Re: FC1 -> FC3 ,gnome, "Error activating XKB configuration"

[Henry Leparskas <hlepar@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

A google found me a quick fix by Bob Loblaw:

In /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/rules, make a sym link:

ln -s xorg.lst xfree86.lst

Thanks Bob.



> I did an upgrade of FC1 -> FC3 on a P4, Intel845 board, Rage 128, PS2 mouse 
> and PS2 pc105 keyboard.
>
> Trying to run the gnome desktop gives the error:
>
> "Error activating XKB configuration"
> "Probably internal X server problem"
> "XServer version data: Xorg Foundation 60801000
> "If you report this, include results of:
> "	xprop -root | grep XKB"
> "and    gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/xkb"
>
> The result of the 'xprop' is;
> _XKB_RULES_NAMES_BACKUP(STRING)="xorg","pc105","us","",""
> _XKB_RULES_NAMES(STRING)="xorg","pc105","us","",""
>
> Regarding the second command that is suggested, I assume it means to look in 
> '~/.gconf/gnome/peripherals/keyboard.'
> I notice there is only a 'xkb.backup' file there.
>
> ---------
>
> Note, while I am not a 'KDB' user, that desktop runs just fine.
>
> Has anyone else encountered this?
>
> Thanks,
> 	Henry Leparskas