I have just installed (with kikstart) centOS6.4 on a PC which was previously running OpenSUSE (11.x). This PC has an apple keyboard and I'm unable to setup this keyboard. In .xsession-errors I get this messages :
Error: No Symbols named "latin9" in the include file "macintosh_vndr/fr" Exiting Abandoning symbols file "(null)"
** (gnome-settings-daemon:8160): WARNING **: Could not activate the XKB configuration Error: No Symbols named "latin9" in the include file "macintosh_vndr/fr" Exiting Abandoning symbols file "(null)"
** (gnome-settings-daemon:8160): WARNING **: Could not activate the XKB configuration
Google found on a RedHat forum that it seams to be an old known bug but do not find any update or workaround. I've several PC using Apple keyboards as users have also Apple laptops and they do not want to work with two different keyboards.
Thanks for your help or advices.
Patrick
From: Patrick Bégou Patrick.Begou@legi.grenoble-inp.fr
I have just installed (with kikstart) centOS6.4 on a PC which was previously running OpenSUSE (11.x). This PC has an apple keyboard and I'm unable to setup this keyboard. In .xsession-errors I get this messages :
Error: No Symbols named "latin9" in the include file "macintosh_vndr/fr" Exiting Abandoning symbols file "(null)"
** (gnome-settings-daemon:8160): WARNING **: Could not activate the XKB configuration Error: No Symbols named "latin9" in the include file "macintosh_vndr/fr" Exiting Abandoning symbols file "(null)"
** (gnome-settings-daemon:8160): WARNING **: Could not activate the XKB configuration
What do you have in these files? /etc/sysconfig/keyboard /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/*
Maybe retry system-setup-keyboard?
JD
Hi John,
I'm working from home today so I've ask the phd student to launch a PXE boot for a new full kikstart install with a PC keyboard and then try to configure the apple keyboard by hand. See the answers to your questions below.
John Doe a écrit :
From: Patrick Bégou Patrick.Begou@legi.grenoble-inp.fr
I have just installed (with kikstart) centOS6.4 on a PC which was previously running OpenSUSE (11.x). This PC has an apple keyboard and I'm unable to setup this keyboard. In .xsession-errors I get this messages :
Error: No Symbols named "latin9" in the include file "macintosh_vndr/fr" Exiting Abandoning symbols file "(null)"
** (gnome-settings-daemon:8160): WARNING **: Could not activate the XKB configuration Error: No Symbols named "latin9" in the include file "macintosh_vndr/fr" Exiting Abandoning symbols file "(null)"
** (gnome-settings-daemon:8160): WARNING **: Could not activate the XKB configuration
What do you have in these files?
The PC is re-installed with a standard keyboard this morning and I have now:
/etc/sysconfig/keyboard
KEYTABLE="fr-latin9" MODEL="pc105" LAYOUT="fr" KEYBOARDTYPE="pc" VARIANT="latin9"
/etc/X11/xorg.conf
Doesn't exist
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/*
Empty directory
Maybe retry system-setup-keyboard?
It was the idea this morning: restart with a fresh install and a standard pc keyboard and switch to the apple one after. But when selecting the apple keyboard in system-setup-keyboard menu I get:
Error activating XKB configuration. It can happen under various circumstances: - a bug in libxklavier library - a bug in X server (xkbcomp, xmodmap utilities) - X server with incompatible libxkbfile implementation
X server version data: CentOS 11300000
If you report this situation as a bug, please include: - The result of xprop -root | grep XKB - The result of gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd
So it is possible to work on the PC with the standard french PC keyboard but still not possible to use the apple keyboard.
Patrick
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