Bug 236900 – xorg-server 1.5 should have xtrap and record use flags

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description R Bar-On 2008-09-06 22:21:35 UTC]

By default, xorg-server-1.5 builds without the record and xtrap modules, leading to errors on starting X.  I think adding use flags for these options should solve the problem.

Ref for record: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-discuss/2008-July/004973.html
Ref for xtrap: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2008-September/038187.html

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.  Emerge xorg-server 1.5
2.  startx

Actual Results:  
xtrap and record modules aren't found

Expected Results:  
xtrap and record modules should be compiled and loaded

[Comment 1 Mart Raudsepp 2008-09-08 00:19:14 UTC]

Why do you need them?

[Comment 2 R Bar-On 2008-09-08 00:22:16 UTC]

not really sure, honestly, but surely they should be available to those who do?

[Comment 3 Rémi Cardona (RETIRED) 2008-09-08 06:19:34 UTC]

Imho, they should always be built. They don't add any external dependencies and RECORD is very useful for screen grabbers and other little tools.

Donnie, I can take care of that if you agree.

Thanks

[Comment 4 Donnie Berkholz (RETIRED) 2008-09-08 22:05:25 UTC]

(In reply to comment #3)
> Imho, they should always be built. They don't add any external dependencies and
> RECORD is very useful for screen grabbers and other little tools.
> 
> Donnie, I can take care of that if you agree.

Go for it. I don't think it merits a flag. But remember to make them conditional upon the 'xorg' USE flag since kdrive wouldn't use it.

[Comment 5 Martin Mokrejš 2008-09-18 18:16:45 UTC]

I need it to kill my Xserver manually. Now my 1.5.0 new installation dioes not work: keystrokes are not recognized, mouse neither. Luckily ctrl+alt+F1 works and if I start X directly at least ctrl+c works to kill the X. Yes, we need xtrap to kill the windows.

[Comment 6 Rémi Cardona (RETIRED) 2008-09-19 10:03:59 UTC]

(In reply to comment #5)
> I need it to kill my Xserver manually. Now my 1.5.0 new installation dioes not
> work: keystrokes are not recognized, mouse neither. Luckily ctrl+alt+F1 works
> and if I start X directly at least ctrl+c works to kill the X. Yes, we need
> xtrap to kill the windows.

I think you're experiencing another bug. XTrap has nothing to do with that _at_all_. XTrap allows clients to "sniff" input and to fake input.

Please make sure you've rebuilt all X11 drivers after upgrading to xorg-server 1.5

Thanks

[Comment 7 Martin Mokrejš 2008-09-19 16:28:09 UTC]

(In reply to comment #6)

> I think you're experiencing another bug. XTrap has nothing to do with that
> _at_all_. XTrap allows clients to "sniff" input and to fake input.
> 
> Please make sure you've rebuilt all X11 drivers after upgrading to xorg-server
> 1.5

It seems to be udev-128 problem, see bug #238125.

[Comment 8 Anders Aagaard 2008-09-28 17:46:24 UTC]

I require the record extension for customized software, so not having this extension is extremely unpractical for me, requiring me to use custom ebuilds.

This was also default in 1.4, so having it suddenly disappear without any warning was a bit surprising.

[Comment 9 Donnie Berkholz (RETIRED) 2008-09-29 19:36:32 UTC]

Fixed in 1.5.1 -- built by default and disabled by USE=minimal. Thanks for the report.

[Comment 10 Pierre Dumuid 2009-08-31 03:51:38 UTC]

Is there any reasons xtrap isn't in 1.6.3?

(In reply to comment #9)
> Fixed in 1.5.1 -- built by default and disabled by USE=minimal. Thanks for the
> report.
> 

[Comment 11 Rémi Cardona (RETIRED) 2009-08-31 05:50:34 UTC]

(In reply to comment #10)
> Is there any reasons xtrap isn't in 1.6.3?

Because the code was removed for 1.6.