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libxklavier package

Numeric keypad layout selection - Error activating XKB configuration

Bug #207812 reported by ArcFi
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libxklavier (Ubuntu)
Incomplete
Undecided
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Bug Description

Ubuntu 8.04, libxklavier12

System > Preferences > Keyboard > Layouts > Layouts Options... > Numeric keypad layout selection: Force standart komma keypad

>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
>10400090
>
>If you report this situation as a bug, please include:
>- The result of xprop -root | grep XKB
>- The result of gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd

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ArcFi (arcfi) wrote :

$ xprop -root | grep XKB
_XKB_RULES_NAMES_BACKUP(STRING) = "xorg", "pc105", "us", "", ""
_XKB_RULES_NAMES(STRING) = "xorg", "geniuscomfy2", "us,ru", ",winkeys", "grp:caps_toggle"

$ gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd
 layouts = [us,ru winkeys]
 model = geniuscomfy2
 options = [grp grp:caps_toggle,keypad keypad:comma]
 overrideSettings = true

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marc59 (marc59) wrote :

xxxxxxxx:~$ xprop -root | grep XKB
_XKB_RULES_NAMES_BACKUP(STRING) = "xorg", "pc105", "fr", "oss", ""
_XKB_RULES_NAMES(STRING) = "xorg", "pc102", "fr", "oss", ""

xxxxxxx:~$ gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd
 layouts = []
 model = pc102
 options = []
 overrideSettings = true

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H5N1 (h5n1-vir) wrote :

I think this kind of error went from saved session.
Try to disable session saving, restart X server, reconfigure and restart again.
Let me know if I'm wrong.

I came in this thought because I saw this error when the results of

xprop -root | grep XKB
and
gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd
are differnent configuration.

It could be that with "session saving" active one of the two utilities cannot succed in changing options or configuration.

I experimented this case in LinuxMint (Gnome desktop) and Ubuntu and in both cases disabling session manager solve the bug.

Maybe it's a Gnome bug?

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Daniel T Chen (crimsun) wrote :

Is this symptom still reproducible in 8.10 or 9.04?

Changed in libxklavier:
status: New → Incomplete
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