Package: xlibs Version: 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 Severity: important Setting the xkbmap to dvorak fails with error:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ setxkbmap dvorak Error loading new keyboard description though the initial setting of the keyboard at X startup is done correctly. The relevant fragment of the XF86Config-4 is: Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Generic Keyboard" Driver "keyboard" Option "CoreKeyboard" Option "XkbRules" "xfree86" Option "XkbModel" "macintosh" Option "XkbLayout" "dvorak" EndSection This problems indirectly affects the GKB GNOME keboard switching applet, and probably other similar utilities. It seems the problem might be related to missing symbol definitions [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls /etc/X11/xkb/symbols/macintosh/ de de_CH dk es fi fr fr_CH gb it nl no pt se us Creating a symlink for the dvorak symbols fixes the problem. The correct fix is probably something completely different, but that may help you track and fix the problem. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cd /etc/X11/xkb/symbols/macintosh/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc/X11/xkb/symbols/macintosh$ sudo ln -s ../dvorak Then things work fine: [EMAIL PROTECTED] setxkbmap dvorak [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Package-specific info: Keyboard-related contents of XFree86 X server log file /var/log/XFree86.0.log: (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4" (==) ServerLayout "Default Layout" (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen" (0) (**) | |-->Monitor "iBook Panel" (**) | |-->Device "Ati Radeon Mobility" (**) |-->Input Device "Generic Keyboard" (**) Option "XkbRules" "xfree86" (**) XKB: rules: "xfree86" (**) Option "XkbModel" "macintosh" (**) XKB: model: "macintosh" (**) Option "XkbLayout" "dvorak" (**) XKB: layout: "dvorak" (==) Keyboard: CustomKeycode disabled (**) |-->Input Device "Configured Mouse" (WW) No FontPath specified. Using compiled-in default. (WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/" does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (==) FontPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/" -- (II) RADEON(0): Direct rendering enabled (==) RandR enabled (II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM (II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension (II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST (II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD (II) Initializing built-in extension LBX (II) Initializing built-in extension XC-APPGROUP (II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY (II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA (II) Initializing built-in extension XFree86-Bigfont (II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER (II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR (II) Keyboard "Generic Keyboard" handled by legacy driver (**) Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2" (**) Configured Mouse: Protocol: "ImPS/2" (**) Option "CorePointer" (**) Configured Mouse: Core Pointer (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" -- GetModeLine - hdsp: 1024 hbeg: 1040 hend: 1136 httl: 1312 vdsp: 768 vbeg: 769 vend: 772 vttl: 800 flags: 5 GetModeLine - scrn: 0 clock: 78800 GetModeLine - hdsp: 1024 hbeg: 1040 hend: 1136 httl: 1312 vdsp: 768 vbeg: 769 vend: 772 vttl: 800 flags: 5 Error loading keymap /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/compiled/server-0.xkm Error loading keymap /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/compiled/server-0.xkm Keyboard-related contents of XFree86 X server log file /var/log/XFree86.1.log: (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4" (==) ServerLayout "Default Layout" (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen" (0) (**) | |-->Monitor "iBook Panel" (**) | |-->Device "Ati Radeon Mobility" (**) |-->Input Device "Generic Keyboard" (**) Option "XkbRules" "xfree86" (**) XKB: rules: "xfree86" (**) Option "XkbModel" "macintosh" (**) XKB: model: "macintosh" (**) Option "XkbLayout" "dvorak" (**) XKB: layout: "dvorak" (==) Keyboard: CustomKeycode disabled (**) |-->Input Device "Configured Mouse" (WW) No FontPath specified. Using compiled-in default. (WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/" does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (==) FontPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/" -- (II) RADEON(0): Direct rendering disabled (II) Setting vga for screen 0. (II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM (II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension (II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST (II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD (II) Initializing built-in extension LBX (II) Initializing built-in extension XC-APPGROUP (II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY (II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA (II) Initializing built-in extension XFree86-Bigfont (II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER (II) Keyboard "Generic Keyboard" handled by legacy driver (**) Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2" (**) Configured Mouse: Protocol: "ImPS/2" (**) Option "CorePointer" (**) Configured Mouse: Core Pointer (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" XFree86 X server log files on system: -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 38382 Mar 2 00:52 /var/log/XFree86.1.log -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 53345 Jun 18 11:33 /var/log/XFree86.0.log -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: powerpc (ppc) Kernel: Linux 2.6.6-powerpc Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C Versions of packages xlibs depends on: ii libice6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 Inter-Client Exchange library ii libsm6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 X Window System Session Management ii libx11-6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 X Window System protocol client li ii libxext6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 X Window System miscellaneous exte ii libxft1 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 FreeType-based font drawing librar ii libxi6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 X Window System Input extension li ii libxmu6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 X Window System miscellaneous util ii libxmuu1 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 lightweight X Window System miscel ii libxp6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 X Window System printing extension ii libxpm4 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 X pixmap library ii libxrandr2 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 X Window System Resize, Rotate and ii libxt6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 X Toolkit Intrinsics ii libxtrap6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 X Window System protocol-trapping ii libxtst6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 X Window System event recording an ii xlibs-data 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 X Window System client data -- no debconf information