** Description changed: + Method A: 1. Log in to Ubuntu. - What happens: + Method B: + 1. Close "Keyboard Preferences" if it was open. + 2. Open "Keyboard Preferences" (System > Preferences > Keyboard). + 3. In the "Layouts" tab, add or remove any of the layouts. - 1. An error alert appears saying: + What happens: An error alert appears saying: ------------ 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 10703902 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 ------------ And this is the information requested: ------------ 12:51:3...@x11> xprop -root | grep XKB _XKB_RULES_NAMES_BACKUP(STRING) = "evdev", "pc105", "us", "mac", "" _XKB_RULES_NAMES(STRING) = "evdev", "pc105", "us", "mac", "" 12:55:1...@x11> gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd - layouts = [us mac] - options = [grp grp:alts_toggle,Compose key compose:ralt,caps caps:escape] - model = macbook78 + layouts = [us mac] + options = [grp grp:alts_toggle,Compose key compose:ralt,caps caps:escape] + model = macbook78 ------------ The same alert often also appears in other situations, for example, when exiting a game. Sometimes it appears just once, but usually 20 or more copies of the alert appear at once.
** Description changed: + Ubuntu Lucid, all updates installed + Method A: 1. Log in to Ubuntu. Method B: 1. Close "Keyboard Preferences" if it was open. 2. Open "Keyboard Preferences" (System > Preferences > Keyboard). 3. In the "Layouts" tab, add or remove any of the layouts. What happens: An error alert appears saying: ------------ 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 10703902 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 ------------ And this is the information requested: ------------ 12:51:3...@x11> xprop -root | grep XKB _XKB_RULES_NAMES_BACKUP(STRING) = "evdev", "pc105", "us", "mac", "" _XKB_RULES_NAMES(STRING) = "evdev", "pc105", "us", "mac", "" 12:55:1...@x11> gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd layouts = [us mac] options = [grp grp:alts_toggle,Compose key compose:ralt,caps caps:escape] model = macbook78 ------------ The same alert often also appears in other situations, for example, when exiting a game. Sometimes it appears just once, but usually 20 or more copies of the alert appear at once. -- Frequent "Error activating XKB configuration" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/524406 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
