So, I figured out what it was. . . the file was fine and onboard is working fine, but with some unexpected and desired results. I had created a ubuntu shortcut file named NextGen in the same directory from which I was running my program. This seemed to cause onboard to use that file instead of the keyboard layouts in ~/.local/share/onboard/layouts.
It seems that onboard has a three stage lookup process for where to find the layout file it is being asked to load: 1) local directory, 2) users custom layouts, or 3) global layouts location. The problem it seems I uncovered is that when you have another file with the same name as a custom layout name in your local directory, it tries to load from the local directory even if the other files aren't there (no svg files). Also, my local file had no .onboard suffix and onboard still tried to load it. This should probably be a pretty low priority, but I would recommend you move to a stricter name comparison and look for the .onboard suffix to make sure that the local file really is an onboard configuration file and not just an unfortunately named file. I will remember to look at onboard -ddebug next time I have a problem as well as this again would have solved my problem much quicker by telling me which file it was loading. Thanks for the tip! For now, I am going to just rename the custom layout name to something much more specific like NextGenKeyboardLayout that will never be duplicated and go on my way. Thanks so much for the response, other than this problem I have been very satisfied with onboard, especially after updating from 0.97 to 0.99. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to onboard in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1249493 Title: onboard keyboard crashes when started in node.js running custom layout Status in “onboard” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: lsb_release -rd: Description: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS Release: 12.04 apt-cache policy onboard: onboard: Installed: 0.99.0-0ppa~precise1 Candidate: 0.99.0-0ppa~precise1 Version table: *** 0.99.0-0ppa~precise1 0 500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/onboard/stable/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 0.97.0-0ubuntu4 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main amd64 Packages 0.97.0-0ubuntu3 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages apt-cache policy python: python: Installed: 2.7.3-0ubuntu2.2 Candidate: 2.7.3-0ubuntu2.2 Version table: *** 2.7.3-0ubuntu2.2 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 2.7.3-0ubuntu2 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages I thought I had everything setup just the way I wanted it, but all the sudden, it started having problems on one of my three deployments. Don't really know what happened as everyone swears they didn't do anything. I have installed onboard 0.99 from the stable ppa onto Ubuntu 12.04. I have python 2.7.3. Here is my situation: 1) When I try to open onboard with a custom layout from the console, it works fine 2) When I try to open onboard with a non-custom layout (like Compact specifically is what I tested) programmatically from within a node.js program it works fine 3) When I try to open onboard with a custom layout (made from Compact, not even modified yet) programmatically from within a node.js program, it crashes with the following error messages put out to stderr: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/onboard", line 16, in <module> ob = Onboard() File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/Onboard/OnboardGtk.py", line 111, in __init__ self.init() File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/Onboard/OnboardGtk.py", line 180, in init self.reload_layout() File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/Onboard/OnboardGtk.py", line 560, in reload_layout self.load_layout(layout_filename, color_scheme_filename) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/Onboard/OnboardGtk.py", line 581, in load_layout layout = LayoutLoaderSVG().load(vk, layout_filename, color_scheme) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/Onboard/LayoutLoaderSVG.py", line 84, in load