X11-6.8.1 - Anyone else get cought out?

0oBelialo0 · 26th January 2005, 5:06 PM

Thought I might post this in case someone else had the same problem...

I decided to swaret --upgrade on my slack 10 box because I hadn't done it for ages. I had x11-6.7.0 installed (default with slack10) and all was well. The upgrade installed 6.8.1, which caused me to get an error about the keyboard driver not being able to be found.

After much heartache (swapping between 6.7 and 6.8, trying to get the nvidia driver install to work again, libXfixes.so.3 errors...) I finally worked out the problem: the keyboard driver used by 6.8.1 seems to be 'kbd', not 'keyboard' as used by 6.7.

Was anyone else caught out by this? Or am I just lucky?

Ben

Andy_lee · 26th January 2005, 11:14 PM

i actually had to change 'Keyboard' to 'keyboard' to get mine working...

Anarki · 27th January 2005, 4:21 PM

I read about this 'problem' before I upgraded so I wasn't caught out.

0oBelialo0 · 27th January 2005, 4:31 PM

Yeah, I think I need to start reading *something* before I blindly swaret --upgrade

Ben

elvis · 27th January 2005, 9:34 PM

Moved from 6.7.X to 6.8.X a short while back in Gentoo, and didn't have the problem you mention.

26th January 2005, 5:06 PM	#1
0oBelialo0 Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Canberra Posts: 4,013	X11-6.8.1 - Anyone else get cought out? Thought I might post this in case someone else had the same problem... I decided to swaret --upgrade on my slack 10 box because I hadn't done it for ages. I had x11-6.7.0 installed (default with slack10) and all was well. The upgrade installed 6.8.1, which caused me to get an error about the keyboard driver not being able to be found. After much heartache (swapping between 6.7 and 6.8, trying to get the nvidia driver install to work again, libXfixes.so.3 errors...) I finally worked out the problem: the keyboard driver used by 6.8.1 seems to be 'kbd', not 'keyboard' as used by 6.7. Was anyone else caught out by this? Or am I just lucky? Ben __________________ "A vital ingredient of success is not knowing that what you're attempting can't be done" - Pratchett Blog \| RedBubble \| Gear \| Kiva.org - Loans That Change Lives

27th January 2005, 4:21 PM	#3
Anarki Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,262	I read about this 'problem' before I upgraded so I wasn't caught out. __________________ ______________________ __________________________ ______________________ __________________

27th January 2005, 4:31 PM	#4
0oBelialo0 Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Canberra Posts: 4,013	Yeah, I think I need to start reading something before I blindly swaret --upgrade Ben __________________ "A vital ingredient of success is not knowing that what you're attempting can't be done" - Pratchett Blog \| RedBubble \| Gear \| Kiva.org - Loans That Change Lives

27th January 2005, 9:34 PM	#5
elvis Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Brisbane Posts: 19,937	Moved from 6.7.X to 6.8.X a short while back in Gentoo, and didn't have the problem you mention. __________________ Child's Play Charity

26th January 2005, 11:14 PM	#2
Andy_lee Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 209	i actually had to change 'Keyboard' to 'keyboard' to get mine working...