It seems this particular bug report has little to do with the problem we are having except the error message. As Sennaista pointed out there is a problem with the symbols file, someone else has already found the minor syntax errors which caused this, here is the bug report: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xkeyboard-config/+bug/553401
To myself, Sennaista and las:
It seems this particular bug report has little to do with the problem we are having except the error message. As Sennaista pointed out there is a problem with the symbols file, someone else has already found the minor syntax errors which caused this, here is the bug report: /bugs.launchpad .net/ubuntu/ +source/ xkeyboard- config/ +bug/553401
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Hopefully this issue gets some attention soon.