Re: [Ltib] [Patch] Fix XKB error

[Rogério de Souza Moraes]

Hi Stuart,

thanks for the updates, it will help us a lot here. I will keep trying
to discover how to change the locale of the base system.

Regards,

Rogério

2009/9/23 Stuart Hughes <address@hidden>:
> Hi Rogerio,
>
> I've checked in xkeyboard-config, I used your spec file and the version you
> wanted (1.6).
>
> FYI to anyone using this you need to have intltool install on your build
> machine.
>
> Regards, Stuart
>
> Stuart Hughes wrote:
>>
>> Hi Rogerio,
>>
>> I've updated xorg-x11-xkb-utils.spec (I re-imported the FC11 srpm), I also
>> made some updates to Ltibaddsrpms.pm to allow overwrites.
>>
>> I will now take a look at xkeyboard-config and xorg-x11-server-utils, I'll
>> let you know what happens (I'm not sure about xorg-x11-server-utils, or just
>> adding the single package as I have time pressures).
>>
>> Regards, Stuart
>>
>> Rogério de Souza Moraes wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Stuart,
>>>
>>> I didn't know that. Thanks for the tip,I will see how it works, this
>>> time I did it by hand. Thanks too for applying the modificatios that I
>>> asked for you.
>>> The spec of the xorg-x11-xkb-utils is attached.
>>>
>>> Regards, Rogerio
>>>
>>> 2009/9/22 Stuart Hughes <address@hidden>:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Rogerio,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks, if you can send me the .spec file, I can download/upload the
>>>> source.
>>>>  If you had to add any of your own patches, I'd like those please.
>>>>
>>>> BTW: did you know that you can use -m addsrpms to import the srpm files
>>>> which is usually simpler than doing by hand.
>>>>
>>>> Regards, Stuart
>>>>
>>>> Rogério de Souza Moraes wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Stuart,
>>>>>
>>>>> I agree with you. By the way, I got the package xorg-x11-xkb-utils
>>>>> from fedora 11 and compiled it to Ltib. With this package everything
>>>>> appears to work fine, if you want I can send you the sources and the
>>>>> patch.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards, Rogerio
>>>>>
>>>>> 2009/9/22 Stuart Hughes <address@hidden>:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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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