Hello, I've tried last xkeyboard-config 0.9-3 package (with a test patch to add a new french Dvorak definition) on a fresh Etch installand I found the same problem : gnome-keyboard-properties didn't show any keyboard models nor possible layouts.
The problem comes from usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/xorg.xml which contains "<" and ">" in descriptions, instead of "<" and ">". You can find at http://fboiteux.free.fr/DvorakFr/Layout6.2.1.1/xkb/xorg.xml a corrected file, and I join a patch if it can help, but I'm not sure, as I think it's a generated file... with regards, Frédéric Boiteux
--- xkeyboard-config-0.9-3.Dvorak-FR/debian/xkb-data/usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/xorg.xml 2006-10-19 15:00:59.000000000 +0200 +++ xorg.xml.ok 2006-10-19 21:49:32.000000000 +0200 @@ -4944,7 +4944,7 @@ <description xml:lang="hu">»Csúcsos« idézÅjelek használata idézetekhez</description> <description xml:lang="ka">á¤á áááá£áá áá áá§áááááá¡, áá áá§áááááá ááááá§ááááá</description> <description xml:lang="ru">ÐÑполÑзоваÑÑ ÑÑанÑÑзÑкие кавÑÑки как кавÑÑки</description> - <description xml:lang="sl">Dvojni <> (guillemets) namesto navednic</description> + <description xml:lang="sl">Dvojni <> (guillemets) namesto navednic</description> <description xml:lang="tr">Tırnakların yerine açılı ayraçlar kullanılır</description> </configItem> </variant> @@ -5493,7 +5493,7 @@ <description xml:lang="hu">»Csúcsos« idézÅjelek használata idézetekhez</description> <description xml:lang="ka">á¤á áááá£áá áá áá§áááááá¡, áá áá§áááááá ááááá§ááááá</description> <description xml:lang="ru">ÐÑполÑзоваÑÑ ÑÑанÑÑзÑкие кавÑÑки как кавÑÑки</description> - <description xml:lang="sl">Dvojni <> (guillemets) namesto navednic</description> + <description xml:lang="sl">Dvojni <> (guillemets) namesto navednic</description> <description xml:lang="tr">Tırnakların yerine açılı ayraçlar kullanılır</description> </configItem> </variant> @@ -10183,7 +10183,7 @@ <description xml:lang="hu">»Csúcsos« idézÅjelekkel</description> <description xml:lang="ka">áá áááá£áá áá áá§áááááá</description> <description xml:lang="ru">С ÑÑанÑÑзÑкими кавÑÑками</description> - <description xml:lang="sl">Z dvojnimi <> (Guillemots)</description> + <description xml:lang="sl">Z dvojnimi <> (Guillemots)</description> <description xml:lang="tr">Açılı ayraçlarla</description> </configItem> </variant> @@ -10195,7 +10195,7 @@ <description xml:lang="hu">Latin, »csúcsos« idézÅjelekkel</description> <description xml:lang="ka">áááááá£á á á¤á áááá£áá áá áá§áááááá</description> <description xml:lang="ru">ÐаÑинÑÐºÐ°Ñ Ñ ÑÑанÑÑзÑкими кавÑÑками</description> - <description xml:lang="sl">Latinska z dvojnimi <> (Guillemots)</description> + <description xml:lang="sl">Latinska z dvojnimi <> (Guillemots)</description> <description xml:lang="tr">Açılı ayraçlarla Latin</description> </configItem> </variant> @@ -10259,7 +10259,7 @@ <description xml:lang="hu">»Csúcsos« idézÅjelek használata idézetekhez</description> <description xml:lang="ka">á¤á áááá£áá áá áá§áááááá¡, áá áá§áááááá ááááá§ááááá</description> <description xml:lang="ru">ÐÑполÑзоваÑÑ ÑÑанÑÑзÑкие кавÑÑки как кавÑÑки</description> - <description xml:lang="sl">Dvojni <> (guillemets) namesto navednic</description> + <description xml:lang="sl">Dvojni <> (guillemets) namesto navednic</description> <description xml:lang="tr">Tırnakların yerine açılı ayraçlar kullanılır</description> </configItem> </variant>