gnome-keyboard-properties setting xkb properties wrong
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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xkeyboard-config (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Bug Description
Instead of setting "mac_nodeadkeys" as XKB variants, it will be set as a additional layout (whitespace separated).
This false setting is responsible for the following error:
"Error activating XKB configuration
It can happen under various circumstances:
- a bug in libxclavier library
- a bug in X server (xkbcomp, xmodmap, xmodmap utilities)
- X server with incompatible libxkbfiles implementation
X server version data:
The X.Org Foundation
10300000
If you report the situation as a bug/desktop/
- The result of xprop -root | grep XKB
- The result of gconftool-2 -R /desktop/
As a side effect the screenshot application will be started by hitting/pressing the up arrow key.
Some bug-reportes describe this as a bug in the gnome-settings-
Edit your setting with gconf-editor. Go to /desktop/
Edit your layout to a single language (eg "en" or "de").
Add a "variant" field as string and enter your variant (eg "mac_nodeadkeys").
Found this solution at "http://
Additional Information:
Ubuntu 8.10 fresh install.
$ xprop -root | grep XKB
_XKB_RULES_
_XKB_RULES_
Before editing:
$ gconftool-2 -R /desktop/
layouts = [de mac_nodeadkeys]
model = macintosh
options = [apple apple:badmap,numpad numpad:mac,numpad numpad:pc,compat numpad:mac,compat apple:badmap,lv3 lv3:alt_switch,grp grp:alts_toggle]
After editing:
$ gconftool-2 -R /desktop/
layouts = [de]
variant = mac_nodeadkeys
model = macintosh
options = [apple apple:badmap,numpad numpad:mac,numpad numpad:pc,compat numpad:mac,compat apple:badmap,lv3 lv3:alt_switch,grp grp:alts_toggle]
This is a screenshot of the mentioned error thrown at start and any editing in gnome-keyboard- properties.