typo in some symbol files in xkb-data
Bug #553401 reported by
Gilaras Drakeson
This bug affects 4 people
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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xkeyboard-config (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: xkb-data
please remove the trailing semicolons from the "include" lines found by:
grep -R "^[[:space:
Related branches
Changed in xkeyboard-config (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
tags: | added: not-happenning-in-debian |
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I used the get an error in a message box whenever I tried to use the Iranian layout and it caused various problems from not being able to switch layouts with shortcut keys, to an unavailable Farsi layout and finally a non-functioning keyboard. X11/xkb/ symbols/ ir" as reported above, and restarting my X session everything worked fine again. attached is the "ir" symbols file without the syntax errors if you are as lazy as me.
After removing the "include" semicolons in "/usr/share/
hassan@xxxxxxx:~$ uname -a ======= ======= =
Linux xxxxxxx 2.6.32-18-generic #27-Ubuntu SMP Fri Mar 26 19:51:10 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux
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Here is the error message:
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: ======= ======= =
Exiting
Abandoning symbols file "(null)"
The X.Org Foundation
10706000
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This was the error reported in my ~/.xsession-errors file:
Error: Error interpreting include file "ir"
** (gnome- settings- daemon: 1583): WARNING **: Could not activate the XKB configuration
dpy: 0x9f818d0