[Bug 19947] xkbcomp-1.0.5: Group width mismatch between key and type

Martin MOKREJŠ mmokrejs at ribosome.natur.cuni.cz
Sun Feb 22 10:26:21 PST 2009


Dan Nicholson wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 11:15 AM, Martin MOKREJŠ
> <mmokrejs at ribosome.natur.cuni.cz> wrote:
>>  I don't know the internals of xorg server, so ... I am puzzled why
>> the /usr/bin/xkbcomp is being called twice, as logged in Xorg.0.log.
>> I even cannot find the file to existing for teh currently running
>> instance:
> 
> The server pipes xkb source data to xkbcomp, which outputs a compile
> .xkm file. The server then loads the file and destroys it. It happens
> twice because once is the keymap for the core keyboard, and once is
> the keymap for the device. Hopefully one day this interaction can suck
> less, but my guess is that your bug lies elsewhere in XKB.

Thanks Dan, actually it seems it is called always when I go a console
mode from X or while returning (ctrl+alt+F[0-6] or alt+F7). After a while
I see it simply multiple times.

Probably the problem is with my keyboard map then. Lets see who else can
speak up. ;-)

-- 
Martin




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