Bug#392832: XKB keymap fails to load when X started by xdm

[ryan@tau.solarneutrino.net]

Package: xdm
Version: 1:1.0.5-1
Severity: normal

XKB fails to load the keymap when X is started by xdm.  I don't think
the problem is with X or xkb, since it works as expected when I use
startx.  Also, after I log in via xdm, I can load the keymap
successfully using

setxkbmap -print us | xkbcomp - $DISPLAY

Xorg.n.log shows:


    xkb_keycodes             { include "xfree86+aliases(qwerty)" };
    xkb_types                { include "complete" };
    xkb_compatibility        { include "complete" };
    xkb_symbols              { include "pc(pc105)+us" };
    xkb_geometry             { include "pc(pc105)" };
(WW) Couldn't load XKB keymap, falling back to pre-XKB keymap

When started via startx, the message is the same except the warning is
missing and the keymap is loaded.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.19-rc2
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages xdm depends on:
ii  cpp                          4:4.1.1-11  The GNU C preprocessor (cpp)
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]        1.5.6       Debian configuration management sy
ii  libc6                        2.3.6.ds1-6 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libice6                      1:1.0.1-2   X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libpam0g                     0.79-3.2    Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii  libselinux1                  1.30.28-2   SELinux shared libraries
ii  libsm6                       1:1.0.1-3   X11 Session Management library
ii  libx11-6                     2:1.0.0-9   X11 client-side library
ii  libxau6                      1:1.0.1-2   X11 authorisation library
ii  libxaw7                      1:1.0.2-4   X11 Athena Widget library
ii  libxdmcp6                    1:1.0.1-2   X11 Display Manager Control Protoc
ii  libxext6                     1:1.0.1-2   X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxinerama1                 1:1.0.1-4.1 X11 Xinerama extension library
ii  libxmu6                      1:1.0.2-2   X11 miscellaneous utility library
ii  libxpm4                      1:3.5.5-2   X11 pixmap library
ii  libxt6                       1:1.0.2-2   X11 toolkit intrinsics library
ii  x11-common                   1:7.1.0-3   X Window System (X.Org) infrastruc
ii  xbase-clients                1:7.1.ds-3  miscellaneous X clients

xdm recommends no packages.

-- debconf information:
  xdm/stop_running_server_with_children: false
  xdm/daemon_name: /usr/bin/X11/xdm
* shared/default-x-display-manager: xdm