Re: [Ltib] [Patch] Fix XKB error

[Rogério de Souza Moraes]

Hi Stuart,

thanks for providing this package, I will test it and give you a
feedback. About the problem to add new locales, I solved this by these
steps:

1. In Ltib configuration, check the option "libc locale files", inside
"Toolchain component options"

2. Create the dir "/usr/lib/locale"

3. Execute the command (edit this to your encoding and language):
    localedef -i pt_BR -c -f UTF-8 pt_BR.UTF-8

4. To set the right locale when the system starts, insert the lines
bellow in the file "/etc/profile";
    export LANG=pt_BR.UTF-8
    export LC_ALL=pt_BR.UTF-8

Now the locale of the system is pt_BR.UTF-8 and all applications with
support to portuguese brazil will be translated to this language.

About your worry of Ltib become a distribution instead of a small
embedded image builder, I agree with you. We need to take care to
avoid the minimal installation of Ltib increase his size and it
doesn't fit in one determinated target. But the way you are doing, the
packages are optional, and the developer just install it if he really
wants.
I am glad to help to improve this system and I think it helps a lot of
developers as me. Congratulations for the good job!

Regards, Rogerio

2009/9/23 Stuart Hughes <address@hidden>:
> Hi Rogerio,
>
> I've checked in an update that adds xorg-x11-server-utils from FC11. Not all
> the sub-components build due to various dependencies (xgamma, xrandr,
> xsetmode, xsetpointer, xsetroot, xstdcmap and xvidtune).  I have commented
> the spec file so that if anyone wants to investigate they can (it names the
> dependencies).  I didn't check if they were host or target requirements.
>
> On the plus side, the following components are build: iceauth, sessreg,
> showrgb, xcmsdb, xhost, xmodmap, xrdb, xrefresh and xset.
>
> Please try it out and see if it works for you (I haven't runtime tested).
>
> CAUTION: on a more philosophical note I'm a bit worried that as we add more
> and more high level packages (X/desktop) LTIB is morphing into a
> distribution, which is something I never intended.  My intention was to keep
> LTIB to being a small embedded image builder (not possible with a standard
> distro) and if a full distro is required to used that image as a bootstrap
> to build a full distribution.  Unfortunately although I'd love to spend the
> time to realise this, right now I don't have time (sponsorship) to undertake
> such a significant task.
>
> 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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