xsrc/40242: xkb: Alternative layouts don't work due to groups "invented" by the server (on both native and pkgsrc xorg)

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>Number:         40242
>Category:       xsrc
>Synopsis:       xkb: Alternative layouts don't work due to groups "invented" 
>by the server (on both native and pkgsrc xorg)
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    xsrc-manager
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Dec 21 03:00:00 +0000 2008
>Originator:     Jared D. McNeill
>Release:        NetBSD 5.99.5
>Organization:
        
>Environment:
        
        
System: NetBSD black.invisible.ca 5.99.5 NetBSD 5.99.5 (GENERIC) #39: Mon Dec 
15 20:56:04 EST 2008 
jmcneill%black.invisible.ca@localhost:/export/home/jmcneill/branches/HEAD/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC
 amd64
Architecture: x86_64
Machine: amd64
>Description:
        The XkbGetKeyboard call fails if geometry is requested. Upstream
        bug report (xkb: Alternative layouts don't work due to groups
        "invented" by the server):

        http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14373
>How-To-Repeat:
        $ xkbcomp :0 -xkb out.xkb
        Warning:          Could not load keyboard geometry for :0
                          BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)
                          Resulting keymap file will not describe geometry
>Fix:

>Unformatted: