME session



tag 276793 + moreinfo
reassign 276793 xlibs
retitle 276793 xlibs: xfree86/pc104/uk not supported
thanks

On Sat, Oct 16, 2004 at 02:15:25PM +0100, Alan Chandler wrote:
> Package: xserver-xfree86
> Version: 4.3.0.dfsg.1-8
> Severity: normal
> 
> As I start up a Gnome Session from gdm, I am presented with an error dialog box which says
> 
> Error activating XKB configuration.
> Probably internal X server problem.
> 
> X server version data:
> The XFree86 Project, Inc
> 40300001
> You are using XFree 4.3.0.
> There are known problems with complex XKB configurations.
> Try using simpler configuration or taking more fresh version of XFree software.
> If you report this situation as a bug, please include:
> - The result of xprop -root | grep XKB
> - The result of gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/xkb
> 
> The results of these two commands are
> 
> xprop
> 
> alan@rabbit:~$ xprop -root|grep XKB
> _XKB_RULES_NAMES_BACKUP(STRING) = "xfree86", "pc104", "uk", "", ""
> _XKB_RULES_NAMES(STRING) = "xfree86", "pc104", "uk", "", ""
> 
> and gconftool-2
> 
> alan@rabbit:~$ gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/xkb
>  layouts = [uk]
>  model = pc104
>  overrideSettings = false
>  options = []
> 
> I am not doing anything special with my keyboard - just the standard setup
> 
> (am running this on a Dell Latitude C400)

Hmm, your TLD is .uk, so I suspect you're from the United Kingdom.

You want to use the ISO 3166 territory code for the U.K., which is "gb",
not "uk".

Does that fix things?

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