I've had issues wih the new X mainly due to the 6.9 still being in the repository, When installing the optional X parts, protocols and protocol-devs, I had to make sure that 6.9 was not in the version anywhere. This seemed to fix everything
On 4/16/06, Jean-Luc Coulon (f5ibh) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I've read everthing that have been posted about the keyboard problems. > As bug #362105 was marked solved, I decided to upgrade. > > Everything went (about) fine, problems was: > - x11-common 7.0.11 conflicts with xfs so the X server doesnt want to > start because the default fonts arent available. I've reverted to > 7.0.10 and reinstalled xfs. > - xbase-clients update postrm wants (seems to) to remove /usr/X11R6/bin > but failed because the directory was not empty. I've removed the > symlink to allow the upgrade... And reinstall the symlink then because > otherwise it was not possible to start X from gdm: > gdm_server_spawn: '/usr/X11R6/bin/X :0 -dpi 96 -audit 0 -auth > /var/lib/gdm/:0.Xauth -nolisten tcp vt7' > - And finally I managed to start gnome but I got the error message as > reported in #362105 > > > 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 > 70000000 > > 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 > > This seems to be harmless but I've lost my compose key and xmodmap is > not processed while it is in the session startup programs. I've also > some problems with so-called multimedia keys on my keyboard. > > Here are the data asked by the gnome popup: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] % xprop -root | grep XKB > _XKB_RULES_NAMES_BACKUP(STRING) = "xorg", "logiinkse", "fr-latin9", "", > "" > _XKB_RULES_NAMES(STRING) = "xorg", "logiinkse", "fr-latin9", "", "" > [EMAIL PROTECTED] % gconftool-2 -R > /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd > layouts = [] > model = > overrideSettings = false > options = [] > > I use the keyboard as defined in xorg.conf: > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Logitech Keyboard" > Driver "keyboard" > Option "CoreKeyboard" > Option "XkbRules" "xorg" > Option "XkbModel" "logiinkse" > Option "XkbLayout" "fr-latin9" > EndSection > > > Regards > > Jean-Luc > > >