Bug#387917: xserver-xorg: xkb-data 0.8-12exp2 (experimental) crashes radeon ibook X server

[Denis Barbier <barbier@linuxfr.org>]

On Sun, Sep 17, 2006 at 03:18:06PM +0200, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
> Package: xserver-xorg
> Version: 1:7.0.22
> Severity: normal
> 
> Denis Barbier currently works on correcting the keymaps for Macintosh
> computers. I am one of the people testing his work. Previous versions
> worked as expected (modulo some key misassignements, which is the
> entire reason for testing, hence expected), but the current version
> 0.8-12exp2 kills my X server (see below for the output printed). To
> ease testing, the following procedure is used:
> a) The deb is extraced to a temporary directory with dpkg -x
> b) I run startx (as ordinary user), ssh to root and switch to the
>    appropriate temporary directory ($tmp/usr/share/X11/xkb)

You do not need to be root, normal users can change their keyboard
settings.

> c) For some reason, root does not have a permission to write to the
>    display (previously worked), hence I issue "xhost +" from my
>    ordinary account and "export DISPLAY=:0.0" from the root account
> d) To actually set the keyboard, I run as root
>    setxkbmap -print | xkbcomp - :0.0
>
> In previous versions the keyboard would be reconfigured and I could
> test the new layout. Now, every time I run d) X crashes. Pressing
> Ctrl-Z I get a console, pressing Ctrl-Left the machine does not
> respond to any keyboard input anymore (I have to ssh in from remote
> and reboot). When X crashes, it prints out the following lines:

Please send the output of
  setxkbmap -print

Denis