[SM-Discuss] Status of xorg-server in test grimoire

Eric Sandall eric at sandall.us
Mon Mar 2 02:33:22 EST 2009


On Mon, 2 Mar 2009 08:22:49 +0100 (CET)
Andraž 'ruskie' Levstik <ruskie at codemages.net> wrote:

> :2009-03-01T23:07:Eric Sandall:
> 
> > The only issue I had was xorg-server not building until I recast
> > randrproto. I do not have a copy of the error from xorg-server.
> > 
> 
> I believe I made a note of needing an updated randrproto.

I should clarify. randrproto *did* update, and I had xrandr and
libxrandr on hold. :)

> > Is this normal having to *add* config options to get something as
> > simple as a keyboard to work? My synaptics works, but I left the
> > synaptics entry in the config.
> > 
> 
> I didn't have a config file at all on startup and it just worked using
> the evdev driver. I did configure HAL afterwards for proper keymap and
> made a config that I wanted to use for some bits.

I'll try with no config and see, but I removed all the kbd entries.
Will my synaptic "just work" with the driver installed? If not, does
xf86-input-synaptic need to install an fdi policy?

> > What's with X.org making perfectly working
> > setups break *every* release?
> > 
> 
> This hasn't been a release... It's inbetween releases. A new
> xorg-server does not imply a new X release.

Well, often updates have been breaking my configs lately. :(

-sandalle

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