Bug#648151: no keyboard at all due to bad /etc/default/keyboard

[Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>]

On Wed, Nov  9, 2011 at 09:04:58 +0100, Harald Dunkel wrote:

> Package: x11-xkb-utils
> Version: 7.5+5
> 
> If I set /etc/default/keyboard to
> 
> 	XKBMODEL="pc105"
> 	XKBLAYOUT="us"
> 	XKBVARIANT="nodeadkeys"
> 	XKBOPTIONS="terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"
> 
> then the keyboard on X is dead.  .xinitrc.log shows
> 
Where does .xinitrc.log come from?

> The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
> > Error:            No Symbols named "nodeadkeys" in the include file "us"
> >                   Exiting
> >                   Abandoning symbols file "default"
> 
> It would be more wise to ignore the "nodeadkeys", or to
> fall back to pc101 layout. Without keyboard you cannot
> fix the problem. That is fatal.
> 
Include your full X log and config.

Cheers,
Julien