Bug#352659: xbase-clients: borked keyboard configuration and problems with setxkbmap

[Denis Barbier <barbier@linuxfr.org>]

On Mon, Feb 13, 2006 at 11:25:52AM +0100, Frédéric Gobry wrote:
> Package: xbase-clients
> Version: 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4
> Severity: normal
> 
> I use the following keyboard layout:
> 
>   _XKB_RULES_NAMES(STRING) = "xfree86", "pc105", "fr_CH", "", ""
> 
> Since I upgraded to xorg 6.9, I cannot use my AltGr key (which pretends
> to be Alt_R), and some accented keys have no symbols attached, as
> reported by xev.
> 
> I tried to use setxkbmap to force reloading my keyboard, but it reports
> 
>  Error loading new keyboard description
> 
> In Xorg.log, I've a message :
> 
>  (EE) Error loading keymap /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/compiled/server-0.xkm
> 
> ...and indeed there is no such file in this directory.
> 
> Any idea what has occured?

Keymaps have been modified, you now need to set
   layout: ch
   variant: fr

Denis