Re: [Ltib] [Patch] Fix XKB error

[Stuart Hughes]

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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