FC4 XKB config problem

[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
>>
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