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Re: Failed to activate core device - Could not invoke xkbcomp
- From: Jon TURNEY <jon dot turney at dronecode dot org dot uk>
- To: cygwin-xfree <cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com>
- Cc: esvenva at hotmail dot com
- Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 18:09:58 +0100
- Subject: Re: Failed to activate core device - Could not invoke xkbcomp
- References: <SNT144-w2287DC6C3165AAC5D148AFB3560@phx.gbl> <SNT144-w655DEE75E6D1A9DBE7402AB3560@phx.gbl>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree <cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
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.
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Jon TURNEY
Volunteer Cygwin/X X Server maintainer
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