On Sun, Sep 16, 2007, Markus Schoder wrote: > Package: xkb-data > Version: 1.0~cvs.20070914-1 > Severity: normal > > The keyboard layout specified in xorg.conf (in my case de) with the > XkbLayout option is ignored. Instead I get what I think is the us > layout. > > I get the following error message in the Xorg log: > (WW) Couldn't load XKB keymap, falling back to pre-XKB keymap > > The problem as well as the message disappear if I either switch to the > old version of /usr/share/X11/xkb/keycodes/evdev or change the minimum > keycode setting back to 8 and remove the keycode mappings below 8. > > Just changing the minimum back to 1 will trigger the problem again.
Please could you try the following patch? Index: evdev =================================================================== --- evdev 2 Sep 2007 20:45:27 -0000 1.8 +++ evdev 14 Sep 2007 22:12:48 -0000 1.9 @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ // translation from evdev scancodes to something resembling xfree86 keycodes. default xkb_keycodes "evdev" { - minimum = 1; + minimum = 8; maximum = 255; # Added for pc105 compatibility @@ -279,12 +279,12 @@ <I253> = 253; // #define KEY_DISPLAY_OFF 245 // Fake keycodes for virtual keys - <MDSW> = 1; - <LVL3> = 2; - <ALT> = 3; - <META> = 4; - <SUPR> = 5; - <HYPR> = 6; + <LVL3> = 92; + <MDSW> = 203; + <ALT> = 204; + <META> = 205; + <SUPR> = 206; + <HYPR> = 207; indicator 1 = "Caps Lock"; indicator 2 = "Num Lock"; -- Mohammed Adnène Trojette