Bug#480021: xserver-xorg-core: upgrading to 7.3 (recent testing) breaks xkbset

[Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>]

On Wed, May  7, 2008 at 19:16:02 +0300, Kalle A. Sandström wrote:

> gdm's log contains many warnings and errors from xkbcomp, therefore I attached
> said log below.
> 
> The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
> > Warning:          Type "ONE_LEVEL" has 1 levels, but <RALT> has 2 symbols
> >                   Ignoring extra symbols
> Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server
> The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
> > Warning:          Duplicate shape name ""
> >                   Using last definition
> > Warning:          Duplicate shape name ""
> >                   Using last definition
> > Warning:          Duplicate shape name ""
> >                   Using last definition
> > Warning:          Duplicate shape name ""
> >                   Using last definition
> > Warning:          Duplicate shape name ""
> >                   Using last definition
> > Warning:          Duplicate shape name ""
> >                   Using last definition
> > Warning:          Duplicate shape name ""
> >                   Using last definition
> > Warning:          Duplicate shape name ""
> >                   Using last definition
> > Warning:          Duplicate shape name ""
> >                   Using last definition
> > Warning:          Duplicate shape name ""
> >                   Using last definition
> > Warning:          Duplicate shape name ""
> >                   Using last definition
> > Warning:          Duplicate shape name ""
> >                   Using last definition
> > Warning:          Duplicate shape name ""
> >                   Using last definition
> > Warning:          Duplicate shape name ""
> >                   Using last definition
> > Error:            Section defined without a name
> >                   Definition ignored
> > Error:            Section defined without a name
> >                   Definition ignored
> > Error:            Section defined without a name
> >                   Definition ignored
> > Error:            Section defined without a name
> >                   Definition ignored
> > Warning:          Multiple doodads named ""
> >                   Using first definition
> > Warning:          Multiple doodads named ""
> >                   Using first definition
> > Warning:          Multiple doodads named ""
> >                   Using first definition
> > Warning:          Multiple doodads named ""
> >                   Using first definition
> > Warning:          Multiple doodads named ""
> >                   Using first definition
> > Warning:          Multiple doodads named ""
> >                   Using first definition

The errors above are causing your problem.  Sounds like your keymap is
b0rked.  Can you try setting the us layout instead of fi in xorg.conf to
see if that changes anything?

Cheers,
Julien