Follow-up. I did a strace /usr/X11R6/bin/X 2>&1 | tee xorg.trace While greping through xorg.trace, I found write(12, "xkb_keymap \"default\" {\n xkb_k"..., 311) = 311 close(12The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports: > Warning: Type "ONE_LEVEL" has 1 levels, but <RALT> has 2 symbols > Ignoring extra symbols > Error: Cannot open "/var/lib/xkb/server-0.xkm" to write keyboard de scription > Exiting ) = 0
A quick look at /var/lib showed there was no /var/lib/xkb directory. Addind one solved the problem. May I suggest the xkb-data maintainers to ensure that there exist the right directory in order for xkbcomp to generate its keymap ? TIA Pascal Dupuis -- Dr. ir. Pascal Dupuis, conseiller technologique/technological advisor U. C. Louvain AC/ADRE : http://www.adre.ucl.ac.be/ Place de L'Université, 1; B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve Belgium Tél. +32-10-47 92 33; Fax +32-10-47 48 30