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post the content of /etc/X11/xorg.conf 
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also, check this out: <a href="http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=54015" rel="ugc">http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=54015</a>
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I've actually read and looked into the options on that forum probably 10 times already. :-) Still no luck. 
 
I've tried using setxkbmap, and all it does is tell me &quot;Error loading new keyboard description&quot;. 
 
Also, I'm running Arch in VirtualBox if that makes a difference. 
 
Here's the content of my xorg.conf file 

<pre><code class="code-10 nolinks" id="code-265395">Section &quot;ServerLayout&quot;
	Identifier &quot;X.org Configured&quot;
	Screen 0 &quot;Screen0&quot; 0 0
	InputDevice &quot;Mouse0&quot; &quot;CorePointer&quot;
	InputDevice &quot;Keyboard0&quot; &quot;CoreKeyboard&quot;
EndSection
 
Section &quot;Files&quot;
	ModulePath &quot;/usr/lib/xorg/modules&quot;
	FontPath &quot;/usr/share/fonts/misc&quot;
	FontPath &quot;/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled&quot;
	FontPath &quot;/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled&quot;
	FontPath &quot;/usr/share/fonts/TTF&quot;
	FontPath &quot;/usr/share/fonts/Type1&quot;
EndSection
 
Section &quot;Module&quot;
	Load &quot;extmod&quot;
	Load &quot;dri&quot;
	Load &quot;dbe&quot;
	Load &quot;xtrap&quot;
	Load &quot;glx&quot;
	Load &quot;freetype&quot;
EndSection
 
Section &quot;InputDevice&quot;
	Identifier &quot;Keyboard0&quot;
	Driver &quot;kbd&quot;
EndSection
 
Section &quot;InputDevice&quot;
	Identifier &quot;Mouse0&quot;
	Driver &quot;mouse&quot;
	Option	 &quot;Protocol&quot; &quot;auto&quot;
	Option	 &quot;Device&quot; &quot;/dev/input/mice&quot;
	Option	 &quot;ZAxisMapping&quot; &quot;4 5 6 7&quot;
EndSection
 
Section &quot;Monitor&quot;
	Identifier &quot;Monitor0&quot;
	VendorName &quot;Monitor Vendor&quot;
	ModelName &quot;Monitor Model&quot;
	HorizSync 30.0 - 130.0
	VertRefresh 50.0 - 100.0
EndSection
 
Section &quot;Device&quot;
 ### Available Driver options are:-
 ### Values: &lt;i&gt;: integer, &lt;f&gt;: float, &lt;bool&gt;: &quot;True&quot;/&quot;False&quot;,
 ### &lt;string&gt;: &quot;String&quot;, &lt;freq&gt;: &quot;&lt;f&gt; Hz/kHz/MHz&quot;
 ### [arg]: arg optional
	Identifier &quot;Card0&quot;
	Driver &quot;vboxvideo&quot;
	VendorName &quot;InnoTek Systemberatung GmbH&quot;
	BoardName &quot;VirtualBox Graphics Adapter&quot;
	BusID &quot;PCI:0:2:0&quot;
EndSection
 
Section &quot;Screen&quot;
	Identifier &quot;Screen0&quot;
	Device &quot;Card0&quot;
	Monitor &quot;Monitor0&quot;
	DefaultDepth	24
	SubSection &quot;Display&quot;
		Viewport 0 0
		Depth 1
		Modes	&quot;1280x1024&quot; &quot;1024x768&quot; &quot;800x600&quot; &quot;640x480&quot;
	EndSubSection
	SubSection &quot;Display&quot;
		Viewport 0 0
		Depth 4
		Modes	&quot;1280x1024&quot; &quot;1024x768&quot; &quot;800x600&quot; &quot;640x480&quot;
	EndSubSection
	SubSection &quot;Display&quot;
		Viewport 0 0
		Depth 8
		Modes	&quot;1280x1024&quot; &quot;1024x768&quot; &quot;800x600&quot; &quot;640x480&quot;
	EndSubSection
	SubSection &quot;Display&quot;
		Viewport 0 0
		Depth 15
		Modes	&quot;1280x1024&quot; &quot;1024x768&quot; &quot;800x600&quot; &quot;640x480&quot;
	EndSubSection
	SubSection &quot;Display&quot;
		Viewport 0 0
		Depth 16
		Modes	&quot;1280x1024&quot; &quot;1024x768&quot; &quot;800x600&quot; &quot;640x480&quot;
	EndSubSection
	SubSection &quot;Display&quot;
		Viewport 0 0
		Depth 24
		Modes	&quot;1280x1024&quot; &quot;1024x768&quot; &quot;800x600&quot; &quot;640x480&quot;
	EndSubSection
EndSection
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&gt;Also, I'm running Arch in VirtualBox if that makes a difference. 
it's a detail of great importance 
what is the host os?
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It's Windows XP. But actually, I may have figured something out. I changed my driver from 'vboxvideo' to 'vesa' in my xorg.conf file, and it got rid of the errors! I'm not sure why this would have made a difference unless the vbox drivers just don't work with Arch at this time. 
 
