kde 4.2 requiring xorg-server 1.5??

mustakuolo

Hi everybody.

I recently compiled kde 4.2 (on ~amd64) and had then xorg-server 1.3 installed. I haven't been on gentoo in a month or so since that...
Now that I tried to emerge -avuND world it won't do it as the kde-4.2 packages seem to require xorg-server 1.5 or so. Is it really so or am I forgetting something?
Seems weird as it wasn't the case earlier. Anyways I can't update my system unless I uninstall kde 4.2 or wait for everything to be unmasked and stable.

Thanks for the replies in advance.

asturm · Developer Joined: 05 Apr 2007 Posts: 9385

Yes, it requires xorg-server-1.5, there are stability issues with xorg-server-1.3 as it wasn't designed for it. xorg-x11-7.4 is safe to use, go for it.

mustakuolo · Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 9:23 pm Post subject:

Thanks.

Actually I tried it and had to unmask about 25 things. But when I tried is I couldn't move my mouse or type with the keyboard.
I recompiled xf86-input-mouse and xf86-input-keyboard but it still didn't work. Then I downgraded to xorg 1.3 and everything worked fine again.
Maybe I did something wrong. Apparently I did.

asturm · Developer Joined: 05 Apr 2007 Posts: 9385

Yes, you should have read the elog output at the end of emerge xorg-server about what to do next. Which would have been configuring your input devices in /etc/hal/fdi/policy.

Personally I recommend removing mouse and kbd using the evdev driver instead. You also need hald in your default runlevel.

mustakuolo · Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 9:31 pm Post subject:

thanks alot.

stupid me. hal is already taken care of. now I'll just have to figure out what and how evdev works.
thanks.

doctork · Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 9:56 pm Post subject:

If your system is anything like mine, you'll find the the evdev stuff just works. You will need hald and dbus running, I guess. Then, you can use a simplified xorg.conf. This one works for me: