FC4 XKB config problem

[Ralph Jones]

I've encountered this problem after my upgrade from FC3 to FC4:

Gnome gives the following error box on login:

************BEGIN DIALOG BOX
Error activating XKB configuration.
It can happen under various circumstances:
- a bug in libxklavier library
- a bug in X server (xkbcomp, xmodmap utilities)
- X server with incompatible libxkbfile implementation

X server version data:
The X.Org Foundation
60802000

If you report this situation as a bug, please include:
- The result of <b>xprop -root | grep XKB</b>
- The result of <b>gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd</b>
************END DIALOG BOX

xprop produces:

_XKB_RULES_NAMES_BACKUP(STRING) = "xorg", "pc105", "us", "", ""
_XKB_RULES_NAMES(STRING) = "xorg", "pc105", "us", "", ""

gconftool-2 produces NO output.

yum update produces this:

**********************BEGIN YUM OUTPUT
Repository dries already added, not adding again
Setting up Update Process
Setting up repositories
dries                     100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
extras                    100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
updates-released          100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
base                      100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Resolving Dependencies
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Package xorg-x11.i386 0:6.8.2-37 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check

Dependencies Resolved

=============================================================================
  Package                 Arch       Version          Repository        Size
=============================================================================
Updating:
  xorg-x11                i386       6.8.2-37         updates-released   14 M

Transaction Summary
=============================================================================
Install      0 Package(s)
Update       1 Package(s)
Remove       0 Package(s)
Total download size: 14 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
   Updating  : xorg-x11                     ######################### [1/2]
error: unpacking of archive failed on file /etc/X11/xkb: cpio: rename

Updated: xorg-x11.i386 0:6.8.2-37
Complete!
**********************************END YUM OUTPUT

A partial listing of /etc/X11 looks like this:

drwxr-xr-x   5 root root  4096 Jun  2 16:37 xinit
drwxr-xr-x  10 root root  4096 Apr  9 20:44 xkb
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root    27 Jul 10 16:03 xkb;42d19b15 -> 
../../usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root    27 Jul 10 16:05 xkb;42d19bc1 -> 
../../usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   547 Apr 11 05:43 Xmodmap

Each time yum update is run, it leaves another symbolic link  to 
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb, which is a symbolic link back to /etc/X11/xkb. A 
listing of the actual xkb looks like this:

drwxr-xr-x   2 root root   4096 Apr  9 20:43 compat
-r--r--r--   1 root root    689 Apr  9 20:43 compat.dir
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root     20 Apr  9 20:44 compiled -> ../../../var/lib/xkb
drwxr-xr-x   5 root root   4096 Apr  9 20:43 geometry
-r--r--r--   1 root root   1965 Apr  9 20:43 geometry.dir
drwxr-xr-x   4 root root   4096 Apr  9 20:43 keycodes
-r--r--r--   1 root root   2250 Apr  9 20:43 keycodes.dir
drwxr-xr-x   5 root root   4096 Apr  9 20:43 keymap
-r--r--r--   1 root root   8576 Apr  9 20:43 keymap.dir
-r--r--r--   1 root root    983 Apr  9 20:43 README
-r--r--r--   1 root root   7448 Apr  9 20:43 README.config
-r--r--r--   1 root root  23337 Apr  9 20:43 README.enhancing
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root   4096 Apr  9 20:43 rules
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root   4096 Apr  9 20:43 semantics
drwxr-xr-x  12 root root   4096 Apr  9 20:43 symbols
-r--r--r--   1 root root  27040 Apr  9 20:43 symbols.dir
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root   4096 Apr  9 20:43 types
-r--r--r--   1 root root    463 Apr  9 20:43 types.dir
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root root 178867 Apr  9 20:43 xkbcomp

The system seems normal in other respects, including the keyboard; the only 
problem indications are the error box that appears on every login, and the 
error message in yum. Advice? Thanks...

rj

[Ralph Jones]

Now this is getting weird. I've googled my way to several statements that 
this is a known bug, and can be fixed by symlinking xfree86* to xorg* and 
changing the Xkbrules entry in xorg.conf from xfree86 to xorg -- but those 
entries are already present in my installation and I'm still getting the 
error. Ideas, anybody?

