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Hi, Walt. |
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On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 11:03:06AM -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: |
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> On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 10:40:23AM +0000, Alan Mackenzie wrote |
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> > Hi, Gentoo. |
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> > I've just emerge --sync'd, and there's a massive amount of X server |
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> > updates. When I try emerge -auND, I get told: |
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> > The following USE changes are necessary to proceed: |
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> > #required by x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev-2.7.0, required by |
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> > x11-base/xorg-drivers-1.12[input_devices_evdev] |
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> > >=x11-base/xorg-server-1.12.2 udev |
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> > . So I need the udev use flag. This is somewhat distressing, since |
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> > I've been running my system on busybox's mdev for several months. It's |
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> > looking like I'll not be able to continue doing so. |
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> > Any suggestions, anybody, how I can now best proceed? |
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> The message indicates that =x11-base/xorg-drivers-1.12 *WITH EVDEV* |
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> requires udev. I don't use evdev. I keyworded |
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> "=x11-base/xorg-drivers-1.12 ~x86" and I get... |
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> [d531][root][~] emerge -pv x11-base/xorg-drivers |
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> These are the packages that would be merged, in order: |
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> Calculating dependencies... done! |
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> [ebuild U ~] x11-base/xorg-drivers-1.12 [1.11] INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse -acecad -aiptek -elographics -evdev -fpit -hyperpen -joystick -mutouch -penmount -synaptics -tslib -vmmouse -void -wacom" VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia -apm -ark -ast -cirrus -dummy -epson -fbdev -fglrx -geode -glint -i128 -i740 -intel -mach64 -mga -modesetting% -neomagic (-newport) -nouveau -nv (-omapfb) -qxl -r128 -radeon -s3 -s3virge -savage -siliconmotion -sis (-sunbw2) (-suncg14) (-suncg3) (-suncg6) (-sunffb) (-sunleo) (-suntcx) -tdfx -tga -trident -v4l -vesa -via -virtualbox -vmware (-voodoo) (-chips%) (-impact%) (-rendition%) (-sisusb%) (-tseng%)" 0 kB |
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> For starters, I suggest... |
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> grep evdev /etc/make.conf |
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> ...and look at what you have to get rid of. My machine works fine |
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> without evdev. Actually, I start my USE var in make.conf with "-*". |
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> Then I add only items that I want, or that software I want requires. |
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Thanks for the tip. In the end, I've decided to go back to udev. Not |
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that I really want to, but I just don't have the time at the moment to |
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sort out the complexities of doing without evdev, and the other things |
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which would surely crop up. |
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So I now have a mammoth root partition containing /usr, the lesser of the |
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two available evils (the other being, of course, building an initramfs). |
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Mdev worked, and worked well. |
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There seems to be a relentless process at large, whereby the |
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opportunities to create an aesthetically pleasing individual system are |
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gradually diminishing. Shame. |
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> -- |
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> Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> |
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Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany). |
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