From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040510 Description of problem: When Gnome starts the following error appears in a window: Error activating XKB configuration. Probably internal X server problem. X server version data: The X.Org Foundation 60700000 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/xkb When I run the two commands listed I get these responses: $ xprop -root | grep XKB _XKB_RULES_NAMES_BACKUP(STRING) = "xfree86", "pc105", "us", "", "" _XKB_RULES_NAMES(STRING) = "xfree86", "pc105", "us", "", "" $ gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/xkb layouts = [us] model = pc105 overrideSettings = false options = [] This is on an upgrade from FC1 with all updates to FC2 on a Sony Vaio laptop model number PCG-FX370k Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. boot laptop 2. log in, startx (or if runlevel 5, log in and let X start on its own) 3. error appears on desktop 4. I see no symptoms after closing the window Actual Results: error window appears as described above. Expected Results: error window should not appear Additional info: $ xprop -root | grep XKB _XKB_RULES_NAMES_BACKUP(STRING) = "xfree86", "pc105", "us", "", "" _XKB_RULES_NAMES(STRING) = "xfree86", "pc105", "us", "", "" $ gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/xkb layouts = [us] model = pc105 overrideSettings = false options = []
Bug also happens to me... I would say that this bug should be treated with "high" priority, as it prevents users from writing with different keyboards, which is quite a mess if you have to write texts in many different languages...
Follow-up to my original post: The error does *not* appear when I log in to KDE.
I have changed this from a kudzu bug to a Gnome desktop bug, since it is not consistent on KDE.
Yes, no error message is *shown* when you log into KDE, however, it still *happens* - try adding an additional keyboard layout: none will be available. If you log in to GNOME, then you get the error message explaining why you don't have any keyboard available. I used three keyboard layouts on KDE before installing FC2. After installing, on the lower right side, where I should have my keyboards, I just had "err" written. Go to the K Menu > Preferences > Control Centre > Regional&Accessibility > Keyboard Layout - and you will see that no keyboard layout is available. The bug is NOT Gnome Desktop only - it happens also on KDE!!!!
Solution is: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=120858#c7
Yes, the problem is solved in that bug. What one must do is add a symlink to xorg.lst in the rules directory: cd /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/rules ln -s xorg.lst xfree86.lst I had already spotted that the directory contained a symlink from xfree86 to xorg, but it seems that you also need one from xfree86.lst to xorg.lst - I wonder if you also need one to the other "xorgs"
*** Bug 123630 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 123702 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 120858 ***
Changed to 'CLOSED' state since 'RESOLVED' has been deprecated.