From hlarons@ComCAT.COM Thu Jun 18 18:19:25 1998
From: hlarons@ComCAT.COM
To: users@lists.opensuse.org
Subject: [S.u.S.E. Linux] Re: Non Fatal Error from XServer
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 14:19:25 -0400
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Some time ago Michael Burghart wrote to this list:
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> Dear Howard..
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> On Thu, 4 Jun 1998, Howard Arons wrote:
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> > I used XF86config to set up my svga XServer, and the server
> > seems to run OK, as does fvwm2 and fvwm95. However, when I
> > inspect the server log message, I find two puzzling items:
> >
> > Item 1. What does this mean (line breaks are arbitrary)? How can
> > I prevent it? Should I even be concerned? If I disable the xkb
> > option I can't use e.g. my backspace key any longer.
> >
> >  System: `/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/xkbcomp -w
> > 1-R/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb -xkm -m us -em1 "The XKEYBOARD keymap
> > compiler (xkbcomp) reports: " -emp "> " -eml "Errors from xkbcomp
> > are not fatal to the X server" keymap/xfree86
> > /var/tmp/xfree86.xkm' tail: no process killed
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> this "bug" is known..I attach a file from our SDB to the end of the
> mail..;)
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> > Item 2. The XServer reports that I have specified a 3 button
> > mouse. This is wrong--I specified a Microsoft 2-button mouse,
> > which is what I have.
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> Then you need to setup X correctly..obviously you have installed a three
> button mouse..

Well, I'm not sure thsi helps. My X86Config file lists a 2-button MS
mouse. So what's to reconfig?=20

> Xkeyboard Compiler (xkbcomp) announces an
> error
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> Symptom:
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> After having installed a new X server (e.g. xsvga.rpm von
> <A HREF=3D"ftp://ftp.suse.com"><A HREF=3D"ftp://ftp.suse.com</A">ftp://ftp.=
suse.com</A</A>>) you have configured your keyboard. Then
> you start X and get an error message like:
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> Error: Cannot open "/var/X11R6/xkb/compiled/server-0.xkm"
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> Cause:
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> The directory /var/X11R6/xkb/compiled is packed in xf86.rpm
> which you haven't updated. The X keyboard compiler resists that this
> directory exists even if it's empty. That's why you get this error
> message.
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> Solution:
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> If this directory doesn't exist you need to create it. This has to be
> done as user root:
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>=20
> mkdir -p /var/X11R6/xkb/compiled

This directory already exists (and is empty). Any other ideas? Anyone?

Howard Arons

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