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sonycdr

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Registered: 2009-01-30

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Keyboard initialization failed in the XFCE4 on Debian (Termux)

Hi!
Today, after the next standard packet updating in the XFCE4 on Debian, installed through Termux, I caught a strange and in no way soluble problem:

XKB: Failed to compile keymap
Keyboard initialization failed. This could be a missing or incorrect setup of xkeyboard-config.
(EE)
Fatal server error:
(EE) Failed to activate virtual core keyboard: 2(EE)
xfce4-session: Cannot open display: .
Type 'xfce4-session --help' for usage.

I suspect that some new xfce4 package updates conflict with the xkeyboard-config package, but this is only a version.
Please tell me, is there a solution to this problem or should I wait again until the developers see the error and release updated packages?

Last edited by sonycdr (2025-06-08 22:29:23)

Mx1337

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Registered: 2025-06-16

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Re: Keyboard initialization failed in the XFCE4 on Debian (Termux)

I am facing the same issue. Were you able to solve it?

sonycdr

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Registered: 2009-01-30

Posts: 135

Re: Keyboard initialization failed in the XFCE4 on Debian (Termux)

I am facing the same issue. Were you able to solve it?

Solution found on Github:

"If you have updated to xkeyboard-config 2.45, the proper workaround will be as following.

rm -rf $PREFIX/share/X11/xkb
ln -s $PREFIX/share/xkeyboard-config-2 $PREFIX/share/X11/xkb

The symlink was not created properly after the update. Looking into it...".

But I myself had previously solved the problem differently:

1) deleted xkeyboard-Config (and the XFCE4 automatically removed with this package)
2) again installed the xkeyboard-Config and XFCE4 (all the XFCE4 settings remained!).
3) reinstalled Termux X11.

The problem was solved.

Last edited by sonycdr (2025-06-22 10:39:56)