[SOLVED] Re: [XFree86] Xkb problems in latest CVS?

Alon Weinstein <alon@xxxxxxxx> · Fri, 07 Nov 2003 21:41:48 +0200

Found a solution, though I'm not sure *why* this happens. I tried 
running "xkbprint" (basically just to see if I can get some error 
messages about xkb, because I guessed that's where the problem is from 
the logs), and got a message that it couldn't load "libxkbfile.so.1"

"locate libxkbfile.so.1" gave me nothing, and "locate libxkbfile" gave 
me /usr/X11R6/lib/libxkbfile.a. Looking at /usr/X11R6/lib/ I found a few 
libxkbfile.so, libxkbfile.so.1 and libxkbfile.so.1.0 -- I symlinked 
/usr/X11R6/lib/libxkbfile.so.1 to /lib, restarted X, and voila -- works.

What I don't understand is *why* that happend. Anyone?

Alon Weinstein wrote:
I recently compiled X from CVS, and I'm having problems with Xkb. I use 
both Hebrew (ISO-8859-8) & English on my machine, and have the following 
options on XF86Config to switch between the groups using both-shifts:

        Option      "XkbRules" "xfree86"

        Option      "XkbModel" "pc105"

        Option      "XkbLayout" "us,il"

        Option      "XkbOptions" 
"grp:switch,grp:shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll"

After compiling & install the latest CVS I couldn't switch groups to 
Hebrew, and I noticed several keys don't work well (for example I get 
numbers from the keypad's arrows even when Numlock is off). I looked 
XF86 log and found the following lines that has anything to do with the 
keyboard:

(**) Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
(**) XKB: rules: "xfree86"
(**) Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
(**) XKB: model: "pc105"
(**) Option "XkbLayout" "us,il"
(**) XKB: layout: "us,il"
(**) Option "XkbOptions" "grp:switch,grp:shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll"
(**) XKB: options: "grp:switch,grp:shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll"
(==) Keyboard: CustomKeycode disabled

.
.
.
(EE) Couldn't load XKB keymap, falling back to pre-XKB keymap
(II) Server_Terminate keybinding not found

I'm guessing the last two lines signal a problem? What and where should 
I look into it?

Previous compilation worked without a problem with the Hebrew/English 
keymaps.

X -version:

XFree86 Version 4.3.99.15

Release Date:  1 November 2003

X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.6

Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.0-test9 i686 [ELF]

Current Operating System: Linux zoidberg 2.6.0-test9 #13 Tue Oct 28 
21:51:56 IST 2003 i686

Build Date: 07 November 2003

Changelog Date: 06 November 2003

        Before reporting problems, check http://www.XFree86.Org/

        to make sure that you have the latest version.

Module Loader present

Kernel: 2.6.0test9 (on an AthlonXP)
Graphics card: Hercules 3D Prophet 7000 (dualhead Readon 7000), AGP

Thanks,
Alon.

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