xkbcomp warnings when starting OOo

[Martin Wilke]

maybe u should ask xorg dev's :>

On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 5:52 PM, Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy at acm.org> wrote:

> I've just noticed that whenever I open a document in OOo, I get the
> warnings below (from xkbcomp) in /var/log/xdm.log.  I initially
> thought this was new with Xorg 7.5.1 but I've had a look back thru
> my backups and found this existed with Xorg Server 1.6.1.
>
> I've done some ktracing and rummaging through the sources and found
> that xkbcomp is being run from
> xorg-server-1.7.7/xkb/ddxLoad.c:XkbDDXCompileKeymapByNames(), though
> I'm not sure what it triggering it.  The Xserver writes the keymap
> description to xkbcomp which writes the compiled map into
> /usr/local/share/X11/xkb/compiled/$hostname-0.xkm which the Xserver
> then reads and deletes.  The offending part of the keymap description
> looks like the xkb_geometry "pc105" section of
> /usr/local/share/X11/xkb/geometry/pc but all the shape names have been
> removed.
>
> The shape descriptions are written by
> xorg-server-1.7.7/xkb/xkbout.c:XkbWriteXKBGeometry() - which does
> attempt to write names using XkbAtomText().  At this stage, I'm
> not sure why the relevant names don't exist.
>
> Does anyone know:
> - why OOo is triggering these messages
> - why the Xserver isn't reporting the relevant names
> - any fix?
>
> Warning message:
>
> The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
> > Warning:          Duplicate shape name ""
> >                   Using last definition
> > Warning:          Duplicate shape name ""
> >                   Using last definition
> > Warning:          Duplicate shape name ""
> >                   Using last definition
> > Warning:          Duplicate shape name ""
> >                   Using last definition
> > Warning:          Duplicate shape name ""
> >                   Using last definition
> > Warning:          Duplicate shape name ""
> >                   Using last definition
> > Warning:          Duplicate shape name ""
> >                   Using last definition
> > Warning:          Duplicate shape name ""
> >                   Using last definition
> > Warning:          Duplicate shape name ""
> >                   Using last definition
> > Warning:          Duplicate shape name ""
> >                   Using last definition
> > Warning:          Duplicate shape name ""
> >                   Using last definition
> > Warning:          Duplicate shape name ""
> >                   Using last definition
> > Warning:          Duplicate shape name ""
> >                   Using last definition
> > Warning:          Duplicate shape name ""
> >                   Using last definition
> > Warning:          Multiple doodads named ""
> >                   Using first definition
> > Warning:          Multiple doodads named ""
> >                   Using first definition
> > Warning:          Multiple doodads named ""
> >                   Using first definition
> > Warning:          Multiple doodads named ""
> >                   Using first definition
> > Warning:          Multiple doodads named ""
> >                   Using first definition
> > Warning:          Multiple doodads named ""
> >                   Using first definition
> Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server
>
> --
> Peter Jeremy
>



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