Tiny Core Linux
dCore Import Debian Packages to Mountable SCE extensions => dCore X86 => dCore x86 Imported Extensions => Topic started by: Jason W on March 12, 2015, 01:57:05 PM
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This thread is for requesting packages for dCore that are not available in Debian repos. Open a new thread for bug reports on any packages mentioned here.
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Is it possible to make ..gtkfind..available? It goes nicely with emelfm and beaver..thanks
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Yep, done. Available for import now. Thanks for the suggestion, keep them coming!
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I need xserver-xorg-input-fpit which is not available anymore for ub-dCore-trusty or any recent Debian or Ubuntu for that matter. (Yes, the machine in question is quite dated, indeed.)
The source code is available under http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-input-fpit/
Cheers!
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Ok, I'll look into it.
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Ok, done. Import xf86-input-fpit, named after upstream.
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Thanks a lot for your great support, JasonW!
Not to anybody's great surprise the driver does load but is un-loaded immediately due to a ABI-version mis-match. (Sorry, I dit not detect that from skimming over the source code file. At least, I have learned about the importance of ABI-versions.)
For anybody's reference here is the Xorg.0.log:
[ 129.177] (II) LoadModule: "fpit"
[ 129.179] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/fpit_drv.so
[ 129.181] (II) Module fpit: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 129.181] compiled for 1.12.4, module version = 1.4.0
[ 129.182] Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
[ 129.182] ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 16.0
[ 129.182] (EE) module ABI major version (16) doesn't match the server's version (20)
[ 129.182] (II) UnloadModule: "fpit"
[ 129.183] (II) Unloading fpit
[ 129.184] (EE) Failed to load module "fpit" (module requirement mismatch, 0)
Seen the sheer age of this software, I do not think that there is anything that can be done (other than re-writing the driver -- which does not look overly hard). So I suggest purging this extension from the repository again.
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I built on dCore-wheezy. Maybe it needs to be built on each specific dCore. I wouldn't mind, it would just mean the package would have the dCore Debian version in it's name.
Let me build it for ub-dCore-trusty and see if that makes a difference.
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xf86-input-fpit-trusty is now uploaded. Please test, hopefully building on a particular Xorg release will make it work.
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Upon googling the xinput ABI compatibility is different between the Wheezy's and Trusty's Xorg. I am hoping that is the case and a build for each will work.
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Yeah, drivers need to be built for the specific Xorg version.
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The compiled version does load now. (So I have learned something about the meaning of ABI-versions, too! :) ) Sadly, the driver crashes with a software error that I have not been able to chase down to its roots.
I would say this calls for removing the packets from the repo. The machine in question (http://wiki.tinycorelinux.net/dcore:hp-compaq_tc1000) does work fine otherwise. Thank you very much again for your efforts!