Re: [Ltib] [Patch] Fix XKB error

[Stuart Hughes]

Hi Rogerio,

I'm trying to figure out the right thing to do here.  Here's my thoughts:

We are using xorg-server-1.4.2 which was released: 11-Jun-2008
So I think the best thing is to update the other pieces in xkb-utils to 
be of a similar date.  So in the case of xkbcomp this would be version 
1.0.5 which is newer than in the current LTIB xkb-utils (1.0.2) but 
older than the version you submitted (1.1.0).

The reasoning is that I should try to use components that were released 
around the same time so they're compatible.  Do you agree or have any 
other suggestions?

Regards, Stuart

Rogério de Souza Moraes wrote:
> Hi Stuart,
>
> I saw this package but I did not see that he installs xkbcomp. I tried
> to test him and I realised that he requires libXaw, but it isn't
> specified in packages.lkc. The patch to fix this is attached.
>
> The version of xkbcomp that is in xkb-utils doesn't work with this
> xorg-server. When the X comes up, I get the errors that are inside the
> log file (x.log) that is attached here. If I execute some program that
> use gtk libs, it crashes. I need to do more tests to see why it did
> not work.
>
> I agree that install these programs using the package
> xorg-x11-xkb-utils is the best way to do this. So later we may find an
> way to update this.
>
> Regards
>
> Rogerio
>
>
> 2009/9/18 Stuart Hughes <address@hidden>
> > Hi Rogerio,
> >
> > Thanks for the patch. xkeyboard-config would be okay stand-alone, but there's 
> > an issue with the other 2 related to packaging.
> >
> > Loosely speaking I've been following Fedora's notion of packaging (FC9).  So if 
> > you look at ltib now you'll see there an option to build:xkb-utils, which build 
> > using the spec file: xorg-x11-xkb-utils. This was imported from FC9 and 
> > contains the following tarballs:
> >
> > ftp://ftp.x.org/pub/individual/app/xkbutils-1.0.1.tar.bz2
> > ftp://ftp.x.org/pub/individual/app/xkbcomp-1.0.2.tar.bz2
> > ftp://ftp.x.org/pub/individual/app/xkbevd-1.0.2.tar.bz2
> > ftp://ftp.x.org/pub/individual/app/xkbprint-1.0.1.tar.bz2
> > ftp://ftp.x.org/pub/individual/app/setxkbmap-1.0.4.tar.bz2
> >
> > Which mean that xkbcomp is already available if you select this.  Having this 
> > as a stand-alone package is better in a way (less bloat), but unfortunately it 
> > means complexity.  To allow this it would mean:
> >
> > * You'd have to make sure the individual package was before xorg-x11-xkb-utils.
> >
> > * You'd have to have a re-install trigger (in ltib) so that if you have them 
> > both selected and you de-select xorg-x11-xkb-utils, xkbcomp gets re-installed.
> >
> > * The configuration/selection may be a bit confusing (duplicates)
> >
> > * Logically you should also de-bundle all the other individual tarballs  that 
> > are in there.
> >
> > So this needs thinking about.  I tend to think it's better to follow Fedora as 
> > although less fine-grain, it is relatively easy to import srpms to gain new 
> > packages, and you're following an established distro pattern.  I'm open to 
> > views on this though.
> >
> > So far as xmodmap goes, in the Fedora world, this is part of 
> > xorg-x11-server-utils, which also includes:
> >
> > ftp://ftp.x.org/pub/individual/app/iceauth-1.0.2.tar.bz2
> > ftp://ftp.x.org/pub/individual/app/rgb-1.0.1.tar.bz2
> > ftp://ftp.x.org/pub/individual/app/sessreg-1.0.3.tar.bz2
> > ftp://ftp.x.org/pub/individual/app/xcmsdb-1.0.1.tar.bz2
> > ftp://ftp.x.org/pub/individual/app/xgamma-1.0.2.tar.bz2
> > ftp://ftp.x.org/pub/individual/app/xhost-1.0.1.tar.bz2
> > ftp://ftp.x.org/pub/individual/app/xmodmap-1.0.3.tar.bz2
> > ftp://ftp.x.org/pub/individual/app/xrandr-1.2.2.tar.bz2
> > ftp://ftp.x.org/pub/individual/app/xrdb-1.0.4.tar.bz2
> > ftp://ftp.x.org/pub/individual/app/xrefresh-1.0.2.tar.bz2
> > ftp://ftp.x.org/pub/individual/app/xset-1.0.3.tar.bz2
> > ftp://ftp.x.org/pub/individual/app/xsetmode-1.0.0.tar.bz2
> > ftp://ftp.x.org/pub/individual/app/xsetpointer-1.0.0.tar.bz2
> > ftp://ftp.x.org/pub/individual/app/xsetroot-1.0.2.tar.bz2
> > ftp://ftp.x.org/pub/individual/app/xstdcmap-1.0.1.tar.bz2
> > ftp://ftp.x.org/pub/individual/app/xtrap-1.0.2.tar.bz2
> > ftp://ftp.x.org/pub/individual/app/xvidtune-1.0.1.tar.bz2
> >
> > see:
> > http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/9/Fedora/source/SRPMS/xorg-x11-server-utils-7.3-3.fc9.src.rpm/xorg-x11-server-utils.spec?extract=true
> >
> > So this srpm could be imported/ported to LTIB.  The same issues discussed for 
> > xkbcomp apply though (single versus bundle packages)
> >
> > In FC9 xkeyboard-config is version 1.2, would this be usable by you?  I realise 
> > this is older, but given that the other parts have been pulled from FC9, I'm 
> > wondering if it's better to keep the different components of xorg from the same 
> > vintage to avoid compatibility issues.
> >
> > Thoughts?
> >
> > Regards, Stuart
> >
> >
> > Rogério de Souza Moraes wrote:
> > > Hi Stuart,
> > >
> > > I made 3 packages that configures the keyboard for the X. The package
> > > xkeyboard-config. Without these packages, matchbox-keyboard don't work
> > > properly.
> > >
> > > (EE) XKB: Couldn't open rules file /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/base
> > >
> > > The packages xkbcomp and xmodmap are useful to configure the keyboard too.
> > >
> > > The patch to add these files to Ltib is attached.
> > >
> > > You can download the sources at the following links
> > >
> > > http://xlibs.freedesktop.org/xkbdesc/xkeyboard-config-1.6.tar.gz
> > >
> > > http://xorg.freedesktop.org/archive/individual/app/xkbcomp-1.1.0.tar.gz
> > >
> > > http://xorg.freedesktop.org/archive/individual/app/xmodmap-1.0.3.tar.gz
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Rogerio
> > >
> > >
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