Error activating XKB configuration.

[Eric]

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
10400090

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

eric@HAL:~$ xprop -root | grep XKB
_XKB_RULES_NAMES_BACKUP(STRING) = "xorg", "pc105", "ro", "", ""
_XKB_RULES_NAMES(STRING) = "xorg", "pc105", "ro", "", ""
eric@HAL:~$ gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd
 layouts = [ro,ro std,us]
 model =
 options = [grp grp:alts_toggle]
 overrideSettings = true

[Jason (jason-kane)]

Problem seen by me also.
Instructions to reproduce:

1. Clean install of Ubuntu 8.04 32bit.
2. Add a rarer keyboard layout that isn't English. I tried Pashto, a different language to the reporter, however plenty of country layouts seem to trigger it.

You get the message pop up, and the keyboard doesn't work. Simple.

This problem is new to 8.04, and by way of further evidence I have another PC I upgraded from 6.06 where Pashto worked, and now doesn't.