Package: xinit Version: 1.0.7-1 Severity: normal When running startx with a full /var I discovered ALT didn't work. I initially thought this was some higher level package like gtk or xfce that was causing the problem but in fact it was X and specifically startx which keeps going when xkbcomp fails.
I get a log like (copied by hand because /var was full): The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports: > Error: bad length in CompatMap > Output file "/var/tmp/server-0.xkm" removed Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server If I make some space on /var then everything works again. I would have thought it was preferable to stop X from starting in such situations or at least to make the error more obvious. -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.23 (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages xinit depends on: ii cpp 4:4.2.1-6 The GNU C preprocessor (cpp) ii libc6 2.7-1 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libx11-6 2:1.0.3-7 X11 client-side library ii x11-common 1:7.3+6 X Window System (X.Org) infrastruc xinit recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]