Bug#407795: libxklavier: Error during activation of the XKB configuration - only USA keymap available.

2007-02-12 Thread Steve Langasek
severity 407795 important
thanks

This bug was discussed on IRC before it was filed.  I tried to reproduce the
bug and was not able to do so on a PC.  There have been no follow-ups in
approximately a month substantiating that this is a problem for anyone else.
I think it's time to downgrade the report.

It's been suggested that the problem is specific to macintosh keyboard
rules, but even selecting 'macintosh' as my keyboard model I don't see any
problems with the gnome keymap applet.

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Bug#407795: libxklavier: Error during activation of the XKB configuration - only USA keymap available.

2007-01-21 Thread Sven Luther
Package: libxklavier
Version: 2.2-4
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable


Hi, ...

Since a few days, after the upgrade fo my etch system, i am unable to change
the keymap with the gnome keymap applet.

When relaunching the X server, i get a dialog which says (sorry for french) :

 Erreur lors de l'activation de la configuration XKB.
Cela peut arriver pour plusieurs raisons :
- un bogue dans la bibliothèque libxklavier
- un bogue dans le serveur X (xkbcomp, utilitaires xmodmap)
- serveur X avec une implémentation de libxkbfile incompatible

Données de version du serveur X :
The X.Org Foundation
70101000

Si vous rapportez cette situation comme une anomalie, veuillez inclure :
- Le résultat de xprop -root | grep XKB
- Le résultat de gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd 

I provide the following info : 

  [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dpkg -l | grep libxkbfile
ii  libxkbfile1 1.0.3-2 X11 
keyboard file manipulation library
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dpkg -l | grep xmodmap
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dpkg -l | grep xserver
ii  xserver-xorg7.1.0-10the 
X.Org X server
ii  xserver-xorg-core   1.1.1-15X.Org X 
server -- core server
ii  xserver-xorg-input-all  7.1.0-10the 
X.Org X server -- input driver metapackage
ii  xserver-xorg-input-evdev1.1.2-6 X.Org X 
server -- evdev input driver
ii  xserver-xorg-input-kbd  1.1.0-4 X.Org X 
server -- keyboard input driver
ii  xserver-xorg-input-mouse1.1.1-3 X.Org X 
server -- mouse input driver
ii  xserver-xorg-input-synaptics0.14.6-1
Synaptics TouchPad driver for X.Org/XFree86 server
ii  xserver-xorg-input-wacom0.7.4.1-5   X.Org X 
server -- wacom input driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-all  7.1.0-10the 
X.Org X server -- output driver metapackage
ii  xserver-xorg-video-ati  6.6.3-2 X.Org X 
server -- ATI display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-chips1.1.1-4 X.Org X 
server -- Chips display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-fbdev0.3.1-1 X.Org X 
server -- fbdev display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-glint1.1.1-3 X.Org X 
server -- Glint display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-imstt1.1.0-3 X.Org X 
server -- IMSTT display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-mga  1.4.4.dfsg.1-2  X.Org X 
server -- MGA display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-nv   1.2.0-3 X.Org X 
server -- NV display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-s3   0.4.1-5 X.Org X 
server -- legacy S3 display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-s3virge  1.9.1-3 X.Org X 
server -- S3 ViRGE display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-savage   2.1.2-3 X.Org X 
server -- Savage display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-sis  0.9.1-4 X.Org X 
server -- SiS display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-sisusb   0.8.1-3 X.Org X 
server -- SiS USB display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-tdfx 1.3.0-1 X.Org X 
server -- tdfx display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-trident  1.2.3-1 X.Org X 
server -- Trident display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-v4l  0.1.1-3 X.Org X 
server -- Video 4 Linux display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-vga  4.1.0-3 X.Org X 
server -- VGA display driver
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dpkg -l | grep libxklavier
ii  libxklavier10   2.2-4   X 
Keyboard Extension high-level API

$  xprop -root | grep XKB
_XKB_RULES_NAMES_BACKUP(STRING) = xorg, macintosh, us, , 
_XKB_RULES_NAMES(STRING) = xorg, macintosh, us, , 

$ gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd
 layouts = [us  intl,us]
 model =
 options = [grp grp:alts_toggle]
 overrideSettings = true

This is a titanium powerbook, with an US keymap, but i use the version with
dead-keys to get the french accented letters, which i absolutely need for
work.

This is the second time that this problem appears, previously it miracoulously
dissapeared after a few weeks, but it is again broken and neither rebooting
the X server nor the whole system helped. I suspect it may be some
in-compatibility between versions somewhere, but then there is a problem with
the testing scripts, or whatever, which i believe the RMs should know about.

Thus i make this bug report of RC severity, and also because, well, being
unable to use the national keyboards is a