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Bug#465406: xserver-xorg: some xkb options crash the server



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

Attachment: Xorg.0.log.old
Description: application/trash


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