"Error activating XKB configuration." - Requires manual xorg.conf editing
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Mactel Support |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
control-center (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
|
Low
|
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs | ||
xkeyboard-config (Fedora) |
Won't Fix
|
Low
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xkeyboard-config (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
After upgrading to Edgy Eft, the Polish symbols disapeared when I write. However, they are properly displayed at the menus, web pages, etc.. During logging in, the system showed an error message:
"There is an error of configuration activation of the XKB. This could be caused by:
- error in libxklavier, or X serwera (tools xkbcomp, xmodmap), or serwer X is not comptible with libxkbfile implementation.
Version of serwer X:
The X.Org Foundation
70101000"
The error message also suggests to run:
rados@domowy:~$ xprop -root | grep XKB
_XKB_RULES_
_XKB_RULES_
and
rados@domowy:~$ gconftool-2 -R
/desktop/
layouts = []
model =
overrideSettings = true
options = []
See https:/
A correct solution requires that Preferences > keyboard (or a similar GUI configuration tool) set the keyboard correctly, without requiring editing of xorg.conf. Possibly it will need changed to not update gconf but rather update the xorg.conf file directly.
This problem sometimes is caused by a new xorg that doesn't support the selected XkbVariant for the configured keyboard layout, and the upgrade program doesn't reconfigure xorg.conf (or whatever) correctly to switch to the proper layout.
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
Changed in xkeyboard-config: | |
importance: | High → Critical |
status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
Changed in mactel-support: | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in xkeyboard-config: | |
status: | Unknown → In Progress |
Changed in xkeyboard-config: | |
assignee: | nobody → canonical-desktop-team |
Changed in xkeyboard-config: | |
assignee: | canonical-desktop-team → bryceharrington |
Changed in xkeyboard-config: | |
importance: | Critical → Medium |
Changed in xkeyboard-config: | |
assignee: | bryceharrington → nobody |
Changed in xkeyboard-config (Fedora): | |
status: | In Progress → Won't Fix |
Changed in xkeyboard-config (Fedora): | |
importance: | Unknown → Low |
after searching the forums, I modified the xorg.conf and hashed the line:
# Option "XkbVariant" "qwerty"
It helped, everything seems to be ok.