server-$DISPLAY.xkm no longer written?

[Daniel Stone]

On Fri, Aug 04, 2006 at 01:51:07PM +0300, Daniel Stone wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 04, 2006 at 12:40:55PM +0200, Stefan Dirsch wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 04, 2006 at 11:06:44AM +0300, Daniel Stone wrote:
> > > On Fri, Aug 04, 2006 at 09:44:29AM +0200, Stefan Dirsch wrote:
> > > > I'm using xorg-server 1.1.99.3 and noticed that server-0.xkm is no
> > > > longer written. When trying to load a keyboard layout, which does
> > > > *not* exist I see
> > > > 
> > > >   (EE) Error loading keymap /var/lib/xkb/compiled/server-0.xkm
> > > > 
> > > > in the Xserver logfile although I did specify
> > > > '--with-xkb-output=/var/lib/xkb/compiled' for building the Xserver.
> > > > and /var/lib/xkb/compiled directory does exist. Anyone who can
> > > > reproduce this issue?
> > > 
> > > Take a look at what xkbcomp's doing; if you pass --enable-debug, you
> > > might get a bunch of useful output.  You might not.
> > 
> > Thanks. This doesn't seem to be an option for xkbcomp. It's also not
> > an option for the Xserver. Using it as configure option for building
> > xkbcomp doesn't change anything. I didn't check yet if it changes
> > anything when using it as configure option for building the Xserver.
> 
> Hm, even in .3?  Odd.  Try passing CFLAGS="-DDEBUG" to configure,
> then.
> 
> > I'm not sure how the Xserver calls xkbcomp, when I'm doing e.g.
> > "setxkbmap de". So could give me a hint how I need to call xkbcomp
> > to reproduce this issue manually? Thanks.
> 
> Try setxkbmap -layout de | xkbcomp - :0

Sorry, that should be:
setxkbmap -layout de -print | xkbcomp - :0
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