Any insight on this? &nbsp;It may be the neat-freak in me, but I'd like to have things working &quot;properly&quot; instead of just using what works. :-) 
 
Thanks!
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Here's my revised xorg.conf file: 

<pre><code class="code-10 nolinks" id="code-265580">Section &quot;ServerLayout&quot;
	Identifier &quot;X.org Configured&quot;
	Screen 0 &quot;Screen0&quot; 0 0
	InputDevice &quot;Mouse0&quot; &quot;CorePointer&quot;
	InputDevice &quot;Keyboard0&quot; &quot;CoreKeyboard&quot;
EndSection
 
Section &quot;Files&quot;
	ModulePath &quot;/usr/lib/xorg/modules&quot;
	FontPath &quot;/usr/share/fonts/misc&quot;
	FontPath &quot;/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled&quot;
	FontPath &quot;/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled&quot;
	FontPath &quot;/usr/share/fonts/TTF&quot;
	FontPath &quot;/usr/share/fonts/Type1&quot;
EndSection
 
Section &quot;Module&quot;
	Load &quot;extmod&quot;
	Load &quot;dri&quot;
	Load &quot;dbe&quot;
	Load &quot;xtrap&quot;
	Load &quot;glx&quot;
	Load &quot;freetype&quot;
EndSection
 
Section &quot;InputDevice&quot;
	Identifier &quot;Keyboard0&quot;
	Driver &quot;kbd&quot;
EndSection
 
Section &quot;InputDevice&quot;
	Identifier &quot;Mouse0&quot;
	Driver &quot;mouse&quot;
	Option	 &quot;Protocol&quot; &quot;auto&quot;
	Option	 &quot;Device&quot; &quot;/dev/input/mice&quot;
	Option	 &quot;ZAxisMapping&quot; &quot;4 5 6 7&quot;
EndSection
 
Section &quot;Monitor&quot;
	Identifier &quot;Monitor0&quot;
	VendorName &quot;Monitor Vendor&quot;
	ModelName &quot;Monitor Model&quot;
	HorizSync 30.0 - 130.0
	VertRefresh 50.0 - 100.0
EndSection
 
Section &quot;Device&quot;
 ### Available Driver options are:-
 ### Values: &lt;i&gt;: integer, &lt;f&gt;: float, &lt;bool&gt;: &quot;True&quot;/&quot;False&quot;,
 ### &lt;string&gt;: &quot;String&quot;, &lt;freq&gt;: &quot;&lt;f&gt; Hz/kHz/MHz&quot;
 ### [arg]: arg optional
	Identifier &quot;Card0&quot;
	Driver &quot;vesa&quot;
	VendorName &quot;InnoTek Systemberatung GmbH&quot;
	BoardName &quot;VirtualBox Graphics Adapter&quot;
	BusID &quot;PCI:0:2:0&quot;
EndSection
 
Section &quot;Screen&quot;
	Identifier &quot;Screen0&quot;
	Device &quot;Card0&quot;
	Monitor &quot;Monitor0&quot;
	DefaultDepth	24
	SubSection &quot;Display&quot;
		Viewport 0 0
		Depth 1
		Modes	&quot;1280x1024&quot; &quot;1024x768&quot; &quot;800x600&quot; &quot;640x480&quot;
	EndSubSection
	SubSection &quot;Display&quot;
		Viewport 0 0
		Depth 4
		Modes	&quot;1280x1024&quot; &quot;1024x768&quot; &quot;800x600&quot; &quot;640x480&quot;
	EndSubSection
	SubSection &quot;Display&quot;
		Viewport 0 0
		Depth 8
		Modes	&quot;1280x1024&quot; &quot;1024x768&quot; &quot;800x600&quot; &quot;640x480&quot;
	EndSubSection
	SubSection &quot;Display&quot;
		Viewport 0 0
		Depth 15
		Modes	&quot;1280x1024&quot; &quot;1024x768&quot; &quot;800x600&quot; &quot;640x480&quot;
	EndSubSection
	SubSection &quot;Display&quot;
		Viewport 0 0
		Depth 16
		Modes	&quot;1280x1024&quot; &quot;1024x768&quot; &quot;800x600&quot; &quot;640x480&quot;
	EndSubSection
	SubSection &quot;Display&quot;
		Viewport 0 0
		Depth 24
		Modes	&quot;1280x1024&quot; &quot;1024x768&quot; &quot;800x600&quot; &quot;640x480&quot;
	EndSubSection
EndSection
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Update: 
 
Using vesa drivers makes things very slow and clunky. So I reinstalled the VirtualBox Guest Additions which reset the drivers in xorg.conf back to vboxvideo and kdm starts up fine (although looking at the logfile, still generating the keymap errors). 
 
But then when I log into KDE, X locks up...I'm assuming due to the keymap errors.
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vesa is the old retrocompatible driver, your jack-of-all card 
 
X locks up in which point? Does it display the pointer? Not even that? 
 
How did you configure that xorg.conf?
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X will lock up typically when right after KDE starts showing the panel and loading resources, so yes, after the pointer shows up. 
 
I used Xorg -configure to generate a xorg.conf file, and then tweaked a few things per the Arch Beginner's guide: <a href="http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners_Guide#In_case_of_errors" rel="ugc">http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners_Guide#In_case_of_errors</a>
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I usually use xorgconfig, which is a tool per se. 
Then, try the vanilla generated file. If it works, I store it and then try tweaks, so that I can rollback in case of failures. 

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Well, I tried xorgconfig, but the VirtualBox graphics card was not listed. So I tried not selecting anything, but the vga driver that it chose did not support a display depth of 24. So I tried installing the VBox Guest Additions again (which replaces whatever driver's in the xorg.conf file with the vboxvideo driver), and still no go. I get the same Keyboard Layout error. 
 
*Sigh*
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then it's correct to choose a generic vesa driver, because it's the only compatible one. 
about the keyboard, you have to choose generic 105 type
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Hello, 
 
I'm having trouble getting rid of the following error error when I start an X server: 
 
Could anyone possibly help me with this? 
 
Thanks in advance. 

<pre><code class="code-1 nolinks" id="code-264586">(EE) Error compiling keymap (server-0)
(EE) XKB: Couldn't compile keymap
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Hello,

I'm having trouble getting rid of the following error error when I start an X server:

Could anyone possibly help me with this?

Thanks in advance.

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