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#1 2014-07-01 15:17:26

mmmm_cake
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From: New Jersey, USA
Registered: 2013-10-06
Posts: 17

[Solved] Error activating XKB configuration.

Today when I logged in to Cinnamon, a pop-up appeared saying, "Error activating XKB configuration.  There can be various reasons for that."  It also said I should report the output of the following commands:

$ xprop -root | grep XKB
_XKB_RULES_NAMES_BACKUP(STRING) = "evdev", "pc104", "us", "", ""
_XKB_RULES_NAMES(STRING) = "evdev", "pc104", "us", "", ""
$ gsettings get org.gnome.libgnomekbd.keyboard model
''
$ gsettings get org.gnome.libgnomekbd.keyboard layouts
['us', 'il']
$ gsettings get org.gnome.libgnomekbd.keyboard options
['grp\tgrp:alt_shift_toggle']

As far as I know, nothing has changed since the last time I logged in, when everything was working.  This message also pops up when I edit keyboard layout settings in Cinnamon Settings or dconf Editor.  The keyboard applet no longer appears in my panel (though it is still there), and I cannot use Alt+Shift to switch keyboard layouts.  What could be wrong?

Last edited by mmmm_cake (2014-07-01 21:29:03)

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#2 2014-07-01 16:32:42

ryuzy
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Registered: 2014-01-12
Posts: 7

Re: [Solved] Error activating XKB configuration.

Same problem here, and I have the same output for the suggested commands.

I use a notebook with integrated keyboard, and now I can't change the layout (it give me always the us)

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#3 2014-07-01 17:59:55

kalsan
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Registered: 2011-10-10
Posts: 119

Re: [Solved] Error activating XKB configuration.

Same problem here. Keyboard is now permanently EN-US.
Outputs are:
$ xprop -root | grep XKB
_XKB_RULES_NAMES_BACKUP(STRING) = "evdev", "pc104", "ch", "nodeadkeys", ""
_XKB_RULES_NAMES(STRING) = "evdev", "pc104", "ch", "nodeadkeys", ""
$ gsettings get org.gnome.libgnomekbd.keyboard model
''
$ gsettings get org.gnome.libgnomekbd.keyboard layouts
['ch', 'ch\tfr', 'us']
$ gsettings get org.gnome.libgnomekbd.keyboard options
['grp\tgrp:shift_caps_toggle', 'terminate\tterminate:ctrl_alt_bksp']

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#4 2014-07-01 19:20:38

castillojdavid
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From: Colombia
Registered: 2013-12-15
Posts: 2

Re: [Solved] Error activating XKB configuration.

Same problem here. I'm using MATE. I can't change the layout neither.

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#5 2014-07-01 19:32:25

Fixxer
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From: Poland
Registered: 2011-08-29
Posts: 210

Re: [Solved] Error activating XKB configuration.

Look at this thread.

Of course replace keymap code with yours.

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#6 2014-07-01 20:30:30

kalsan
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Registered: 2011-10-10
Posts: 119

Re: [Solved] Error activating XKB configuration.

Thank you. I will do all further posts in that thread.

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#7 2014-07-01 21:28:40

mmmm_cake
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From: New Jersey, USA
Registered: 2013-10-06
Posts: 17

Re: [Solved] Error activating XKB configuration.

DeltaKilo's suggestion in the thread mentioned above worked for me.

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#8 2014-07-02 16:34:24

daymoon
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From: Czech Republic
Registered: 2013-09-16
Posts: 4

Re: [Solved] Error activating XKB configuration.

libxklavier-5.4-1 out and working!

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#9 2014-07-02 19:17:20

kalsan
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Registered: 2011-10-10
Posts: 119

Re: [Solved] Error activating XKB configuration.

I confirm that the fix works fine.

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#10 2014-07-03 10:12:54

moizgr
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Registered: 2013-03-19
Posts: 2

Re: [Solved] Error activating XKB configuration.

full system upgrade ll solve the problem

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