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
