FS#3559 - GNOME: Keyboard stops working after upgrade

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Sascha Erni (nggalai) - Friday, 02 December 2005, 07:45 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To arjan timmerman (blaasvis)
Architecture not specified
Severity High
Priority Normal
Reported Version 0.7 Wombat
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

I did a pacman -Syu on 1-dec-05, which updated most of my GNOME packages. Now, my Microsoft keyboard (connected with a PS/2 plug) doesn't work under GNOME any longer. It works fine in Windowmaker, but not in GNOME. Starting gnome-sessions-daemon in Windowmaker stopps the keyboard, too. So I guess it's a problem with GNOME's keyboard settings.

Both existing and newly added user exhibit this problem.
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Closed by  arjan timmerman (blaasvis)
Wednesday, 07 December 2005, 09:09 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Comment by arjan timmerman (blaasvis) - Friday, 02 December 2005, 09:47 GMT
well... i can reproduce this.
there is a workaround. try setting your keyboard to a "Generic" keyboard layout. logout and login, this should make your keyboard work again.
Comment by Sascha Erni (nggalai) - Friday, 02 December 2005, 10:41 GMT
Thanks, I'll try that.

Here's the error message I get when starting gnome-settings-daemon:

[rb@karoshi ~] $ /opt/gnome/libexec/gnome-settings-daemon
[1133519871,000,xklavier.c:XklStartListen/] The backend does not require manual layout management - but it is provided by the application[1133519872,000,xklavier_config_xkb.c:_XklConfigGetKeyboard/] Could not open the temporary xkm file /tmp/fileg0ER2Q

** (gnome-settings-daemon:4924): WARNING **: Could not activate the XKB configuration
Comment by arjan timmerman (blaasvis) - Friday, 02 December 2005, 11:07 GMT
http://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=19685

seems this is the same trouble...
Patched version of libxklavier is commin soon

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