rj

At 04:25 PM 7/10/2005, you wrote:
> I've encountered this problem after my upgrade from FC3 to FC4:
>
> Gnome gives the following error box on login:
>
> ************BEGIN DIALOG BOX
> Error activating XKB configuration.
> It can happen under various circumstances:
> a bug in libxklavier library
> a bug in X server (xkbcomp, xmodmap utilities)
> X server with incompatible libxkbfile implementation
>
> X server version data:
> The X.Org Foundation
> 60802000
>
> If you report this situation as a bug, please include:
> The result of <b>xprop -root | grep XKB</b>
> The result of <b>gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd</b>
>
> ************END DIALOG BOX
>
> xprop produces:
>
> _XKB_RULES_NAMES_BACKUP(STRING) = "xorg", "pc105", "us", "", ""
> _XKB_RULES_NAMES(STRING) = "xorg", "pc105", "us", "", ""
>
> gconftool-2 produces NO output.
>
> yum update produces this:
>
> **********************BEGIN YUM OUTPUT
> Repository dries already added, not adding again
> Setting up Update Process
> Setting up repositories
> dries                     100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
> extras                    100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
> updates-released          100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
> base                      100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
> Reading repository metadata in from local files
> Resolving Dependencies
> --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
> ---> Package xorg-x11.i386 0:6.8.2-37 set to be updated
> --> Running transaction check
>
> Dependencies Resolved
>
> =============================================================================
>  Package                 Arch       Version          Repository        Size
> =============================================================================
> Updating:
>  xorg-x11                i386       6.8.2-37         updates-released   14 M
> Transaction Summary
>
> Install      0 Package(s)
> Update       1 Package(s)
> Remove       0 Package(s)
> Total download size: 14 M
> Is this ok [y/N]: y
> Downloading Packages:
> Running Transaction Test
> Finished Transaction Test
> Transaction Test Succeeded
> Running Transaction
>   Updating  : xorg-x11                     ######################### [1/2]
> error: unpacking of archive failed on file /etc/X11/xkb: cpio: rename
>
> Updated: xorg-x11.i386 0:6.8.2-37
> Complete!
> **********************************END YUM OUTPUT
>
> A partial listing of /etc/X11 looks like this:
>
> drwxr-xr-x   5 root root  4096 Jun  2 16:37 xinit
> drwxr-xr-x  10 root root  4096 Apr  9 20:44 xkb
> lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root    27 Jul 10 16:03 xkb;42d19b15 -> 
> ../../usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb
> lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root    27 Jul 10 16:05 xkb;42d19bc1 -> 
> ../../usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb
> -rw-r--r--   1 root root   547 Apr 11 05:43 Xmodmap
>
> Each time yum update is run, it leaves another symbolic link  to 
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb, which is a symbolic link back to /etc/X11/xkb. A 
> listing of the actual xkb looks like this:
>
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root root   4096 Apr  9 20:43 compat
> -r--r--r--   1 root root    689 Apr  9 20:43 compat.dir
> lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root     20 Apr  9 20:44 compiled -> ../../../var/lib/xkb
> drwxr-xr-x   5 root root   4096 Apr  9 20:43 geometry
> -r--r--r--   1 root root   1965 Apr  9 20:43 geometry.dir
> drwxr-xr-x   4 root root   4096 Apr  9 20:43 keycodes
> -r--r--r--   1 root root   2250 Apr  9 20:43 keycodes.dir
> drwxr-xr-x   5 root root   4096 Apr  9 20:43 keymap
> -r--r--r--   1 root root   8576 Apr  9 20:43 keymap.dir
> -r--r--r--   1 root root    983 Apr  9 20:43 README
> -r--r--r--   1 root root   7448 Apr  9 20:43 README.config
> -r--r--r--   1 root root  23337 Apr  9 20:43 README.enhancing
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root root   4096 Apr  9 20:43 rules
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root root   4096 Apr  9 20:43 semantics
> drwxr-xr-x  12 root root   4096 Apr  9 20:43 symbols
> -r--r--r--   1 root root  27040 Apr  9 20:43 symbols.dir
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root root   4096 Apr  9 20:43 types
> -r--r--r--   1 root root    463 Apr  9 20:43 types.dir
> -rwxr-xr-x   1 root root 178867 Apr  9 20:43 xkbcomp
>
> The system seems normal in other respects, including the keyboard; the 
> only problem indications are the error box that appears on every login, 
> and the error message in yum. Advice? Thanks...
>
> rj
>
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[Philip Prindeville]

I'm running FC3, and I'm seeing the same.

Don't remember seeing a reply to your query...

