On 25 Jul 2023 09:17 -0500, from deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk (David Wright): >> unknown keysym 'dead_abovering' >> /etc/console-setup/cached_UTF-8_del.kmap:27: syntax error >> syntax error in map file >> key bindings not changed > > Anyway, my MO, probably including a bit of cargo-cult, would be to > quit X, then run both dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration and > dpkg-reconfigure console-setup, check that both /etc/default/keyboard > and console-setup look sane, and then reboot.
Cargo-cult or not, it seemed like a good idea; I didn't actually shut down X, but I did log out of my X session and did it from a text console, then verified that the configuration files looked reasonable before rebooting. Unfortunately it doesn't seem to have made any appreciable difference. What's even more odd is that I spun up a VM based on 12.0 upgraded to current, with the following in the preseed file: d-i debian-installer/language string en d-i debian-installer/country string SE d-i debian-installer/locale string en_US.UTF-8 d-i keyboard-configuration/xkb-keymap select se That one does not display any similar error on boot, and its /etc/default/console-setup and /etc/default/keyboard look functionally identical to what's on my main system, and /etc/console-setup/cached_UTF-8_del.kmap.gz (which my main system is clearly complaining about) has the same cksum including file size on both. -- Michael Kjörling 🔗 https://michael.kjorling.se “Remember when, on the Internet, nobody cared that you were a dog?”
