Matthew Burgess wrote: > Hi, > > On my latest build of Xorg-7.6, the server refuses to startup > issuing the following error: > > (EE) Couldn't open compiled keymap /tmp/server-0.xkm > XKB: Failed to compile keymap > > That immediately struck me as odd as the following option is > passed to Xorg-Server's configure command: > > --with-xkb-output=/var/lib/xkb > > It turns out that if you want to start X as non-root, then > permissions on /var/lib/xkb need to be such that a non-root > user can write to it. Changing perms to 0777 were enough to > get the following error instead: > > (EE) Couldn't open compiled keymap /var/lib/xkb/server-0.xkm > XKB: Failed to compile keymap > > Not much of an improvement, but at least it's pointing at the > correct directory now. > > So, any ideas how to fix this? I've recompiled xkeyboard-config, > checking that xkbcomp is in /usr/bin, etc. all of which is > mentioned at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg09029.html. > > Other google hits suggest disk space could be a culprit, but I've > got plenty left here.
I guess the obvious question is does it start for user root? If so, then it's a permissions problem. What are the permissions of /var/lib/xkb/? -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
