>>>> quoted below >>>> Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 10:23:01 +0100 From: Telsa Gwynne <hobbit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: Suse 9.1 pro, kde 3.2.3-8, gnome 2.6.1.3 To: gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx Message-ID: <20040818092301.GA30940@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Tue, Aug 17, 2004 at 12:19:12PM -0400 or thereabouts, Nathan wrote: > Using XFree86 4.3.99.902-43.25 with > kdebase3 3.2.3-8 and > gnome 2.6.1.3 > > KDE is working fine. > > But when I logon to gnome, I get error: > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > Error activating XKB configuration. > Probably internal X server problem. I get errors about XKB configuration on RH Fedora Core 2 which uses a different X package: xorg-x11. This is a bit more recent than your X packages, so I am not sure that using a fresher version of X always helps. I just close the dialogue box and things seem to work fine. Can you do that? Or does X just die and refuse to run things? > What is "complex and simpler xkb config"? I'm not sure. I had some very old files called .xmodmap-something in my home directory. I moved them away to get rid of the error message. But on a fresh install, I don't think you would have those files. > Is there any workaround instead of going for fresh > xfree as I do not want to screw up kde as I am used to > it and suse9.1 works ok with kde. I am new to linux. > Thanks I would consider rebuilding X a last resort, myself. Does SuSE have a bug-tracker? If so, I would look there. Failing that, there are SuSE mailing lists whose archives you could search. Or someone on this list may have SuSE 9.1, Gnome, and a solution to your problem. I know that a friend told me last night that SuSE 9.1 is mostly fine with Gnome; but that an upgrade from SuSE 9.0 to SuSE 9.1 could cause Gnome troubles. It was intermittent, happening only on some machines. And it didn't happen if you had never used Gnome in 9.0. But if you had used Gnome even once on 9.0 and then upgraded to 9.1, there was a chance of something odd happening. In his case, it seemed to be related to GConf errors. I _presume_ these (yours and his) are two separate issues. But I don't know. Telsa >>>> quoted above >>>> >>I just close the dialogue box and things seem to work fine. Can you do that? Or does X just die and refuse to run things? Ans: After closing the error window, it did not die but the desk top did not have icon names and the floating bar was so small. I did not upgrade from 9 to 9.1. 9.1 was new and clean install. History: The above problem occured in G2.4 (came with S9.1) also. Did a "system update" (not online patch update) thru suse yast to G2.6. Included FTP dir for update in the installation source at the top of the listing. Still the problem existed. After this message post and your reply, I did patch update using the same installation source setup. Still the error window comes. But I am able to see the icon names. After ignoring the error window, Gnome works . Lesson learned: Keep the installation source file listing intact for regular patch updates also. Hope one day, the patch update will fix the XKB error window. I want to continue my linux learning and will come back to this error window later with more knowledge! Thanks for your suggestions, encouragement and time spent. Nathan _______________________________________________ gnome-list mailing list gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list
