Xorg crashes...

[Justin P. Mattock]

On 01/06/10 18:21, Ryan Daly wrote:
> On 01/06/2010 03:59 PM, Justin P. Mattock wrote:
>> over here my xorg modules live in:
>> /usr/lib/xorg/modules/*
>> ubuntu might be the same(but can't remember).
>>
>> as for uninstalling, synaptic I think
>> might let you uninstall a module
>> individually, but you never know might
>> want to uninstall a whole mess load of stuff.
>> (dependencies)
>>
>> depending on what synaptic does if it wants to uninstall
>> a mess load, I would not even bother, and just locate
>> the evdev_drv.so/la modules rename them or move them to a
>> safe location. then git clone
>> git://anongit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-input-evdev
>> (or just leave them their and write over them with a fresh copy,
>> and when done use apt-get reinstall on it to copy that version again).
>>
>> compile it, remember you might need to specify the location of
>> the modules with a switch i.g.
>> ./configure --someswitch=/specifying/the/location/of/input/modules
>> (that's if ubuntu has them in another location other than default);
>>
>> then see if it fixes your issue.
>> now keep in mind it could be evdev, it could
>> even be libpthread or libxrandr.. tough to say.
>
> I grabbed the source and some dependencies, but I'm getting an error on
> the version of the macros installed.
>
> daly at riddler<31#>  sh autogen.sh
> autoreconf: Entering directory `.'
> autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Gettext
> autoreconf: running: aclocal
> configure.ac:36: error: must install xorg-macros 1.3 or later before

  you need a newer version of xmacros
(everything is at cgit.freedesktop.org)

> running autoconf/autogen
> configure.ac:36: the top level
> autom4te: /usr/bin/m4 failed with exit status: 1
> aclocal: autom4te failed with exit status: 1
> autoreconf: aclocal failed with exit status: 1
>
> I'm not sure how to overcome that one...  Ubuntu provides a package that
> contains xorg-macros.m4, but I'm gathering that the version I have is
> too low.  I commented out the line that checks for the version to get
> passed it, but I'm not certain if that was OK.  I'm getting another
> error on the compilation:
>
> daly at riddler<36#>  make
> make  all-recursive
> make[1]: Entering directory `/home/daly/xf86-input-evdev'
> Making all in src
> make[2]: Entering directory `/home/daly/xf86-input-evdev/src'
> /bin/bash ../libtool --tag=CC   --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.
> -I.. -I../include/   -I/usr/include/xorg -I/usr/include/pixman-1   -g
> -O2 -MT evdev.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/evdev.Tpo -c -o evdev.lo evdev.c
> libtool: compile:  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -I../include/
> -I/usr/include/xorg -I/usr/include/pixman-1 -g -O2 -MT evdev.lo -MD -MP
> -MF .deps/evdev.Tpo -c evdev.c  -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/evdev.o
> evdev.c: In function `EvdevKbdCtrl':
> evdev.c:1083: warning: ignoring return value of `write', declared with
> attribute warn_unused_result
> evdev.c: At top level:
> evdev.c:2097: error: `PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR' undeclared here (not in a
> function)
> evdev.c:2097: error: `PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR' undeclared here (not in a
> function)
> evdev.c:2097: error: `PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCHLEVEL' undeclared here (not
> in a function)
> make[2]: *** [evdev.lo] Error 1
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/daly/xf86-input-evdev/src'
> make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/daly/xf86-input-evdev'
> make: *** [all] Error 2
>
> Is that error caused by the macros being too old, or is that something
> completely unrelated?
>
>
hopefully ubuntu is up-to-date
i.g. hopefully it doesn't take
much to use the latest version.
(you can also grab the tar ball
there if it becomes too much, or try older
versions of ubuntu's package);

hard part right I see is pinpointing what exactly
is exiting your server, so you don't have to
do the trial and error approach.


Justin P. Mattock