I'm running FC3, and I'm seeing the same.
Don't remember seeing a reply to your query...
-Philip
Ralph Jones wrote:
Now this is getting weird. I've googled my way to several
statements
that this is a known bug, and can be fixed by symlinking xfree86* to
xorg* and changing the Xkbrules entry in xorg.conf from xfree86 to
xorg -- but those entries are already present in my installation and
I'm still getting the error. Ideas, anybody?
rj
At 04:25 PM 7/10/2005, you wrote:
> I've encountered this problem after my upgrade from FC3 to FC4:
>
> Gnome gives the following error box on login:
>
> ************BEGIN DIALOG BOX
> Error activating XKB configuration.
> It can happen under various circumstances:
> - a bug in libxklavier library
> - a bug in X server (xkbcomp, xmodmap utilities)
> - X server with incompatible libxkbfile implementation
>
> X server version data:
> The X.Org Foundation
> 60802000
>
> If you report this situation as a bug, please include:
> - The result of <b>xprop -root | grep XKB</b>
> - The result of <b>gconftool-2 -R
> /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd</b>
> ************END DIALOG BOX
>
> xprop produces:
>
> _XKB_RULES_NAMES_BACKUP(STRING) = "xorg", "pc105",
"us", "", ""
> _XKB_RULES_NAMES(STRING) = "xorg", "pc105", "us",
"", ""
>
>
> gconftool-2 produces NO output.
>
>
> yum update produces this:
>
> **********************BEGIN YUM OUTPUT
> Repository dries already added, not adding again
> Setting up Update Process
> Setting up repositories
> dries 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
> extras 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
> updates-released 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00
> base 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
> Reading repository metadata in from local files
> Resolving Dependencies
> --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
> ---> Package xorg-x11.i386 0:6.8.2-37 set to be updated
> --> Running transaction check
>
> Dependencies Resolved
>
> =============================================================================
>
> Package Arch Version Repository Size
> =============================================================================
>
> Updating:
> xorg-x11 i386 6.8.2-37 updates-released 14 M
>
> Transaction Summary
> =============================================================================
>
> Install 0 Package(s)
> Update 1 Package(s)
> Remove 0 Package(s)
> Total download size: 14 M
> Is this ok [y/N]: y
> Downloading Packages:
> Running Transaction Test
> Finished Transaction Test
> Transaction Test Succeeded
> Running Transaction
> Updating : xorg-x11 ######################### [1/2]
> error: unpacking of archive failed on file /etc/X11/xkb: cpio: rename
>
> Updated: xorg-x11.i386 0:6.8.2-37
> Complete!
> **********************************END YUM OUTPUT
>
>
> A partial listing of /etc/X11 looks like this:
>
> drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Jun 2 16:37 xinit
> drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4096 Apr 9 20:44 xkb
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 Jul 10 16:03 xkb;42d19b15 ->
> ../../usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 Jul 10 16:05 xkb;42d19bc1 ->
> ../../usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 547 Apr 11 05:43 Xmodmap
>
>
> Each time yum update is run, it leaves another symbolic link to
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb, which is a symbolic link back to
> /etc/X11/xkb. A listing of the actual xkb looks like this:
>
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 9 20:43 compat
> -r--r--r-- 1 root root 689 Apr 9 20:43 compat.dir
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Apr 9 20:44 compiled -> ../../../var/lib/xkb
> drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Apr 9 20:43 geometry
> -r--r--r-- 1 root root 1965 Apr 9 20:43 geometry.dir
> drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Apr 9 20:43 keycodes
> -r--r--r-- 1 root root 2250 Apr 9 20:43 keycodes.dir
> drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Apr 9 20:43 keymap
> -r--r--r-- 1 root root 8576 Apr 9 20:43 keymap.dir
> -r--r--r-- 1 root root 983 Apr 9 20:43 README
> -r--r--r-- 1 root root 7448 Apr 9 20:43 README.config
> -r--r--r-- 1 root root 23337 Apr 9 20:43 README.enhancing
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 9 20:43 rules
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 9 20:43 semantics
> drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 4096 Apr 9 20:43 symbols
> -r--r--r-- 1 root root 27040 Apr 9 20:43 symbols.dir
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 9 20:43 types
> -r--r--r-- 1 root root 463 Apr 9 20:43 types.dir
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 178867 Apr 9 20:43 xkbcomp
>
>
>
> The system seems normal in other respects, including the keyboard;
> the only problem indications are the error box that appears on every
> login, and the error message in yum. Advice? Thanks...
>
> rj
>
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