Hi, Did you install xpra from the ubuntu's repository or the from the xpra's repository ?
Here is what I have done to overpass your error: [ 17041.467] (EE) XKB: Could not invoke xkbcomp [ 17041.472] (EE) XKB: Couldn't compile keymap [ 17041.472] (EE) XKB: Failed to load keymap. Loading default keymap instead. [ 17041.474] (EE) XKB: Could not invoke xkbcomp [ 17041.474] (EE) XKB: Couldn't compile keymap [ 17041.474] XKB: Failed to compile keymap [ 17041.474] Keyboard initialization failed. This could be a missing or incorrect setup of xkeyboard-config. [ 17041.474] (EE) Fatal server error 1) I installed Ubuntu 18.10 on a VPS (they may have altered the default installation) 2) I checked wether universe is activated or not (/etc/apt/sources.list). It should be. 3) wget "https://xpra.org/repos/cosmic/xpra.list" -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/xpra.list 4) wget "https://xpra.org/gpg.asc" && apt-key add gpg.asc && rm gpg.asc 5) echo -e "Package: *\nPin: origin xpra.org\nPin-Priority: 1001" > /etc/apt/preferences.d/xpra 6) apt-get update 7) apt-get install xpra xfce4 dbus-x11 at-spi2-core python-xdg menu-xdg menu python-uinput python-paramiko python-netifaces (this list of packages can be expanded by trial-and-error to disable more warnings and errors from the xpra log) 8) update-menus 9) I set the root passwd (I don't want to dive into xpra's ssh key management on my current Windows 7 client for the moment) 11) I tested my set up (see below) I have been able to reproduce your XKB error. It happened to me when I start xpra more than once on the same display port, so be careful to stop xpra through your testing workflow: a) xpra start-desktop :108 --start-child=startxfce4 --exit-with-children b) test on client, debug on server with logs, install needed packages, reconfigure or change command-line arguments c) xpra stop d) xpra list e) Go to step a Le mar. 16 avr. 2019 à 09:38, XJDHDR <xjdhdr.pue...@gmail.com> a écrit : > Good day Samy > > I just want to check if you have any news or discoveries to share about my > issue. Thanks! > > Kind regards > > On 2019/04/08 06:25, Samy Mahmoudi wrote: > > Hi, > > I may try to install and set up xpra on a VPS instance of Ubuntu. I will > come back as soon as possible. > > Le dim. 7 avr. 2019 19:54, XJDHDR <xjdhdr.pue...@gmail.com> a écrit : > >> Good day Samy >> >> Thank you for the reply. In Ubuntu, x11-xkb-utils is marked as a >> dependency for Xorg and so it was automatically installed. I also tried >> running xkbcomp from the terminal and got the output: "Error: >> No input file specified" which means it is definitely installed. >> Sorry if this message is a duplicate but I can't find the one I sent >> before in the mailing list. >> >> Kind regards >> _______________________________________________ >> xorg@lists.x.org: X.Org support >> Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg >> Info: https://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg >> Your subscription address: %(user_address)s > > > _______________________________________________ > xorg@lists.x.org: X.Org support > Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg > Info: https://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg > Your subscription address: %(user_address)s
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