GNOME/libxklavier: Keyboard not working

nggalai · 2006-02-26 19:36:25

Hi there,

I updated my system today and made the move to Xorg7 as well. libxklavier was updated, too. I mention this specifically as I've had the same problem a while ago.

On startup, GNOME pops up the following error message:

Error activating XKB configuration.
It can happen under various circumstances:
- a bug in libxklavier library
- a bug in X server (xkbcomp, xmodmap utilities)
- X server with incompatible libxkbfile implementation

X server version data:
The X.Org Foundation
70000000

If you report this situation as a bug, please include:
- The result of xprop -root | grep XKB
- The result of gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd

The same message appears if I manually load gnome-keyboard-properties in Window Maker. Last time I had this problem, an update of libxklavier fixed it ...

Outside of GNOME, the keyboard works fine. Any ideas? Is this a bug, or do I need to change my keyboard settings in xorg.conf? They are as follows, right now:

Section "InputDevice"

    Identifier    "Keyboard1"
    Driver    "keyboard"
    Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
    Option "XkbRules"    "xorg"
    Option "XkbModel"    "microsoft"
    Option "XkbLayout"    "de_CH"
    Option "XkbOptions" "compose:ralt"

EndSection

Any ideas?

nggalai · 2006-02-26 19:51:58

Addendum: The keyboard isn't working OK outside of GNOME, either. No AltGr (even though I set the compose key in xorg.conf), no switching of VTs. Isn't de_CH around, any longer? Where do I find a list of appropriate keyboard layouts for Xorg7?

Snowman · 2006-02-26 19:55:46

The keymaps were renamed in xorg7. Try ch(de)
If that doesn't work, look in /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols

nggalai · 2006-02-26 20:06:26

Thanks Snowman! That did it--all problems solved.

Arch Linux

#1 2006-02-26 19:36:25

GNOME/libxklavier: Keyboard not working

#2 2006-02-26 19:51:58

Re: GNOME/libxklavier: Keyboard not working

#3 2006-02-26 19:55:46

Re: GNOME/libxklavier: Keyboard not working

#4 2006-02-26 20:06:26

Re: GNOME/libxklavier: Keyboard not working

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