keyboard doesn't work under xorg
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | xkeyboard-config (Ubuntu) |
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: xkb-data
after dist-upgrade to edgy, the keyboard stop working. After getting rid of gdm, i managed to reproduced the error.
The xorg server starts successfuly, but without working keyboard. From logfile i got this.
error opening security policy file /usr/lib/
xkb_keycodes { include "xfree86+
xkb_types { include "complete" };
xkb_
xkb_symbols { include "pc(pc105)+us(cs)" };
xkb_geometry { include "pc(pc105)" };
expected keysym, got XF86_Switch_VT_1: line 8 of xfree86
expected keysym, got XF86_Switch_VT_2: line 11 of xfree86
expected keysym, got XF86_Switch_VT_3: line 14 of xfree86
expected keysym, got XF86_Switch_VT_4: line 17 of xfree86
expected keysym, got XF86_Switch_VT_5: line 20 of xfree86
expected keysym, got XF86_Switch_VT_6: line 23 of xfree86
expected keysym, got XF86_Switch_VT_7: line 26 of xfree86
expected keysym, got XF86_Switch_VT_8: line 29 of xfree86
expected keysym, got XF86_Switch_VT_9: line 32 of xfree86
expected keysym, got XF86_Switch_VT_10: line 35 of xfree86
expected keysym, got XF86_Switch_VT_11: line 38 of xfree86
expected keysym, got XF86_Switch_VT_12: line 41 of xfree86
expected keysym, got XF86_Ungrab: line 45 of xfree86
expected keysym, got XF86_ClearGrab: line 48 of xfree86
expected keysym, got XF86_Next_VMode: line 51 of xfree86
expected keysym, got XF86_Prev_VMode: line 54 of xfree86
The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
> Warning: Multiple interpretations of "NoSymbol+
> Using last definition for duplicate fields
> Warning: Multiple interpretations of "NoSymbol+
> Using last definition for duplicate fields
> Warning: Multiple interpretations of "NoSymbol+
> Using last definition for duplicate fields
> Warning: Multiple interpretations of "NoSymbol+
> Using last definition for duplicate fields
> Warning: Multiple interpretations of "NoSymbol+
> Using last definition for duplicate fields
> Warning: Multiple interpretations of "NoSymbol+
> Using last definition for duplicate fields
> Warning: Multiple interpretations of "NoSymbol+
> Using last definition for duplicate fields
> Warning: Multiple interpretations of "NoSymbol+
> Using last definition for duplicate fields
> Warning: Multiple interpretations of "NoSymbol+
> Using last definition for duplicate fields
> Warning: Multiple interpretations of "NoSymbol+
> Using last definition for duplicate fields
> Warning: Multiple interpretations of "NoSymbol+
> Using last definition for duplicate fields
> Warning: Multiple interpretations of "NoSymbol+
> Using last definition for duplicate fields
> Warning: Multiple interpretations of "NoSymbol+
> Using last definition for duplicate fields
> Warning: Multiple interpretations of "NoSymbol+
> Using last definition for duplicate fields
> Warning: Multiple interpretations of "NoSymbol+
> Using last definition for duplicate fields
expected keysym, got XF86_Switch_VT_1: line 52 of pc
Here is the part from my /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "SendCoreEvents"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
changing rules to xfree86 didn't help, changing Layout didn't work too.
Only solution i got, was running xorg with parm -kb (i found this hint on some forums with same problem happening with XFree86.
| Georgeino (georgeino) wrote : | #1 |
| description: | updated |
| Andre Noel (andrenoel) wrote : | #2 |
Same problem, but I made a clean install.
| Andre Noel (andrenoel) wrote : | #3 |
it works if downgraded to dapper xkeyboard-config.
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering is this still an issue for you? Can you try with latest Ubuntu release? Thanks in advance.
| Changed in xkeyboard-config: | |
| status: | New → Incomplete |
| Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton) wrote : | #5 |
No reply, closing the bug.
| Changed in xkeyboard-config: | |
| status: | Incomplete → Invalid |


oh, i was mistaken. Making the symlink obviously doesn't have any consequnces on this problem. So forget the second part :)