RE: Failed to activate core device - Could not invoke xkbcomp

RE: Failed to activate core device - Could not invoke xkbcomp

[esvenva]

Hello,

Yes I am aware this has been a reported problem, but nothing I have tried seems to work.  This is on a system that is NOT connected to the Internet, so direct cut-n-paste is not possible.

Physical setup - (4) Dell OptiPlex 980, each with dual monitor setup with dual switch boxes (one KVM box on each video output), DVI video output, USB mouse & keyboard input.  The "oldest" of these workstations is running an older cygwin 1.5 and it works just fine.

Cygwin/X Project
Release: 1.10.1.0
OS: Win XP SP3
Package: version 1.10.1-1 built 2011-04-22

I first experienced a problem with the download process when I ran setup and select download w/o installing.  No matter what location I selected it would go to 99%, then hit an error.  I was able to download individual sections without error so that is what I did until I had everything.

Once installed I tried to run "startx" but it throws 2 pop up windows one after another saying (1) "Failed to activate core device", (2) "Caught signal 11 (Segmentation fault) Server aborting.

Looking in the XWin.0.log shows:

  (EE) XKB: Could not invoke xkbcomp
  (EE) XKB: Couldn't compile keymap
  (EE) XKB: Failed to load keymap. Loading default keymap instead.
  (EE) XKB: Could not invoke xkbcomp
  (EE) XKB: Couldn't compile keymap
   XKB: Failed to compile keymap
   Keyboard initialization failed. This could be a missing or incorrect setup of xkeyboard-config.
   Fatal server error: Failed to activate core devices.


I then ran the following per the FAQ section:

cygcheck -c xkeyboard-config
Status - ok

/usr/bin/xkbcomp
Error:  No input file specified

cygcheck /usr/bin/xkbcomp
Returned 13 results - 1 exe, and 12 dll

ash rebaseall
Nothing seemed to change with cygwin, but most all of the files in the user directory for Exceed disappeared.
IE - \Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Hummingbird Connectivity\9.00\Exceed\....
Most of the *.kbf & *.kbt files were erased.  ??????
I was able to restore these from another copy on the system, it was just strange.


Any additional help would be great.  It looks to be related to the error when I try to run xkbcomp, but IDK.

Erin


 		 	   		   		 	   		  

--
Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html
Documentation:         http://x.cygwin.com/docs/
FAQ:                   http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/

Re: Failed to activate core device - Could not invoke xkbcomp

[Jon TURNEY]

On 28/06/2011 19:08, esvenva@hotmail.com wrote:
[snip]
>    Fatal server error: Failed to activate core devices.
> 
> 
> I then ran the following per the FAQ section:
> 
> cygcheck -c xkeyboard-config
> Status - ok
> 
> /usr/bin/xkbcomp
> Error:  No input file specified
> 
> cygcheck /usr/bin/xkbcomp
> Returned 13 results - 1 exe, and 12 dll

You seem to have skipped over where the Cygwin/X FAQ 9.16 points you at [1]

[1] http://cygwin.com/faq-nochunks.html#faq.using.bloda

> ash rebaseall
> Nothing seemed to change with cygwin, but most all of the files in the user directory for Exceed disappeared.
> IE - \Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Hummingbird Connectivity\9.00\Exceed\....
> Most of the *.kbf & *.kbt files were erased.  ??????
> I was able to restore these from another copy on the system, it was just strange.
> 
> 
> Any additional help would be great.  It looks to be related to the error when I try to run xkbcomp, but IDK.

You might like to try the recently released X server 1.10.2-1, which does
contain a workaround which is supposed to help in this situation.

-- 
Jon TURNEY
Volunteer Cygwin/X X Server maintainer

--
Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html
Documentation:         http://x.cygwin.com/docs/
FAQ:                   http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/