os.path.dirname(layout_filename)) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/Onboard/LayoutLoaderSVG.py", line 103, in _load return self._load_layout(layout_filename, parent_item) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/Onboard/LayoutLoaderSVG.py", line 111, in _load_layout dom = minidom.parse(f).documentElement File "/usr/lib/python3.2/xml/dom/minidom.py", line 1945, in parse return expatbuilder.parse(file) File "/usr/lib/python3.2/xml/dom/expatbuilder.py", line 928, in parse result = builder.parseFile(file) File "/usr/lib/python3.2/xml/dom/expatbuilder.py", line 207, in parseFile parser.Parse(buffer, 0) xml.parsers.expat.ExpatError: syntax error: line 2, column 0 Here is the xml file named NextGen.onboard that it's crashing from: <?xml version="1.0" ?> <keyboard id="Compact" format="3.1"> <include file='key_defs.xml'/> <box border="1" spacing="1.5" orientation="vertical"> <!--- word suggestions --> <panel filename='Compact-Alpha.svg' scan_priority='1'> <include file='word_suggestions.xml'/> </panel> <box spacing='1.5'> <box spacing='2'> <!--- keyboard, multiple layers --> <panel> <panel layer="alpha" filename="Compact-Alpha.svg"> <key group="alphanumeric" id="AB01"/> <key group="alphanumeric" id="AE02"/> <key group="alphanumeric" id="AE03"/> <key group="alphanumeric" id="AD09"/> <key group="alphanumeric" id="AE01"/> <key group="alphanumeric" id="AE06"/> <key group="alphanumeric" id="AE07"/> <key group="alphanumeric" id="AE04"/> <key group="alphanumeric" id="AE05"/> <key group="alphanumeric" id="AD03"/> <key group="alphanumeric" id="AD02"/> <key group="alphanumeric" id="AD01"/> <key group="alphanumeric" id="AE09"/> <key group="alphanumeric" id="AD07"/> <key group="alphanumeric" id="AD06"/> <key group="alphanumeric" id="AD05"/> <key group="alphanumeric" id="AD04"/> <key group="alphanumeric" id="AB10"/> <key group="alphanumeric" id="AC11"/> <key group="alphanumeric" id="AC10"/> <key group="alphanumeric" id="TLDE"/> <key group="alphanumeric" id="LSGT"/> <key group="alphanumeric" id="BKSL"/> <key group="alphanumeric" id="AD10"/> <key group="alphanumeric" id="AD11"/> <key group="alphanumeric" id="AD12"/> <key group="alphanumeric" id="AB08"/> <key group="alphanumeric" id="AE11"/> <key group="alphanumeric" id="AE10"/> <key group="alphanumeric" id="AE12"/> <key group="alphanumeric" id="AC04"/> <key group="alphanumeric" id="AC05"/> <key group="alphanumeric" id="AC06"/> <key group="alphanumeric" id="AC07"/> <key group="alphanumeric" id="AB09"/> <key group="alphanumeric" id="AC01"/> <key group="alphanumeric" id="AC02"/> <key group="alphanumeric" id="AC03"/> <key group="alphanumeric" id="AB05"/> <key group="alphanumeric" id="AB04"/> <key group="alphanumeric" id="AE08"/> <key group="alphanumeric" id="AB06"/> <key group="alphanumeric" id="AC08"/> <key group="alphanumeric" id="AC09"/> <key group="alphanumeric" id="AB03"/> <key group="alphanumeric" id="AB02"/> <key group="alphanumeric" id="AD08"/> <key group="alphanumeric" id="AB07"/> <key group='misc' id='CAPS'/> <key group='shifts' id='LFSH'/> <key group='shifts' id='RTSH'/> <key group='bottomrow' id='LCTL'/> <key group='bottomrow' id='LALT'/> <key group='bottomrow' id='RALT'/> <key group="bottomrow" id="LWIN"/> <key group="bottomrow" id="SPCE"/> <key group="bottomrow" id="DELE.next-to-backspace"/> <key group="bottomrow" id="BKSP"/> <key group="misc" id="TAB"/> <key group="misc" id="RTRN"/> <key group="directions_alpha" id="LEFT"/> <key group="directions_alpha" id="RGHT"/> <key group="directions_alpha" id="UP"/> <key group="directions_alpha" id="DOWN"/> </panel> <panel layer="numbers" filename="Compact-Numbers.svg" border="2"> <key group='keypadmisc' id='NMLK' scan_priority='2'/> <key group="keypadmisc" id="KPDL" scan_priority="2"/> <key group="keypadmisc" id="KPEN" scan_priority="2"/> <key group="keypadnumber" id="KP0" scan_priority="2"/> <key group="keypadnumber" id="KP1" scan_priority="2"/> <key group="keypadnumber" id="KP2" scan_priority="2"/> <key group="keypadnumber" id="KP3" scan_priority="2"/> <key group="keypadnumber" id="KP4" scan_priority="2"/> <key group="keypadnumber" id="KP5" scan_priority="2"/> <key group="keypadnumber" id="KP6" scan_priority="2"/> <key