XKBD fails to initialize after update

I have just updated Linux Mint 21.3 to Linus Kernel 5.15.0-174. I am running Cinnamon v6.0.4 and MintUpdate 6.0.9

On the first reboot of the updated system an error message window appears saying that XKBD has failed to initialize properly. The message asks that I include the following command outputs when reporting this problem:

twb@waldo2:~$ xprop -root | grep XKB
_XKB_RULES_NAMES_BACKUP(STRING) = "evdev", "pc105", "us", "", ""
_XKB_RULES_NAMES(STRING) = "evdev", "pc105", "us", "", ""

twb@waldo2:~$ gsettings get org.gnome.libgnomekbd.keyboard model
''

twb@waldo2:~$ gsettings get org.gnome.libgnomekbd.keyboard layouts
@as []

twb@waldo2:~$ gsettings get org.gnome.libgnomekbd.keyboard options
['grp\tgrp:win_space_toggle', 'terminate\tterminate:ctrl_alt_bksp']

This error window appears again on subsequent reboots immediately after I log in. In general, the keyboard seems to be working properly; I am using it now. The output from gsettings appear to be garbled, but I do not know gnome internals.
I would not expect to see this message if the system was working properly; I have never seen it before.

Logs:
04.03@13:58 ++ Launching Update Manager
04.03@13:58 ++ Changes to the package cache detected, triggering refresh
04.03@13:58 ++ Initial refresh will happen in 2 day(s), 0 hour(s) and 0 minute(s)
04.03@13:58 ++ Inhibited power management
04.03@13:58 ++ Starting refresh (local only)
04.03@13:58 ++ System is up to date
04.03@13:58 ++ Refresh finished
04.03@13:58 ++ Resumed power management

(synaptic:1999): Gtk-CRITICAL **: 14:00:22.041: gtk_widget_hide: assertion 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
04.03@14:00 ++ Inhibited power management
04.03@14:00 ++ Starting refresh (local only)
04.03@14:00 ++ System is up to date
04.03@14:00 ++ Refresh finished
04.03@14:00 ++ Resumed power management

(synaptic:4474): Gtk-CRITICAL **: 14:01:51.744: gtk_widget_hide: assertion 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
04.03@14:02 ++ Inhibited power management
04.03@14:02 ++ Starting refresh (local only)
04.03@14:02 ++ System is up to date
04.03@14:02 ++ Refresh finished
04.03@14:02 ++ Resumed power management

==end issue

Start by reproducing the XKBD initialization message after the Linux Mint kernel update, then compare the supplied xprop, gsettings, and MintUpdate log output. Determine whether the warning reflects a real keyboard failure or an initialization regression; done means identifying the cause and a clear fix or confirmed expected behavior.