"XKB: Could not invoke xkbcomp" error

Fri Apr 5 11:44:48 UTC 2019

Hi !

>  [ 17041.467] (EE) XKB: Could not invoke xkbcomp
Could you please check wether x11-xkb-utils is installed on your system or
not ?

Best regards,
Samy Mahmoudi

Le ven. 5 avr. 2019 à 12:14, XJDHDR <xjdhdr.pue005 at gmail.com> a écrit :

> Good day
>
> I hope someone can help me out. I am trying to set up Xpra on my headless
> Ubuntu server but have been having problems. I managed to find a suggestion
> that I should run this command to first establish whether Xorg is working:
> Xorg -logfile /tmp/Xlog%s -config /etc/xpra/xorg.conf
>
> I am using Ubuntu 18.10 and X Server 1.20.1 (the latest version in
> Ubuntu's repositories)
>
> I did so but I just get a "XKB: Failed to compile keymap" message followed
> by a Keyboard initialization failure error and advice to check the log file
> at "/tmp/Xlog0" for additional information. The problem seems to start at
> the last 10 or so lines of the log file starting with a "XKB: Could not
> invoke xkbcomp" error. The only advice I've managed to find about this
> error is to install xkbcomp (x11-xkb-utils was automatically installed with
> xorg) and xkeyboard-config (xkb-data was also automatically installed).
>
> I would greatly appreciate any help I get  with this issue. Thanks!
>
> Here are the last 20 or so lines of "/tmp/Xlog0" (you can find the full
> log here: https://pastebin.com/RNabsEu8 ):
>
> [ 17041.103] (II) Initializing extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
> [ 17041.103] (II) Initializing extension XFree86-DGA
> [ 17041.103] (II) Initializing extension XFree86-DRI
> [ 17041.103] (II) Initializing extension DRI2
> [ 17041.467] (EE) XKB: Could not invoke xkbcomp
> [ 17041.472] (EE) XKB: Couldn't compile keymap
> [ 17041.472] (EE) XKB: Failed to load keymap. Loading default keymap
> instead.
> [ 17041.474] (EE) XKB: Could not invoke xkbcomp
> [ 17041.474] (EE) XKB: Couldn't compile keymap
> [ 17041.474] XKB: Failed to compile keymap
> [ 17041.474] Keyboard initialization failed. This could be a missing or
> incorrect setup of xkeyboard-config.
> [ 17041.474] (EE)
> Fatal server error:
> [ 17041.474] (EE) Failed to activate virtual core keyboard: 2(EE)
> [ 17041.475] (EE)
> Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
>          at http://wiki.x.org
>  for help.
> [ 17041.475] (EE) Please also check the log file at "/tmp/Xlog0" for
> additional information.
> [ 17041.475] (EE)
> [ 17041.476] (EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.
>
>
> If it helps, here are the contents of "/etc/xpra/xorg.conf":
>
> # This xorg configuration file is meant to be used by xpra
> # to start a dummy X11 server.
> # For details, please see:
> # https://xpra.org/Xdummy.html
>
> Section "ServerFlags"
>   Option "DontVTSwitch" "true"
>   Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "true"
>   Option "PciForceNone" "true"
>   Option "AllowEmptyInput" "true"
>   Option "AutoEnableDevices" "false"
>   Option "AutoAddDevices" "false"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
>   Identifier "dummy_videocard"
>   Driver "dummy"
>   DacSpeed 600
>   Option "ConstantDPI" "true"
>   #VideoRam 2048000
>   #VideoRam 1024000
>   #VideoRam 384000
>   VideoRam 256000
>   #VideoRam 192000
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
>   Identifier "dummy_monitor"
>   HorizSync   1.0 - 2000.0
>   VertRefresh 1.0 - 200.0
>   #To add your own modes here, use a modeline calculator, like:
>   # cvt:
>   # http://www.x.org/archive/X11R7.5/doc/man/man1/cvt.1.html
>   # xtiming:
>   # http://xtiming.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/xtiming.pl
>   # gtf:
>   # http://gtf.sourceforge.net/
>
>   #This can be used to get a specific DPI, but only for the default
> resolution:
>   #DisplaySize 508 317
>   #NOTE: the highest modes will not work without increasing the VideoRam
>   # for the dummy video card.
>   Modeline "8192x4096" 193.35 8192 8224 8952 8984 4096 4196 4200 4301
>     <snip long sequence of "Modeline" lines>
>
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
>   Identifier "dummy_screen"
>   Device "dummy_videocard"
>   Monitor "dummy_monitor"
>   DefaultDepth 24
>   SubSection "Display"
>     Viewport 0 0
>     Depth 8
>     #requires more ram:
>     #Modes "16000x15000" "15000x15000" "16384x8192"  ..
>     Modes "8192x4096" "5120x3200" "3840x2880" "3840x2560" "3840x2048"
> "3840x2160" "2048x2048" "2560x1600" "1920x1440" "1920x1200" "1920x108$
>     #Virtual 16384 16384
>     Virtual 8192 4096
>   EndSubSection
>   SubSection "Display"
>     Viewport 0 0
>     Depth 16
>     #requires more ram:
>     #Modes "16000x15000" "15000x15000" "16384x8192"  ..
>     Modes "8192x4096" "5120x3200" "3840x2880" "3840x2560" "3840x2048"
> "3840x2160" "2048x2048" "2560x1600" "1920x1440" "1920x1200" "1920x108$
>     #Virtual 16384 16384
>     Virtual 8192 4096
>   EndSubSection
>   SubSection "Display"
>     Viewport 0 0
>     Depth 24
>     #requires more ram:
>     #Modes "16000x15000" "15000x15000" "16384x8192"  ..
>     Modes "8192x4096" "5120x3200" "3840x2880" "3840x2560" "3840x2048"
> "3840x2160" "2048x2048" "2560x1600" "1920x1440" "1920x1200" "1920x108$
>     #Virtual 16384 16384
>     Virtual 8192 4096
>   EndSubSection
>   SubSection "Display"
>     Viewport 0 0
>     Depth 30
>     #requires more ram:
>     #Modes "16000x15000" "15000x15000" "16384x8192"  ..
>     Modes "8192x4096" "5120x3200" "3840x2880" "3840x2560" "3840x2048"
> "3840x2160" "2048x2048" "2560x1600" "1920x1440" "1920x1200" "1920x108$
>     #Virtual 16384 16384
>     Virtual 8192 4096
>   EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
> Section "ServerLayout"
>   Identifier   "dummy_layout"
>   Screen       "dummy_screen"
> EndSection
>
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