Hi, VNC Free Edition 4.1.2 doesn't provide the XKB extension. The fact that that causes parts of Gnome to crash or report errors seems to be a bug in Gnome - X applications should not in general assume the presence of X extensions unless they are incapable of operating without them.
Regards, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of lizhong > Sent: 24 October 2006 14:04 > To: vnc-list@realvnc.com > Subject: Questions about XKB error > > Hi all, > I downloaded the RealVNC source code > vnc-4_1_2-unixsrc[1].tar.gz, and compiled it to get the Xvnc > binary file. The XFree86 I used is XFree86 version 4.3.0, > according to the README in vnc-source/unix. Then I started > the vnc server. Everything works well, expect that When gnome > starts up I get this error: > > Error activating XKB configuration > Probably internal X server problem > > X server version data: > The XFree86 Project, Inc > 40300000 > You are using XFree 4.3.0 > There are known problems with complex XKB configurations. > Try using simpler configuration or taking more fresh version > of XFree software. > If you report this situation as a bug, pleas include: > - The result of xprop -root | grep XKB > - The result of gconftool-2 -R > /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/xkb > > How can I fix this problem? Though this error seems no > harm, it would be very great to get ride of it. > The content in xorg.conf about XKB I used on my linux > server is as follow: > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Keyboard0" > Driver "kbd" > Option "XkbModel" "pc104" > Option "XkbLayout" "us" > Option "XKbOptions" "" > EndSection > > Thank you for any help! > -- > LiZhong > _______________________________________________ > VNC-List mailing list > VNC-List@realvnc.com > To remove yourself from the list visit: > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
