kxkb shows Err

[Pavel Avgustinov]

I have a similar problem, although the solution you describe doesn't 
work for me. the kxkb kicker icon displays "err" - I'm not sure what 
broke it, I *think* it happened after a dist-upgrade on my debian Sid 
install.  Keyboard model is entered correctly, as well as 2 layouts.

The strange thing is that clicking on the kxkb icon still switches the 
layout - but kxkb thinks something has gone wrong and displays the "err" 
instead of the flag.

Trying to run the layout switch commands in a shell results in the 
following error message:

pavel at helium:~$ setxkbmap -model pc105 -layout gb -variant basic
Error loading new keyboard description
pavel at helium:~$ setxkbmap -model pc105 -layout bg -variant phonetic
Error loading new keyboard description
pavel at helium:~$

But, once again, the layout is changed - inspite of the error indicated.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Regards,

--
Pavel Avgustinov



virtual persia wrote:

>Ok, I found the solution myself. I just had missed to choose a keyboard the. After 
>chosing "generic 105 keyboard" everything worked again. yet, that's an usability issue. 
>The other options should be greyed out before a keyboard type is chosen. 
>Software must be intelligent enough to compensate the stupidity of us users. 
> 
>momesana 
>  
>
>kde at mail.kde.org schrieb am 16.05.04 21:18:57: 
>  
>
>> 
>>Hi all,  
>>I have recently tried out the X window server from X.org (version 6.7.0) and  
>>needed to replace the existing /usr/X11R6 and /etc/x11 directories. But Of  
>>course I copied them to another location instead of overwriting them.  
>>  
>>Since I did't have any keymaps to choose from under the X.org server I  
>>decided to switch back and thus copied the original X server files back to  
>>their previous location.  
>>  
>>But since then, I cannot use the keymaps anymore. The Kxkb Icon shows an Err  
>>instead of the previous keymap-symbols. I recompiled Xfree, as well as kde  
>>in order to fix that problem but it was all in vain.  
>>  
>>The funny thing is that the setkbmap command shown for each of the keymaps  
>>perfektly works in the shell. I just enter them and press return and they  
>>take effect.  
>>  
>>Can anyone tell me how to solve this issue? Do I need to recompile any  
>>package to make kxkb work again?  
>>  
>>Please send a copy of your reply to momesana at yahoo.de  
>>  
>>Thanx in advance,  
>>momesana.  
>>
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