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JoyFM

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From: potsdam

Registered: 2007-01-03

Posts: 27

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strange xkb problem

Hey,
I don't really know whether this problem occurs just since the yesterday update of videoproto and the unichrome driver - maybe it also existed before, but less frequent.

When I start Xorg directly after booting up my machine get this nice error :

xauth:  creating new authority file /home/johannes/.serverauth.4269

X.Org X Server 1.6.1
Release Date: 2009-4-14
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.29-ARCH i686
Current Operating System: Linux Johannes 2.6.29-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Apr 8 12:47:56 UTC 2009 i686
Build Date: 15 April 2009  11:09:10AM

    Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
    to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
    (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
    (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Mon Apr 20 17:40:32 2009
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(EE) Failed to load module "xtrap" (module does not exist, 0)
(EE) Failed to load module "freetype" (module does not exist, 0)
Fulfilled via DRI at 5242880
Freed 5242880 (pool 2)
(EE) config/hal: NewInputDeviceRequest failed (8)
(EE) config/hal: NewInputDeviceRequest failed (8)
(EE) config/hal: NewInputDeviceRequest failed (8)
[xkb] BOGUS LENGTH in write keyboard desc, expected 5112, got 5128
MPD_HOST and/or MPD_PORT environment variables are not set
error: problems connecting to "localhost" on port 6600: Connection refused

Backtrace:
0: /usr/bin/X(xorg_backtrace+0x3b) [0x813278b]
1: /usr/bin/X(xf86SigHandler+0x51) [0x80dda61]
2: [0xb80cb400]
3: /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_malloc+0x9c) [0xb7ce918c]
4: /usr/lib/libXfont.so.1(BufFileCreate+0x1e) [0xb8051c6e]
5: /usr/lib/libXfont.so.1(BufFilePushZIP+0x3df) [0xb8057b1f]
6: /usr/lib/libXfont.so.1(FontFileOpen+0xa5) [0xb80531e5]
7: /usr/lib/libXfont.so.1 [0xb8064fc3]
8: /usr/lib/libXfont.so.1 [0xb8054f80]
9: /usr/lib/libXfont.so.1 [0xb8055467]
10: /usr/lib/libXfont.so.1(FontFileListNextFontWithInfo+0x50) [0xb8055670]
11: /usr/bin/X(doListFontsWithInfo+0x194) [0x808e0e4]
12: /usr/bin/X(StartListFontsWithInfo+0x166) [0x808e7e6]
13: /usr/bin/X(ProcListFontsWithInfo+0x63) [0x808b563]
14: /usr/bin/X(Dispatch+0x33f) [0x808cd3f]
15: /usr/bin/X(main+0x3bd) [0x8071f3d]
16: /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe5) [0xb7c8f6c5]
17: /usr/bin/X [0x8071401]

Fatal server error:
Caught signal 11.  Server aborting

Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
     at http://wiki.x.org
for help.

After this all my virtual consoles (ALT+F1...) are not usable anymore and just show my background image (loaded via feh) but I can start X via ssh a second time (and a third... or a fourth...) and this time it works. It just happens if my .xinitrc contains a first line like "setxkbmap us&"... I mean just putting this into another line (or just leave it out) solves the problem. But it is so strange that I like to ask you whether you have an idea what happens. Also I cannot reproduce this problem with my laptop Computer ... I'm just stumped

JoyFM

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From: potsdam

Registered: 2007-01-03

Posts: 27

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Re: strange xkb problem

just ignore the MPD error... it is just because mpd is not running

Kane

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Registered: 2006-10-08

Posts: 220

Re: strange xkb problem

i also have this problem (i think), when i try to load xfce i get a blank screen and have to press the power button to restart

i get the error in xorg.log

[xkb] BOGUS LENGTH in write keyboard desc, expected 5112, got 5128

i think this is a bug https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=469572

the_isz

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Registered: 2009-04-14

Posts: 280

Re: strange xkb problem

I also have the same problem, though for me it only occurs immediately after logging in to openbox from gdm. It doesn't always occur, but when
it does, it prevents me from doing anything with the system (except ssh'ing to it). I tried gaining back my control by using SysRQ
(http://wiki.archlinux.de/title/SysRQ), but to no avail. The command reached the system (which I can tell from the message log), but it didn't help.

If this is of interest, this is what my output looks like:

[xkb] BOGUS LENGTH in write keyboard desc, expected 7360, got 7376

Backtrace:
0: /usr/bin/Xorg(xorg_backtrace+0x3b) [0x813278b]
1: /usr/bin/Xorg(xf86SigHandler+0x51) [0x80dda61]
2: [0xb7ff2400]
3: /lib/libc.so.6(cfree+0xc1) [0xb7c16771]
4: /usr/bin/Xorg(Xfree+0x21) [0x8136401]
5: /usr/bin/Xorg [0x81920a1]
6: /usr/bin/Xorg(ProcXkbGetKbdByName+0xcfc) [0x8195cec]
7: /usr/bin/Xorg [0x819c668]
8: /usr/bin/Xorg(Dispatch+0x33f) [0x808cd3f]
9: /usr/bin/Xorg(main+0x3bd) [0x8071f3d]
10: /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe6) [0xb7bbf6b6]
11: /usr/bin/Xorg [0x8071401]

Fatal server error:
Caught signal 11.  Server aborting

I'm not using setxkbmap, but instead I suspect the following line in my autostart script to be the source of evil:

(sleep 3 && numlockx on) &

I commented it out and will now try whether the problem reoccurs (which might take some time, as it is very unfrequent).

Kane

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Registered: 2006-10-08

Posts: 220

Re: strange xkb problem

i disabled setxkbmap in .xinitrc and everything seems fine, using xfce keyboard settings instead