xorg 1.4.90 (and onwards) and xkb / ddc problem

[Vincent <10.50%free.fr@localhost>]

Hi there,

is there anybody knowing the arcanæ of configuring xkb for xorg starting 
at version 1.4.0? While I managed to get my keyboard working, I have 
lost autorepeat and capslock led. Worse, upgrading to 1.4.90, I found no 
way to switch my keyboard in AZERTY mode, even the merest "xkbdload fr" 
turned out to yell an unexpected and frustrating "error while loading 
keyboard description" or something near.

Unrelated, but relevant to 1.4.90 (the version in -wip), the DDC option 
ceased to work with the intel driver (v. 2.2.1). It seems the Xorg probe 
gets stuck. Drawback: without DDC, I can't get the suitable resolution 
for my screen.

Vincent