Hi, Walt. On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 11:03:06AM -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: > On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 10:40:23AM +0000, Alan Mackenzie wrote > > Hi, Gentoo.
> > I've just emerge --sync'd, and there's a massive amount of X server > > updates. When I try emerge -auND, I get told: > > The following USE changes are necessary to proceed: > > #required by x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev-2.7.0, required by > > x11-base/xorg-drivers-1.12[input_devices_evdev] > > >=x11-base/xorg-server-1.12.2 udev > > . So I need the udev use flag. This is somewhat distressing, since > > I've been running my system on busybox's mdev for several months. It's > > looking like I'll not be able to continue doing so. > > Any suggestions, anybody, how I can now best proceed? > The message indicates that =x11-base/xorg-drivers-1.12 *WITH EVDEV* > requires udev. I don't use evdev. I keyworded > "=x11-base/xorg-drivers-1.12 ~x86" and I get... > [d531][root][~] emerge -pv x11-base/xorg-drivers > These are the packages that would be merged, in order: > Calculating dependencies... done! > [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 > For starters, I suggest... > grep evdev /etc/make.conf > ...and look at what you have to get rid of. My machine works fine > without evdev. Actually, I start my USE var in make.conf with "-*". > Then I add only items that I want, or that software I want requires. Thanks for the tip. In the end, I've decided to go back to udev. Not that I really want to, but I just don't have the time at the moment to sort out the complexities of doing without evdev, and the other things which would surely crop up. So I now have a mammoth root partition containing /usr, the lesser of the two available evils (the other being, of course, building an initramfs). Mdev worked, and worked well. There seems to be a relentless process at large, whereby the opportunities to create an aesthetically pleasing individual system are gradually diminishing. Shame. > -- > Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org> -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).
