Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2014 18:52:04 -0500 From: "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net> To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Port: x11-servers/xorg-server Message-ID: <541F64A4.3030002@hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: <1411341142791-5950945.post@n5.nabble.com> References: <5414A4B6.5010706@UToledo.edu> <5416B1FE.1010801@dumbbell.fr> <1411306792093-5950838.post@n5.nabble.com> <CAEJt7hYfgJ594hnzdu%2BNO7duh7nH6OXu1YBi6USyMVSBH48X2Q@mail.gmail.com> <1411317698961-5950873.post@n5.nabble.com> <541F2CA4.6@hiwaay.net> <1411341142791-5950945.post@n5.nabble.com>
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On 09/21/14 18:12, Robert_Burmeister wrote:
> William A. Mahaffey III wrote
>> On 09/21/14 11:41, Robert_Burmeister wrote:
>>>>>> On 13.09.2014 22:10, Robert Burmeister wrote:
>>>>>>> FreeBSD 10.1 i386
>>>>>>> xorg-server 1.12.4_9,1 and 1.12.4_1,1
>>>>>>> Still don't have mouse support after upgrade from 1.12.4_8,1
>>>>> [ 1786.822] (EE) Failed to load module "mouse" (module does not exist,
>>>>> 0)
>>>> Have you installed x11-drivers/xf86-input-mouse?
>>>>> [ 1786.825] (EE) Failed to load module "kbd" (module does not exist,
>>>>> 0)
>>>> And x11-drivers/xf86-input-keyboard?
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Installing x11-drivers/xf86-input-mouse and
>>> x11-drivers/xf86-input-keyboard
>>> fixed the problem, however, I don't understand why upgrading
>>> from xorg-server 1.12.4_8,1 to xorg-server 1.12.4_9,1
>>> would require new drivers, or lose the ones it had.
>>>
>>> I would think these drivers would/should be a dependency for xorg-server
>>> in the Ports system...
>>> _______________________________________________
>> I have had that same problem verbatim the last 2 x-server upgrades I
>> did, & that was the fix, (re?)install the kbd & mouse drivers. I
>> (pkg-)upgraded this A.M., no such issues ....
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Even more interesting...
> x11-drivers/xf86-input-mouse and x11-drivers/xf86-input-keyboard
> have xorg-server as a dependency, and so cannot be a circular dependency.
>
> I'm guessing that the mouse and keyboard drivers got deleted as dependents
> of
> xorg-server during the upgrade, but there are no dependencies in my desktop
> build
> process that require that they be put back, even through a complete system
> recompile.
>
> I'm thinking 'x11-drivers/xorg-drivers' and 'x11/xorg-minimal' should be
> bumped
> when xorg-server is upgraded.
>
> (When my current recompile is done, I will check that my xorg-drivers didn't
> get removed as well.)
I am using pkg, no ports, no recompiling .... FBSD 9.3, BTW ....
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William A. Mahaffey III
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