Bug#407795: libxklavier: Error during activation of the XKB configuration -> only USA keymap available.

[Sven Luther]

Package: libxklavier
Version: 2.2-4
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable


Hi, ...

Since a few days, after the upgrade fo my etch system, i am unable to change
the keymap with the gnome keymap applet.

When relaunching the X server, i get a dialog which says (sorry for french) :

 Erreur lors de l'activation de la configuration XKB.
Cela peut arriver pour plusieurs raisons :
- un bogue dans la bibliothèque libxklavier
- un bogue dans le serveur X (xkbcomp, utilitaires xmodmap)
- serveur X avec une implémentation de libxkbfile incompatible

Données de version du serveur X :
The X.Org Foundation
70101000

Si vous rapportez cette situation comme une anomalie, veuillez inclure :
- Le résultat de xprop -root | grep XKB
- Le résultat de gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd 

I provide the following info : 

  sven at tael:~$ dpkg -l | grep libxkbfile
ii  libxkbfile1                     1.0.3-2                             X11 keyboard file manipulation library
sven at tael:~$ dpkg -l | grep xmodmap
sven at tael:~$ dpkg -l | grep xserver
ii  xserver-xorg                    7.1.0-10                            the X.Org X server
ii  xserver-xorg-core               1.1.1-15                            X.Org X server -- core server
ii  xserver-xorg-input-all          7.1.0-10                            the X.Org X server -- input driver metapackage
ii  xserver-xorg-input-evdev        1.1.2-6                             X.Org X server -- evdev input driver
ii  xserver-xorg-input-kbd          1.1.0-4                             X.Org X server -- keyboard input driver
ii  xserver-xorg-input-mouse        1.1.1-3                             X.Org X server -- mouse input driver
ii  xserver-xorg-input-synaptics    0.14.6-1				Synaptics TouchPad driver for X.Org/XFree86 server
ii  xserver-xorg-input-wacom        0.7.4.1-5                           X.Org X server -- wacom input driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-all          7.1.0-10                            the X.Org X server -- output driver metapackage
ii  xserver-xorg-video-ati          6.6.3-2                             X.Org X server -- ATI display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-chips        1.1.1-4                             X.Org X server -- Chips display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-fbdev        0.3.1-1                             X.Org X server -- fbdev display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-glint        1.1.1-3                             X.Org X server -- Glint display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-imstt        1.1.0-3                             X.Org X server -- IMSTT display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-mga          1.4.4.dfsg.1-2                      X.Org X server -- MGA display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-nv           1.2.0-3                             X.Org X server -- NV display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-s3           0.4.1-5                             X.Org X server -- legacy S3 display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-s3virge      1.9.1-3                             X.Org X server -- S3 ViRGE display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-savage       2.1.2-3                             X.Org X server -- Savage display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-sis          0.9.1-4                             X.Org X server -- SiS display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-sisusb       0.8.1-3                             X.Org X server -- SiS USB display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-tdfx         1.3.0-1                             X.Org X server -- tdfx display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-trident      1.2.3-1                             X.Org X server -- Trident display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-v4l          0.1.1-3                             X.Org X server -- Video 4 Linux display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-vga          4.1.0-3                             X.Org X server -- VGA display driver
sven at tael:~$ dpkg -l | grep libxklavier
ii  libxklavier10                   2.2-4                               X Keyboard Extension high-level API

$  xprop -root | grep XKB
_XKB_RULES_NAMES_BACKUP(STRING) = "xorg", "macintosh", "us", "", ""
_XKB_RULES_NAMES(STRING) = "xorg", "macintosh", "us", "", ""

$ gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd
 layouts = [us  intl,us]
 model =
 options = [grp grp:alts_toggle]
 overrideSettings = true

This is a titanium powerbook, with an US keymap, but i use the version with
dead-keys to get the french accented letters, which i absolutely need for
work.

This is the second time that this problem appears, previously it miracoulously
dissapeared after a few weeks, but it is again broken and neither rebooting
the X server nor the whole system helped. I suspect it may be some
in-compatibility between versions somewhere, but then there is a problem with
the testing scripts, or whatever, which i believe the RMs should know about.

Thus i make this bug report of RC severity, and also because, well, being
unable to use the national keyboards is a RC bug in my opinion, and need to be
fixed before the release of etch.

This may be related to :

  5) #399974: libxklavier -unable to switch to national keyboard

not sure, but he made no mention of the dialog, so it may be another issue,
thus filing a separate bug report.

Friendly,

Sven Luther

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: powerpc (ppc)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-3-powerpc
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)