[gentoo-user] xorg-server update problem.

[gentoo-user] xorg-server update problem.

[James]

Hello,

>
ON an amd64(turion) system, upon a rountine update 
I get this problem:

>>> Emerging (1 of 2) x11-base/xorg-server-1.1.1-r1 to /
 * xorg-server-1.1.1.tar.bz2 MD5 ;-) ...
 * [ ok ]
  * xorg-server-1.1.1.tar.bz2 RMD160 ;-) ...
<snip>

>>> /usr/lib64/opengl/xorg-x11/extensions/libglx.so
>>> /usr/lib64/libxf86config.a
--- /usr/share/
--- /usr/share/X11/
--- /usr/share/X11/xkb/

!!! Cannot write to '/usr/share/X11/xkb/compiled'.
!!! Please check permissions and directories for broken symlinks.
!!! You may start the merge process again by using ebuild:
!!! ebuild /usr/portage/x11-base/xorg-server/xorg-server-1.1.1-r1.ebuild
merge
!!! And finish by running this: env-update

eix kbd
/sys-apps/kbd shows up as:
sys-apps/kbd
     Available versions:  1.12-r6 1.12-r7 ~1.12-r8
     Installed:           1.12-r7


But I recompiled it anyway.

/usr/share/X11/xkb shows:
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root    12 Sep  4 03:24 compiled -> /var/lib/xkb
/var/lib/xkb does not exist.

Any ideas what I should do?


James



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[gentoo-user] Re: xorg-server update problem.

[Remy Blank]

James wrote:
> /usr/share/X11/xkb shows:
> lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root    12 Sep  4 03:24 compiled -> /var/lib/xkb
> /var/lib/xkb does not exist.

You could try to re-create the directory with the info below, or maybe
re-emerge x11-misc/xkeyboard-config.

joe@pat ~ $ ll -d /var/lib/xkb
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2006-10-15 19:20 /var/lib/xkb
joe@pat ~ $ ll /var/lib/xkb
total 4
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 644 2006-09-16 19:10 README.compiled
joe@pat ~ $ cat /var/lib/xkb/README.compiled

The X server uses this directory to store the compiled version of the
current keymap and/or any scratch keymaps used by clients.  The X server
or some other tool might destroy or replace the files in this directory,
so it is not a safe place to store compiled keymaps for long periods of
time.  The default keymap for any server is usually stored in:
     X<num>-default.xkm
where <num> is the display number of the server in question, which makes
it possible for several servers *on the same host* to share the same
directory.

Unless the X server is modified, sharing this directory between servers on
different hosts could cause problems.
joe@pat ~ $

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Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-server update problem.

[Alan McKinnon]

On Monday 16 October 2006 17:15, James wrote:
> Hello,

[snip]

> !!! Cannot write to '/usr/share/X11/xkb/compiled'.

[snip]

> /usr/share/X11/xkb shows:
> lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root    12 Sep  4 03:24 compiled -> /var/lib/xkb
> /var/lib/xkb does not exist.
>
> Any ideas what I should do?

My system is x86 not AMD64, but I don't see that should make a 
difference:

gentoo bin # equery belongs /var/lib/xkb
[ Searching for file(s) /var/lib/xkb in *... ]
x11-apps/xkbcomp-1.0.2 (/var/lib/xkb)
gentoo bin # equery belongs /usr/share/X11/xkb/
[ Searching for file(s) /usr/share/X11/xkb/ in *... ]
gentoo bin #

Nothing is recorded as creating /usr/share/X11/xkb but /var/lib/xkb was 
installed from xkbcomp - try remerge that, then emerge xorg-server 
again

alan
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[gentoo-user] Re: xorg-server update problem.

[James]

Alan McKinnon <alan <at> linuxholdings.co.za> writes:


> Nothing is recorded as creating /usr/share/X11/xkb but /var/lib/xkb was 
> installed from xkbcomp - try remerge that, then emerge xorg-server 
> again


Hello Alan,

That did the trick!
nice use or equery belongs...

thx,

James





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