Your message dated Fri, 22 Apr 2022 16:09:58 +0200 with message-id <YmK3NpmsZSCrb/IB@jcristau-z4> and subject line Re: Bug#564805: /usr/bin/xkbcomp: cannot write to :0.0 has caused the Debian Bug report #564805, regarding /usr/bin/xkbcomp: cannot write to :0.0 to be marked as done.
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--- Begin Message ---Package: x11-xkb-utils Version: 7.5+1 File: /usr/bin/xkbcomp Justification: renders package unusable Severity: grave *** Please type your report below this line *** I've just upgraded my system. I can no longer switch layouts in X. I have Option "XkbLayout" "us(dvorak),us,ru(common)" in my /etc/X11/xorg.conf, which was working beautifully before the upgrade. Running xkbsel results in: $ xkbsel us Error: success in unknown Couldn't write keyboard description to :0.0 /usr/bin/xkbcomp exited abnormally: 256 Here's the debug output: $ xkbsel --debug us Parsing locale name en_US.UTF-8 Reading configuration from /etc/xkbsel/xkbsel.conf Read configuration line: Section: shortcut Name: cs Qualifier: Values: "cssk(cs)" Adding into maps: 0: cs cssk(cs) Read configuration line: Section: shortcut Name: cs_y Qualifier: Values: "cssk(cs_qwerty)" Adding into maps: 1: cs_y cssk(cs_qwerty) Read configuration line: Section: shortcut Name: sk Qualifier: Values: "cssk(sk)" Adding into maps: 2: sk cssk(sk) Read configuration line: Section: shortcut Name: sk_y Qualifier: Values: "cssk(sk_qwerty)" Adding into maps: 3: sk_y cssk(sk_qwerty) Read configuration line: Section: shortcut Name: us Qualifier: Values: "xfree86(us)" Adding into maps: 4: us xfree86(us) Read configuration line: Section: shortcut Name: dvorak Qualifier: Values: "xfree86(dvorak)" Adding into maps: 5: dvorak xfree86(dvorak) Read configuration line: Section: mapset Name: map Qualifier: cs Values: "us" "cs" "sk_y" "sk" Read configuration line: Section: mapset Name: map Qualifier: sk Values: "us" "sk_y" "sk" "cs" Read configuration line: Section: mapset Name: map Qualifier: Values: "us" "sk" "sk_y" "cs" "cs_y" "dvorak" Adding into maps: 0: us xfree86(us) Adding into maps: 1: sk cssk(sk) Adding into maps: 2: sk_y cssk(sk_qwerty) Adding into maps: 3: cs cssk(cs) Adding into maps: 4: cs_y cssk(cs_qwerty) Adding into maps: 5: dvorak xfree86(dvorak) Running /usr/bin/xkbcomp -o ':0.0' '/var/lib/xkbsel/compiled/xfree86/us.xkm' Error: success in unknown Couldn't write keyboard description to :0.0 /usr/bin/xkbcomp exited abnormally: 256 Running the failing command from a shell is no different: $ /usr/bin/xkbcomp -o ':0.0' '/var/lib/xkbsel/compiled/xfree86/us.xkm' Error: success in unknown Couldn't write keyboard description to :0.0 However, the following commands work and do switch the keyboard layout: $ setxkbmap us $ setxkbmap us -print | xkbcomp - $DISPLAY -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-trunk-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US.UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages x11-xkb-utils depends on: ii cpp 4:4.4.2-3 The GNU C preprocessor (cpp) ii libc6 2.10.2-5 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libx11-6 2:1.3.2-1 X11 client-side library ii libxaw7 2:1.0.7-1 X11 Athena Widget library ii libxkbfile1 1:1.0.6-1 X11 keyboard file manipulation lib ii libxmu6 2:1.0.5-1 X11 miscellaneous utility library ii libxt6 1:1.0.7-1 X11 toolkit intrinsics library ii x11-common 1:7.5+1 X Window System (X.Org) infrastruc x11-xkb-utils recommends no packages. x11-xkb-utils suggests no packages. -- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 04:26:23PM -0800, Oleg Katsitadze wrote: > I've just upgraded my system. I can no longer switch layouts in X. I > have > > Option "XkbLayout" "us(dvorak),us,ru(common)" > > in my /etc/X11/xorg.conf, which was working beautifully before the > upgrade. > > Running xkbsel results in: > > $ xkbsel us > Error: success in unknown > Couldn't write keyboard description to :0.0 > /usr/bin/xkbcomp exited abnormally: 256 > xkbsel was removed from debian in 2010[1], closing this bug on the assumption it was an xkbsel issue. [1] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=592095 Cheers, Julien
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