FC4 XKB config problem

[Ralph Jones]

Now this is getting weird. I've googled my way to several statements that 
this is a known bug, and can be fixed by symlinking xfree86* to xorg* and 
changing the Xkbrules entry in xorg.conf from xfree86 to xorg -- but those 
entries are already present in my installation and I'm still getting the 
error. Ideas, anybody?

rj

At 04:25 PM 7/10/2005, you wrote:
>I've encountered this problem after my upgrade from FC3 to FC4:
>
>Gnome gives the following error box on login:
>
>************BEGIN DIALOG BOX
>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
>60802000
>
>If you report this situation as a bug, please include:
>- The result of <b>xprop -root | grep XKB</b>
>- The result of <b>gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd</b>
>************END DIALOG BOX
>
>xprop produces:
>
>_XKB_RULES_NAMES_BACKUP(STRING) = "xorg", "pc105", "us", "", ""
>_XKB_RULES_NAMES(STRING) = "xorg", "pc105", "us", "", ""
>
>
>gconftool-2 produces NO output.
>
>
>yum update produces this:
>
>**********************BEGIN YUM OUTPUT
>Repository dries already added, not adding again
>Setting up Update Process
>Setting up repositories
>dries                     100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
>extras                    100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
>updates-released          100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
>base                      100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
>Reading repository metadata in from local files
>Resolving Dependencies
>--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
>---> Package xorg-x11.i386 0:6.8.2-37 set to be updated
>--> Running transaction check
>
>Dependencies Resolved
>
>=============================================================================
>  Package                 Arch       Version          Repository        Size
>=============================================================================
>Updating:
>  xorg-x11                i386       6.8.2-37         updates-released   14 M
>
>Transaction Summary
>=============================================================================
>Install      0 Package(s)
>Update       1 Package(s)
>Remove       0 Package(s)
>Total download size: 14 M
>Is this ok [y/N]: y
>Downloading Packages:
>Running Transaction Test
>Finished Transaction Test
>Transaction Test Succeeded
>Running Transaction
>   Updating  : xorg-x11                     ######################### [1/2]
>error: unpacking of archive failed on file /etc/X11/xkb: cpio: rename
>
>Updated: xorg-x11.i386 0:6.8.2-37
>Complete!
>**********************************END YUM OUTPUT
>
>
>A partial listing of /etc/X11 looks like this:
>
>drwxr-xr-x   5 root root  4096 Jun  2 16:37 xinit
>drwxr-xr-x  10 root root  4096 Apr  9 20:44 xkb
>lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root    27 Jul 10 16:03 xkb;42d19b15 -> 
>../../usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb
>lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root    27 Jul 10 16:05 xkb;42d19bc1 -> 
>../../usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb
>-rw-r--r--   1 root root   547 Apr 11 05:43 Xmodmap
>
>
>Each time yum update is run, it leaves another symbolic link  to 
>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb, which is a symbolic link back to /etc/X11/xkb. A 
>listing of the actual xkb looks like this:
>
>drwxr-xr-x   2 root root   4096 Apr  9 20:43 compat
>-r--r--r--   1 root root    689 Apr  9 20:43 compat.dir
>lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root     20 Apr  9 20:44 compiled -> ../../../var/lib/xkb
>drwxr-xr-x   5 root root   4096 Apr  9 20:43 geometry
>-r--r--r--   1 root root   1965 Apr  9 20:43 geometry.dir
>drwxr-xr-x   4 root root   4096 Apr  9 20:43 keycodes
>-r--r--r--   1 root root   2250 Apr  9 20:43 keycodes.dir
>drwxr-xr-x   5 root root   4096 Apr  9 20:43 keymap
>-r--r--r--   1 root root   8576 Apr  9 20:43 keymap.dir
>-r--r--r--   1 root root    983 Apr  9 20:43 README
>-r--r--r--   1 root root   7448 Apr  9 20:43 README.config
>-r--r--r--   1 root root  23337 Apr  9 20:43 README.enhancing
>drwxr-xr-x   2 root root   4096 Apr  9 20:43 rules
>drwxr-xr-x   2 root root   4096 Apr  9 20:43 semantics
>drwxr-xr-x  12 root root   4096 Apr  9 20:43 symbols
>-r--r--r--   1 root root  27040 Apr  9 20:43 symbols.dir
>drwxr-xr-x   2 root root   4096 Apr  9 20:43 types
>-r--r--r--   1 root root    463 Apr  9 20:43 types.dir
>-rwxr-xr-x   1 root root 178867 Apr  9 20:43 xkbcomp
>
>
>
>The system seems normal in other respects, including the keyboard; the 
>only problem indications are the error box that appears on every login, 
>and the error message in yum. Advice? Thanks...
>
>rj
>
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