group="keypadnumber" id="KP7" scan_priority="2"/> <key group="keypadnumber" id="KP8" scan_priority="2"/> <key group="keypadnumber" id="KP9" scan_priority="2"/> <key group="keypadoperators" id="KPSU" scan_priority="2"/> <key group="keypadoperators" id="KPDV" scan_priority="2"/> <key group="keypadoperators" id="KPAD" scan_priority="2"/> <key group="keypadoperators" id="KPMU" scan_priority="2"/> <key group="directions" id="LEFT" scan_priority="1"/> <key group="directions" id="RGHT" scan_priority="1"/> <key group="directions" id="UP" scan_priority="1"/> <key group="directions" id="DOWN" scan_priority="1"/> <key group="editing" id="INS"/> <key group="editing" id="DELE" label='Del' image=''/> <key group="editing" id="HOME"/> <key group="editing" id="END"/> <key group="editing" id="PGUP"/> <key group="editing" id="PGDN"/> <key group="bottomrow" id="ESC"/> <key group="fkeys" id="F1.rows_of_six"/> <key group="fkeys" id="F2.rows_of_six"/> <key group="fkeys" id="F3.rows_of_six"/> <key group="fkeys" id="F4.rows_of_six"/> <key group="fkeys" id="F5.rows_of_six"/> <key group="fkeys" id="F6.rows_of_six"/> <key group="fkeys" id="F7.rows_of_six"/> <key group="fkeys" id="F8.rows_of_six"/> <key group="fkeys" id="F9.rows_of_six"/> <key group="fkeys" id="F12.rows_of_six"/> <key group="fkeys" id="F10.rows_of_six"/> <key group="fkeys" id="F11.rows_of_six"/> <key group="editing" id="Prnt" scan_priority="1"/> <key group="editing" id="Pause" scan_priority="1"/> <key group="editing" id="Scroll" scan_priority="1"/> </panel> <panel layer="utils" filename="Compact-Utils.svg" border="2"> <key group='snippets' id='m0'/> <key group='snippets' id='m1'/> <key group='snippets' id='m2'/> <key group='snippets' id='m3'/> <key group='snippets' id='m4'/> <key group='snippets' id='m5'/> <key group='snippets' id='m6'/> <key group='snippets' id='m7'/> <key group='snippets' id='m8'/> <key group='snippets' id='m9'/> <key group='snippets' id='m10'/> <key group='snippets' id='m11'/> <key group='snippets' id='m12'/> <key group='snippets' id='m13'/> <key group='snippets' id='m14'/> <key group='snippets' id='m15'/> <key group='bottomrow' id='quit' scan_priority="1"/> <key group='bottomrow' id='settings' scan_priority="1"/> </panel> </panel> </box> <!--- click helpers --> <panel id="click" filename="Compact-Alpha.svg" > <key group='click' id='middleclick'/> <key group='click' id='secondaryclick'/> <key group='click' id='doubleclick'/> <key group='click' id='dragclick'/> <key group='click' id='hoverclick.bottom-row' unlatch_layer="false"/> </panel> <!--- side bar --> <panel id="paneswitch" filename="Compact-Alpha.svg"> <box compact="true" orientation='vertical'> <panel group='nowordlist'> <key group='bottomrow' id='hide'/> <box orientation='vertical'> <box orientation="horizontal" expand="false"> <key group="bottomrow" id="showclick"/> <key group="bottomrow" id="move"/> </box> <key group="bottomrow" id="layer0" scan_priority="3"/> <key group="bottomrow" id="layer1" scan_priority="3"/> <key group="bottomrow" id="layer2" scan_priority="3"/> </box> </panel> <panel group='wordlist'> <box orientation='vertical'> <key group='sidebar' id='move' svg_id='move.wordlist' expand='false' label_margin='2.5'/> <key group='sidebar' id='showclick' svg_id='showclick.wordlist' label_margin='2' expand='false'/> <key group='bottomrow' id='layer0' svg_id='layer0.wordlist' scan_priority='3'/> <key group='bottomrow' id='layer1' svg_id='layer1.wordlist' scan_priority='3'/> <key group="bottomrow" id="layer2" svg_id='layer2.wordlist' scan_priority="3"/> </box> </panel> </box> </panel> </box> </box> </keyboard> I have put this file through xml validators and it comes up clean. I googled the first error about OnboardGtk.py line 111 and found that others fixed their problems by making sure they had librsvg2-common installled, but I already had that installed. Tried to install anyway just to make sure there wasn't an upgrade problem, but it said I was on the latest version. This one has really got me stumped and I wonder if it's not some sort of problem with onboard hence why I'm posting what I think is a bug. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/onboard/+bug/1249493/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
