Bug#1124783: x11-xkb-utils: xkbcomp emitting errors: Could not resolve keysym
Source: x11-xkb-utils
Version: 7.7+9
Severity: serious
Tags: forky sid
X-Debbugs-CC: tjaalton@debian.org
Recently, xkbcomp errors are being reported (see below). These errors
are seen in a variety of places including the systemd journal for
Debian GNOME Unstable and Testing. I am filing this issue as RC
because I also saw this issue with at least the libadwaita-1
autopkgtests. If an autopkgtest does not opt into Restrictions:
allow-stderr, these errors will fail the autopkgtest. Because this
issue already affects Testing, these autopkgtest failures are ignored
since they aren't a regression in the package being tested.
xkbcomp is provided in Debian by x11-xkb-utils, so this is my best
guess as to where the issue is. The latest version of xkbcomp is
1.5.0. Maybe updating to that version would help.
The specific text "The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports" is
present in xorg-server and xwayland.
The new keysyms were added to xkb-data after 2.42 and to libxkbcommon
before 1.12.3.
Error output
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The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
> Warning: Could not resolve keysym XF86OK
> Warning: Could not resolve keysym XF86GoTo
> Warning: Could not resolve keysym XF86VendorLogo
> Warning: Could not resolve keysym XF86MediaSelectProgramGuide
> Warning: Could not resolve keysym XF86MediaSelectProgramGuide
> Warning: Could not resolve keysym XF86MediaSelectHome
> Warning: Could not resolve keysym XF86MediaLanguageMenu
> Warning: Could not resolve keysym XF86MediaTitleMenu
> Warning: Could not resolve keysym XF86AudioChannelMode
> Warning: Could not resolve keysym XF86MediaSelectPC
> Warning: Could not resolve keysym XF86MediaSelectTV
> Warning: Could not resolve keysym XF86MediaSelectCable
> Warning: Could not resolve keysym XF86MediaSelectVCR
> Warning: Could not resolve keysym XF86MediaSelectVCRPlus
> Warning: Could not resolve keysym XF86MediaSelectSatellite
> Warning: Could not resolve keysym XF86MediaSelectCD
> Warning: Could not resolve keysym XF86MediaSelectTape
> Warning: Could not resolve keysym XF86MediaSelectRadio
> Warning: Could not resolve keysym XF86MediaSelectTuner
> Warning: Could not resolve keysym XF86MediaPlayer
> Warning: Could not resolve keysym XF86MediaSelectTeletext
> Warning: Could not resolve keysym XF86MediaSelectAuxiliary
> Warning: Could not resolve keysym XF86MediaPlaySlow
> Warning: Could not resolve keysym XF86NumberEntryMode
> Warning: Could not resolve keysym XF86RefreshRateToggle
> Warning: Could not resolve keysym XF86Accessibility
> Warning: Could not resolve keysym XF86DoNotDisturb
Thank you,
Jeremy Bícha
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