XGL/Compiz and keyboard layout switching

[Foxy]

Stavros Giannouris wrote:
> Στις Fri, 11 Aug 2006 12:29:30 +0100
> Ο/Η Foxy <foxy at on-the-hill.me.uk> έγραψε:
>
>   
>> I tried setxkbmap but it gives me error:
>>
>>     
>>> :~$ setxkbmap -layout 'gb,ru(winkeys)' -option
>>> "grp:ctrl_shift_toggle" Couldn't interpret _XKB_RULES_NAMES property
>>> Use defaults: rules - 'xorg' model - 'pc101' layout - 'us'
>>> Segmentation fault
>>>       
>> I looked for xkb and got nothing:
>>     
>>> xprop -root | grep XKB 
>>>       
>> Interesting that it happens only in xfce. In Gnome it works fine:
>>
>>     
> Gnome can (and in this case probably does) set the xkb layout
> indipendently from xorg.conf and can be set for each user, that's why it
> works there, I think.
>
> For the setxkb problem, it is the first time I see it, but if I read
> correctly, ru(winkeys) is the variant, so you can try  using the command
>
> 	setxkbmap -layout 'gb,ru' -variant ',winkeys' -option \
> 	"grp:ctrl_shift_toggle" 
>
> For the record, here is the command I used, and worked perfectly:
>
> 	setxkbmap -rules xorg -model pc105 -layout "us,el" -variant \
> 	"intl,extended" -option "grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll"
>
>   
No, it does not work for me as setxkbmap gives me a segfault. As I 
understand because xkb is not loaded for some reason.