[artix-general] X11 libinput seems to be the trouble

[Ruben Safir]

I've tried all these methodologies at this point and the input libraries
are just wasted.  The upgrade log shows an upgrade of x

[2018-06-27 08:26] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -S json-c.so'
[2018-06-27 08:26] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -Syyu'
[2018-06-27 08:26] [PACMAN] synchronizing package lists
[2018-06-27 08:26] [PACMAN] starting full system upgrade
[2018-06-27 08:31] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -Syyu'
[2018-06-27 08:31] [PACMAN] synchronizing package lists
[2018-06-27 08:31] [PACMAN] starting full system upgrade
[2018-06-27 08:32] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -S mlocate'
[2018-06-27 08:32] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -S --force mlocate'
[2018-06-27 08:32] [ALPM] transaction started
[2018-06-27 08:32] [ALPM] warning: directory permissions differ on /var/lib/mlocate/
filesystem: 750  package: 755
[2018-06-27 08:33] [ALPM] upgraded pam (1.3.0-2 -> 1.3.1-1)
[2018-06-27 08:33] [ALPM] upgraded libinput (1.10.7-1 -> 1.11.1-2)
..
[2018-06-27 08:36] [ALPM] upgraded xaw3d (1.6.2-2 -> 1.6.3-1)
[2018-06-27 08:36] [ALPM] upgraded xf86-input-evdev (2.10.5-1 -> 2.10.6-1)
[2018-06-27 08:36] [ALPM] upgraded xf86-input-mouse (1.9.2-3 -> 1.9.3-1)
[2018-06-27 08:36] [ALPM] upgraded xf86-input-synaptics (1.9.0-1 -> 1.9.1-1)
[2018-06-27 08:36] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] >>> xf86-input-synaptics driver is on maintenance mode and
[2018-06-27 08:36] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]     xf86-input-libinput driver must be prefered over.
[2018-06-27 08:36] [ALPM] upgraded xfce4-settings (4.12.3-1 -> 4.12.4-1)
[2018-06-27 08:36] [ALPM] upgraded xfdesktop (4.12.4-1 -> 4.12.4-2)
[2018-06-27 08:36] [ALPM] upgraded xinetd (2.3.15-4 -> 2.3.15-5)
[2018-06-27 08:36] [ALPM] upgraded xorg-xkbcomp (1.4.1-1 -> 1.4.2-1)
[2018-06-27 08:36] [ALPM] upgraded xorg-server-common (1.20.0-5 -> 1.20.0-9.1)
[2018-06-27 08:36] [ALPM] upgraded xorg-server (1.20.0-5 -> 1.20.0-9.1)
[2018-06-27 08:36] [ALPM] upgraded xorg-server-xvfb (1.20.0-5 -> 1.20.0-9.1)
[2018-06-27 08:36] [ALPM] upgraded xorg-server-xwayland (1.20.0-5 -> 1.20.0-9.1)
...
[2018-06-27 08:36] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] 	==> Activated openrc-init
[2018-06-27 08:36] [ALPM] running '60-linux-lts.hook'...
[2018-06-27 08:36] [ALPM] running '60-linux.hook'...
[2018-06-27 08:36] [ALPM] running '70-dkms-install.hook'...
[2018-06-27 08:36] [ALPM] running '90-linux-lts.hook'...


I think this is going to be a long term problem with X because of the
way arch is integrating X into wayland and udev.


On Thu, Jun 28, 2018 at 12:05:09AM +0300, Christos Nouskas wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Jun 2018 15:20:06 -0400
> Ruben Safir via artix-general <artix-general at artixlinux.org> wrote:
> 
> > It seems that the x program related to a library libinput.10
> 
> I >think< I read somewhere about it, perhaps in [arch-general]: there's something rotten in linux-4.17.2 which hosed xorg-input-libinput; some fellas reported success with either by downgrading the kernel or by installing xorg-input-evdev.
> 
> >From my part, I lost ethernet connectivity with 4.17.2 and r8169; booting with linux-lts restored normal operation.
> 
> 
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> nous at artix <nous at artixlinux.org>

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