Is anyone on the list on top of the problems surrounding the notorious
error message:


Error activating XKB configuration.

Probably internal X server problem.


X server version data:

The XFree86 Project, Inc

40300001

You are using XFree 4.3.0.

There are known problems with complex XKB configurations.

Try using simpler configuration or a newer version of the XFree software.

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/xkb



I was attempting to install a new keyboard map in
/etc/X11/xkb/symbols/pc. At first I got the message but was still able
to switch between keyboards from "Keyboard Preferences" and the applet
on the tray. Now I can only switch keyboards by this method logged in as
root and as user I can still issue:

setxkbmap <desired_keyboard>

I have not attempted to install xorg on Debian, so no problem there.

Naturally I've set everything (that I know about) back as it was before
my attempted keymap install.

At one point I was told that the X and Gnome configurations did not
match and I had to decide which to follow.

The end of /var/log/XFree86.0.log reads:

(II) Generic Mouse: ps2EnableDataReporting: succeeded
Error loading keymap /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/compiled/server-0.xkm
GetModeLine - scrn: 0 clock: 135000
GetModeLine - hdsp: 1280 hbeg: 1296 hend: 1440 httl: 1688
vdsp: 1024 vbeg: 1025 vend: 1028 vttl: 1066 flags: 5


/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/compiled is empty.