Description of problem: I have a installation of F10 which I sometimes use with a Japanese keyboard and sometimes US. How reproducible: every time Steps to Reproduce: 1. Login to GNOME through gdm with jp106 layout Actual results: 1. Dialog appears: """ 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 10503000 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 """ Expected results: No dialog. Additional info: $ xprop -root | grep XKB _XKB_RULES_NAMES_BACKUP(STRING) = "evdev", "pc105+inet", "us", "", "" _XKB_RULES_NAMES(STRING) = "evdev", "pc105+inet", "jp", "", "" $ gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd layouts = [jp106] model = options = []
Let me add that I think this only happens if the user initially (installs with and) uses a US keyboard and then switches to jp one later (and maybe vice versa). I discussed this a little with whot and he suggested that it might be an inconsistency with how gdm hands over the xkb data to gnome so reassigning to gdm for now.
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This might be fixed in Fedora 12 or even 11, not sure.
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I tried to reproduce this bug with F-11 final but I couldn't succeed. I'm going to close this bug with CURRENTRELEASE if there are no objections within this week. Here are the steps I did: (1) install F11 and select U.S. keyboard with the installer (2) log in with the default settings ("English" language and "USA" keyboard), log out, log in with the new settings ("English" language and "Japan" keyboard). I don't see any dialog in either steps, while I can bring it up manually by: $ gconftool-2 --set --type=list --list-type=string \ /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd/layouts [jp106] I guess gnome-settings-daemon was fixed so that it set correct value to the gconf registry. * xprop/gconftool-2 output on the first time: $ xprop -root | grep XKB _XKB_RULES_NAMES_BACKUP(STRING) = "evdev", "evdev", "us", "", "terminate:ctrl_al t_bksp" _XKB_RULES_NAMES(STRING) = "evdev", "evdev", "us", "", "" $ gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboards/kbd layouts = [] options = [] model = evdev * xprop/gconftool-2 output on the second time: $ xprop -root | grep XKB _XKB_RULES_NAMES_BACKUP(STRING) = "evdev", "evdev", "us", "", "terminate:ctrl_al t_bksp" _XKB_RULES_NAMES(STRING) = "evdev", "evdev", "jp", "", "" $ gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboards/kbd layouts = [jp] options = [] model = evdev
Thanks for testing. I upgraded the machine where I was seeing this to f12. Need to check again if it is still happening there but I think it may be gone...
Anyway if I still see it I will reopen...
I can confirm this is fixed for me with F12 (gnome-2.28).