Comment 11 for bug 260647

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tokhi (shafi-tokhi) wrote : Re: [Bug 260647] Re: Afghanistan keyboard layouts can not be added

Thanks,
The problem been solved in 8.10 , now it works fine.

On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 2:42 PM, Adam Spain <email address hidden> wrote:

> The package in hardy-proposed fixes the error for me and the keyboard
> layouts seem to work, but feedback from other testers would be helpful.
>
> --
> Afghanistan keyboard layouts can not be added
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/260647
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of a duplicate bug.
>
> Status in "xkeyboard-config" source package in Ubuntu: Fix Released
> Status in xkeyboard-config in Ubuntu Dapper: Invalid
> Status in xkeyboard-config in Ubuntu Hardy: Fix Committed
> Status in xkeyboard-config in Ubuntu Intrepid: Fix Released
>
> Bug description:
> On Ubuntu 8.04
>
> I want to add Pashto layout, so when I click add and choose Afghanistan >
> Pashto or Pashto OLPC, it gives an error message and I cannot proceed.
>
> It is only for Pashto (all the layouts there in the Afghanistan category)
> and not for the other languages.
>
> The error message given is:
>
> "
> 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:
> The X.Org Foundation
> 10400090
>
> 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
> "
>
> and the results of the above commands are:
>
> - The result of xprop -root | grep XKB:
>
> "
> _XKB_RULES_NAMES_BACKUP(STRING) = "xorg", "pc105", "us", "", ""
> _XKB_RULES_NAMES(STRING) = "xorg", "pc105", "us", "", "grp:alts_toggle"
> "
>
> - The result of gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd
>
> "
> layouts = [us,af ps]
> model =
> options = [grp grp:alts_toggle]
> overrideSettings = true
> "
>

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Shafi tokhi