The direct cause of the segfault appears to be a missing error exit in
python-virtkey.c. I don't have launchpad access to virtkey, so I'll
attach a tiny patch. However this doesn't fix the root cause, it only
shifts the error from a SIGSEGV to a python backtrace:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/onboard", line 15, in <module>
ob = Onboard()
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/Onboard/OnboardGtk.py", line 73, in
__init__
self.load_layout(config.layout_filename)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/Onboard/OnboardGtk.py", line 200, in
load_layout
self.keyboard = KeyboardSVG(filename)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/Onboard/KeyboardSVG.py", line 38, in
__init__
Keyboard.__init__(self)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/Onboard/Keyboard.py", line 44, in
__init__
self.vk = virtkey.virtkey()
virtkey.error: XkbGetKeyboard failed to get keyboard from x server
** Patch added: "python-virtkey_0.5ubuntu3.patch"
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/44119556/python-virtkey_0.5ubuntu3.patch
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onboard crashed with SIGSEGV in XkbGetNames()
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/526791
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