Re: [gentoo-hardened] Xorg fails to fork therefore cannot invoke xkbcomp

[mino@aon.at]

> Xorg.log
> (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
> (**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
> (**) Option "xkb_layout" "hu,us"
> (**) Option "xkb_variant" "standard"
> (**) Option "xkb_options" "grp:shift_toggle,compose:ralt"
> (EE) XKB: Could not invoke xkbcomp
> (EE) XKB: Couldn't compile keymap
> (WW) Couldn't load XKB keymap, falling back to pre-XKB keymap
> 
> grsec.log
> grsec: (root:U:/usr/bin/Xorg) failed fork with errno -12 by
> /usr/bin/Xorg[X:pid] uid/euid:0/0 gid/egid:0/0, parent
> /usr/sbin/gdm-binary[gdm:pid] uid/euid:0/0 gid/egid:0/0
> 
> Result: wrong keyboard layout, compose key don't work, I cannot even
> switch to a terminal.
> 
> Any clues how to solve it?
> 
> Regards:
> Dw.
> -- 
> dr Tóth Attila, Radiológus, 06-20-825-8057, 06-30-5962-962
> Attila Toth MD, Radiologist, +36-20-825-8057, +36-30-5962-962
> 
> 

I think I experienced a similar problem some time ago.
Changing the pax flags on /usr/bin/Xorg worked for me.

Pax somehow prevented Xorg from compiling a new keymap.

Type "paxctl -pemrxs /usr/bin/Xorg", which should disable all
restrictions and try it again.

If I recall correctly, I could reset the flags to their default values
(paxctl -zxe /usr/bin/Xorg) after Xorg started with the correct keymap.

I hope this helps.

Regards,

Mino