-Philip

Ralph Jones wrote:
> Now this is getting weird. I've googled my way to several statements 
> that this is a known bug, and can be fixed by symlinking xfree86* to 
> xorg* and changing the Xkbrules entry in xorg.conf from xfree86 to 
> xorg -- but those entries are already present in my installation and 
> I'm still getting the error. Ideas, anybody?
>
> rj
>
> At 04:25 PM 7/10/2005, you wrote:
> > I've encountered this problem after my upgrade from FC3 to FC4:
> >
> > Gnome gives the following error box on login:
> >
> > ************BEGIN DIALOG BOX
> > Error activating XKB configuration.
> > It can happen under various circumstances:
> > a bug in libxklavier library
> > a bug in X server (xkbcomp, xmodmap utilities)
> > X server with incompatible libxkbfile implementation
> >
> > X server version data:
> > The X.Org Foundation
> > 60802000
> >
> > If you report this situation as a bug, please include:
> > The result of <b>xprop -root | grep XKB</b>
> > The result of <b>gconftool-2 -R
> >
> > /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd</b>
> > ************END DIALOG BOX
> >
> > xprop produces:
> >
> > _XKB_RULES_NAMES_BACKUP(STRING) = "xorg", "pc105", "us", "", ""
> > _XKB_RULES_NAMES(STRING) = "xorg", "pc105", "us", "", ""
> >
> > gconftool-2 produces NO output.
> >
> > yum update produces this:
> >
> > **********************BEGIN YUM OUTPUT
> > Repository dries already added, not adding again
> > Setting up Update Process
> > Setting up repositories
> > dries 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
> > extras 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
> > updates-released 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00
> > base 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
> > Reading repository metadata in from local files
> > Resolving Dependencies
> > --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
> > ---> Package xorg-x11.i386 0:6.8.2-37 set to be updated
> > --> Running transaction check
> >
> > Dependencies Resolved
> >
> > =============================================================================
> > Package Arch Version Repository Size
> >
> > Updating:
> > xorg-x11 i386 6.8.2-37 updates-released 14 M
> > Transaction Summary
> >
> > Install 0 Package(s)
> > Update 1 Package(s)
> > Remove 0 Package(s)
> > Total download size: 14 M
> > Is this ok [y/N]: y
> > Downloading Packages:
> > Running Transaction Test
> > Finished Transaction Test
> > Transaction Test Succeeded
> > Running Transaction
> > Updating : xorg-x11 ######################### [1/2]
> > error: unpacking of archive failed on file /etc/X11/xkb: cpio: rename
> >
> > Updated: xorg-x11.i386 0:6.8.2-37
> > Complete!
> > **********************************END YUM OUTPUT
> >
> > A partial listing of /etc/X11 looks like this:
> >
> > drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Jun 2 16:37 xinit
> > drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4096 Apr 9 20:44 xkb
> > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 Jul 10 16:03 xkb;42d19b15 -> 
> > ../../usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb
> > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 Jul 10 16:05 xkb;42d19bc1 -> 
> > ../../usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb
> > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 547 Apr 11 05:43 Xmodmap
> >
> > Each time yum update is run, it leaves another symbolic link to 
> > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb, which is a symbolic link back to 
> > /etc/X11/xkb. A listing of the actual xkb looks like this:
> >
> > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 9 20:43 compat
> > -r--r--r-- 1 root root 689 Apr 9 20:43 compat.dir
> > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Apr 9 20:44 compiled -> ../../../var/lib/xkb
> > drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Apr 9 20:43 geometry
> > -r--r--r-- 1 root root 1965 Apr 9 20:43 geometry.dir
> > drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Apr 9 20:43 keycodes
> > -r--r--r-- 1 root root 2250 Apr 9 20:43 keycodes.dir
> > drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Apr 9 20:43 keymap
> > -r--r--r-- 1 root root 8576 Apr 9 20:43 keymap.dir
> > -r--r--r-- 1 root root 983 Apr 9 20:43 README
> > -r--r--r-- 1 root root 7448 Apr 9 20:43 README.config
> > -r--r--r-- 1 root root 23337 Apr 9 20:43 README.enhancing
> > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 9 20:43 rules
> > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 9 20:43 semantics
> > drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 4096 Apr 9 20:43 symbols
> > -r--r--r-- 1 root root 27040 Apr 9 20:43 symbols.dir
> > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 9 20:43 types
> > -r--r--r-- 1 root root 463 Apr 9 20:43 types.dir
> > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 178867 Apr 9 20:43 xkbcomp
> >
> > The system seems normal in other respects, including the keyboard; 
> > the only problem indications are the error box that appears on every 
> > login, and the error message in yum. Advice? Thanks...
> >
> > rj
> >
> > -- 
> > fedora-list mailing list
> > [e-mail]
> > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list