On Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 09:59:56PM +0100, Brice Goglin wrote: > Lionel Elie Mamane wrote: >> - "setxkbmap -model microsoft -layout ca -option ''" crashes the >> server, too, and also under a failsafe session >> The Gnome crash thus probably happens when Gnome tries to compare the >> current xkb config with the last known one. > Right, we got several similar reports. > I wonder if it could be fixed by the following upstream commit: > http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=xorg/xserver.git;a=commitdiff;h=7018f280406eb0ef899a4046de274cfdd582881b;hp=66f8001b61d12eaf4905ac71ccbb3f304914d00d With this patch applied, setxkbmap -model microsoft -layout ca -option '' -option compose:menu -option altwin:left_meta_win" does not anymore crash X, but the attached xorg.conf does. -- Lionel
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "keyboard"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "microsoft"
Option "XkbLayout" "ca"
Option "XkbOptions" "compose:menu,altwin:left_meta_win"
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
Option "AllowDeactivateGrabs" "true"
EndSection
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