Package: gconf2 Version: 2.8.1-4 Severity: normal Tags: l10n
-- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i586) Kernel: Linux 2.6.11 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Versions of packages gconf2 depends on: ii libatk1.0-0 1.8.0-4 The ATK accessibility toolkit ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-20 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libgconf2-4 2.8.1-4 GNOME configuration database syste ii libglib2.0-0 2.6.3-1 The GLib library of C routines ii libgtk2.0-0 2.6.2-4 The GTK+ graphical user interface ii liborbit2 1:2.10.5-0.1 libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB ii libpango1.0-0 1.8.1-1 Layout and rendering of internatio ii libpopt0 1.7-5 lib for parsing cmdline parameters ii libxml2 2.6.16-3 GNOME XML library ii zlib1g 1:1.2.2-3 compression library - runtime -- no debconf information We are using gnome on machines whose XF86Config-4 correctly specifies the keyboard layout (gb), so that if you use a different window manager and don't use gnome software, you get the correct characters when you type. But with gnome-session it overrides the XF86 configured layout and reverts to the US keyboard. Each user can of course set this using the desktop preferences -> keyboard tool, but as we have a few thousand users, they find this very irritating. I have tried to override the false default by using the commands: # gconftool-2 --type string --set /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/xkb/layouts "gb" # gconftool-2 --type boolean --set /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/xkb/overrideSettings false But this appears to produce a further problem: when any user logs in, he gets an error message: Error activating XKB configuration. Probably internal X server problem. X server version data: The XFree86 Project, Inc 40300001 You are using XFree 4.3.0. There are known problems with complex XKB configurations. Try using simpler configuration or a newer version of the XFree software. 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/xkb I have given these commands and obtained the following results: # xprop -root | grep XKB _XKB_RULES_NAMES_BACKUP(STRING) = "xfree86", "pc105", "gb", "", "" _XKB_RULES_NAMES(STRING) = "xfree86", "pc105", "gb", "", "" # gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/xkb layouts = gb model = pc105 overrideSettings = false options = [] update_handlers = [] Because of this bug, we are currently discouraging users from using gnome-session. -- Owen [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]