Package: xlibs Version: 4.3.0.dfsg.1-2 Severity: normal After apt-get upgrade for sarge (including dfsg-1.2 X server stuff), keyboard layout stopped working for KDE.
Neither the command: setxkbmap -model pc105 -layout fi -variant basic or: setxkbmap -model pc105 -layout us or: setxkbmap -model pc101 -layout us or: setxkbmap work. They all output "Error loading new keyboard description". running strace setxkbmap gives: .... connect(3, {sa_family=AF_UNIX, path="/tmp/.X11-unix/X0"}, 19) = 0 .... .... lotsa crap .... write(3, "\225\27\31\0\0\1\277\0\377\0\1\0\0\27xfree86+aliases(q"..., 100) = 100 read(3, 0xbffff830, 32) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable) .... read(3, "\1\1\v\0\266\t\0\0\10\377\1\0\177\0\377\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 32) = 32 read(3, "\1\1\v\0\\\4\0\0\0\0\10\377\177\0\0\f\f\10 \1\370\10E\0"..., 40) = 40 read(3, "\0\0\0\0\1\0\0o\1\1\0\0\2\1\0-\1\1\1\1\0\0*-\3\3\0\0\2"..., 4456) = 4456 read(3, "\1\1\v\0t\1\0\0\17\0\0\0\\\0\\\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 32) = 32 read(3, "\2\376\0\0\1\204\377\0\2\3\1\1\0\0\0\0\346\377\0\0\3\2"..., 1488) = 1488 read(3, "\1\1\v\0`\0\0\0\377\377\377\377\7\0\0\0 \0\0\0\350\344"..., 32) = 32 read(3, "\200\0\0\4\2\2\0\0\0\0\0\0\200\0\0\4\20\0\1\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 384) = 384 read(3, "\1\1\v\0y\1\0\0\377\37\0\0\10\377\f\1\37\0\10\370?\0\0"..., 32) = 32 read(3, "|\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\225\0\0\0\225\0\0\0}\0\0\0}\0\0\0~\0\0"..., 1508) = 1508 write(2, "Error loading new keyboard descr"..., 39Error loading new keyboard description ) = 39 exit_group(-5) = ? -- Package-specific info: Keyboard-related contents of XFree86 X server log file /var/log/XFree86.0.log: (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4" (==) ServerLayout "Default Layout" (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen" (0) (**) | |-->Monitor "76e" (**) | |-->Device "ti4200" (**) |-->Input Device "Generic Keyboard" (**) Option "XkbRules" "xfree86" (**) XKB: rules: "xfree86" (**) Option "XkbModel" "pc105" (**) XKB: model: "pc105" (**) Option "XkbLayout" "fi" (**) XKB: layout: "fi" (**) Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps" (**) XKB: options: "ctrl:swapcaps" (==) Keyboard: CustomKeycode disabled (**) |-->Input Device "Configured Mouse" (WW) The directory "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic" does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (WW) The directory "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/CID" does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. -- (**) NV(0): DPMS enabled (==) RandR enabled (II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM (II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension (II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST (II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD (II) Initializing built-in extension LBX (II) Initializing built-in extension XC-APPGROUP (II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY (II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA (II) Initializing built-in extension XFree86-Bigfont (II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER (II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR (II) Keyboard "Generic Keyboard" handled by legacy driver (**) Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2" (**) Configured Mouse: Protocol: "ImPS/2" (**) Option "CorePointer" (**) Configured Mouse: Core Pointer (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" XFree86 X server log files on system: -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 35175 May 27 20:10 /var/log/XFree86.0.log -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.6-1-k7 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C Versions of packages xlibs depends on: ii libice6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-2 Inter-Client Exchange library ii libsm6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-2 X Window System Session Management ii libx11-6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 X Window System protocol client li ii libxext6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-2 X Window System miscellaneous exte ii libxft1 4.3.0.dfsg.1-2 FreeType-based font drawing librar ii libxi6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-2 X Window System Input extension li ii libxmu6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-2 X Window System miscellaneous util ii libxmuu1 4.3.0.dfsg.1-2 lightweight X Window System miscel ii libxp6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-2 X Window System printing extension ii libxpm4 4.3.0.dfsg.1-2 X pixmap library ii libxrandr2 4.3.0.dfsg.1-2 X Window System Resize, Rotate and ii libxt6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-2 X Toolkit Intrinsics ii libxtrap6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-2 X Window System protocol-trapping ii libxtst6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-2 X Window System event recording an ii xlibs-data 4.3.0.dfsg.1-2 X Window System client data -- no debconf information