*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 67188 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/67188
** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 67188
"Error activating XKB configuration." - Requires manual xorg.conf editing
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gnome-keyboard-properties setting xkb properties wrong
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/297999
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Status in “xkeyboard-config” source package in Ubuntu: New
Bug description:
Instead of setting "mac_nodeadkeys" as XKB variants, it will be set as a
additional layout (whitespace separated).
This false setting is responsible for the following error:
"Error activating XKB configuration
It can happen under various circumstances:
- a bug in libxclavier library
- a bug in X server (xkbcomp, xmodmap, xmodmap utilities)
- X server with incompatible libxkbfiles implementation
X server version data:
The X.Org Foundation
10300000
If you report the situation as a
bug/desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd/layouts, please include:
- The result of xprop -root | grep XKB
- The result of gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd"
As a side effect the screenshot application will be started by hitting/pressing
the up arrow key.
Some bug-reportes describe this as a bug in the gnome-settings-daemon, can't
reproduce this.
Edit your setting with gconf-editor. Go to
/desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd/layouts.
Edit your layout to a single language (eg "en" or "de").
Add a "variant" field as string and enter your variant (eg "mac_nodeadkeys").
Found this solution at
"http://weblog.burgernet.ch/index.php?/archives/106-GNOME-error-activating-XKB-configuration.html";
Additional Information:
Ubuntu 8.10 fresh install.
$ xprop -root | grep XKB
_XKB_RULES_NAMES_BACKUP(STRING) = "evdev", "macintosh", "de", "mac_nodeadkeys",
"grp:alts_toggle,apple:badmap,numpad:mac,numpad:pc,lv3:alt_switch"
_XKB_RULES_NAMES(STRING) = "evdev", "macintosh", "de", "",
"apple:badmap,numpad:mac,numpad:pc,numpad:mac,apple:badmap,lv3:alt_switch,grp:alts_toggle"
Before editing:
$ gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd
layouts = [de mac_nodeadkeys]
model = macintosh
options = [apple apple:badmap,numpad numpad:mac,numpad
numpad:pc,compat numpad:mac,compat apple:badmap,lv3
lv3:alt_switch,grp grp:alts_toggle]
After editing:
$ gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd
layouts = [de]
variant = mac_nodeadkeys
model = macintosh
options = [apple apple:badmap,numpad numpad:mac,numpad
numpad:pc,compat numpad:mac,compat apple:badmap,lv3
lv3:alt_switch,grp grp:alts_toggle]
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