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#1 2015-02-12 00:08:56

Denzo
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X no longer starts. XKB: Failed to compile keymap

Whenever I try to start x, I get this error:

XKB: Failed to compile keymap
Keyboard initialization failed. This could be a missing or incorrect setup of xkeyboard-config.
(EE)
Fatal server error:
(EE) Failed to activate core devices.(EE)

According to the wiki this has to do with my disk being full. I indeed did have this problem, as seen in this thread: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=193400
but I fixed this. However, my X still won't start.

So far I've tried generating a new xorg.conf, reinstalling Xorg altogether as well as xkbcomp. I'm at a loss here, and I don't know what to do. I don't run any desktop environment, but I do need X for XBMC.

Thanks in advance!

Last edited by Denzo (2015-02-12 00:09:34)

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#2 2015-02-16 13:37:31

Denzo
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Re: X no longer starts. XKB: Failed to compile keymap

Updated to the latest xorg packages and I'm still getting the error. Still haven't got a clue on what it might be.

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#3 2015-02-16 14:48:26

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Re: X no longer starts. XKB: Failed to compile keymap

Denzo wrote:

I fixed this.

Please post the output of:

# btrfs filesystem usage /

Jin, Jîyan, Azadî

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#4 2015-02-16 17:47:04

Denzo
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Re: X no longer starts. XKB: Failed to compile keymap

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:
Denzo wrote:

I fixed this.

Please post the output of:

# btrfs filesystem usage /
Overall:
    Device size:                 111.79GiB
    Device allocated:            111.79GiB
    Device unallocated:           24.00KiB
    Used:                         44.05GiB
    Free (estimated):             66.01GiB      (min: 66.01GiB)
    Data ratio:                       1.00
    Metadata ratio:                   1.00
    Global reserve:              448.00MiB      (used: 0.00B)

Data,single: Size:108.77GiB, Used:42.76GiB
   /dev/sdb2     108.77GiB

Metadata,single: Size:3.01GiB, Used:1.29GiB
   /dev/sdb2       3.01GiB

System,single: Size:4.00MiB, Used:16.00KiB
   /dev/sdb2       4.00MiB

Unallocated:
   /dev/sdb2      24.00KiB

As you can see, I have plenty of space left, so there should be no problem. My disk did go full once, but I fixed it as you can see in the thread linked to in the OP.

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#5 2015-02-19 17:24:14

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Re: X no longer starts. XKB: Failed to compile keymap

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:
Denzo wrote:

I fixed this.

Please post the output of:

# btrfs filesystem usage /

http://pastebin.com/haQxHALa

Here's a paste of /var/log/Xorg.0.log, if that gives you any more clues. Thanks in advance smile

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#6 2015-02-19 19:56:10

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Re: X no longer starts. XKB: Failed to compile keymap

Denzo wrote:

I've tried generating a new xorg.conf

Post your xorg.conf

Have you tried starting X without the configuration file?


Jin, Jîyan, Azadî

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#7 2015-02-19 21:28:45

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Re: X no longer starts. XKB: Failed to compile keymap

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:
Denzo wrote:

I've tried generating a new xorg.conf

Post your xorg.conf

Have you tried starting X without the configuration file?

In fact I did, and I got the exact same result. But here's my xorg.conf nonetheless:

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier     "X.org Configured"
	Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
	InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
	ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc/"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/OTF/"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/"
EndSection

Section "Module"
	Load  "glx"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
	Driver      "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Mouse0"
	Driver      "mouse"
	Option	    "Protocol" "auto"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
	Option	    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "Monitor0"
	VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
	ModelName    "Monitor Model"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        ### Available Driver options are:-
        ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
        ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz",
        ### <percent>: "<f>%"
        ### [arg]: arg optional
        #Option     "NoAccel"            	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "AccelMethod"        	# <str>
        #Option     "Backlight"          	# <str>
        #Option     "DRI"                	# <str>
        #Option     "Present"            	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "ColorKey"           	# <i>
        #Option     "VideoKey"           	# <i>
        #Option     "Tiling"             	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "LinearFramebuffer"  	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "VSync"              	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "PageFlip"           	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "SwapbuffersWait"    	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "TripleBuffer"       	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "XvPreferOverlay"    	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "HotPlug"            	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "ReprobeOutputs"     	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "DeleteUnusedDP12Displays" 	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "XvMC"               	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "ZaphodHeads"        	# <str>
        #Option     "VirtualHeads"       	# <i>
        #Option     "TearFree"           	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "PerCrtcPixmaps"     	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "FallbackDebug"      	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "DebugFlushBatches"  	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "DebugFlushCaches"   	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "DebugWait"          	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "BufferCache"        	# [<bool>]
	Identifier  "Card0"
	Driver      "intel"
	BusID       "PCI:0:2:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen0"
	Device     "Card0"
	Monitor    "Monitor0"
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     1
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     4
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     8
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     15
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     16
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
	EndSubSection
EndSection

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#8 2015-02-19 21:37:19

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Re: X no longer starts. XKB: Failed to compile keymap

Try this:

# pacman -Syu xorg-xkbcomp

Jin, Jîyan, Azadî

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#9 2015-02-19 22:23:52

Denzo
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Re: X no longer starts. XKB: Failed to compile keymap

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:

Try this:

# pacman -Syu xorg-xkbcomp

Already tried this, but tried again. Same error unfortunately :c

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