Bug 191820 – xorg-server-1.4 - various linking errors with USE="xprint" (in hal and pixman)

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED FIXED

[Description Vladimir Lushnikov 2007-09-09 13:57:41 UTC]

The hal/dbus support in xorg-server-1.4 builds (in xprint subdirectory) - but doesn't link at all. (This is possibly because the required linker flags are not passed to the linker).

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. USE="hal xprint" (or in /etc/make.conf) emerge =xorg-server-1.4
2. Watch it build
3. Watch the errors go flying by :)

Actual Results:  
See the build log.

Expected Results:  
Should have built properly.

Running ~x86 here, binutils 2.18 and gcc 4.2.x

[Comment 1 Vladimir Lushnikov 2007-09-09 14:00:26 UTC]

Created attachment 130415 [details]
last part of the build log

[Comment 2 Vladimir Lushnikov 2007-09-09 14:02:02 UTC]

To elaborate - a Pentium M processor here.

I think that the error is because no -ldbus or -lhal is to be seen, perhaps because of an error in the patch files (like 1.4-fix-xprint-link.patch )

[Comment 3 Matthias M Weber 2007-09-09 14:34:18 UTC]

(In reply to comment #2)

On my system xorg-server-1.4 builds but doesn't start correctly.
xdm.log shows the following error which may be related to the problem:

  process 22596: arguments to dbus_connection_send_with_reply_and_block() were
  incorrect, assertion "(error) == NULL || !dbus_error_is_set ((error))" failed
  in file dbus-connection.c line 3171.

[Comment 4 Daniel Drake (RETIRED) 2007-09-09 14:43:42 UTC]

Matthias, sounds like a different problem from the one described in this bug (which I have as well). Filed bug #191822

[Comment 5 Vladimir Lushnikov 2007-09-09 14:45:52 UTC]

Linking errors arise when USE="-hal xprint" is there, in pixman... I have a feeling multiple libraries that are needed to link are simply not passed for some reason. :)

[Comment 6 Donnie Berkholz (RETIRED) 2007-09-09 18:57:04 UTC]

Ah. Daniel, could you try adding '|| use xprint' to line 355 of xorg-server-1.4?

[Comment 7 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) 2007-09-09 20:01:50 UTC]

*** Bug 191901 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Comment 8 Lars Wendler (Polynomial-C) (RETIRED) 2007-09-09 20:54:31 UTC]

(In reply to comment #6)
> Ah. Daniel, could you try adding '|| use xprint' to line 355 of
> xorg-server-1.4?
> 

works fine here ;)

[Comment 9 Alexandre Rostovtsev (RETIRED) 2007-09-09 23:12:39 UTC]

(In reply to comment #6)
> Ah. Daniel, could you try adding '|| use xprint' to line 355 of
> xorg-server-1.4?

Had the exact same linking errors as OP. After changing line 357 of ebuild from "if use kdrive || use dmx; then" to "if use kdrive || use dmx || use xprint; then", xorg-server-1.4 built successfully.

[Comment 10 Donnie Berkholz (RETIRED) 2007-09-10 01:55:38 UTC]

Fixed in CVS, thanks for testing!

[Comment 11 Ryan Hill (RETIRED) 2007-09-10 05:15:23 UTC]

*** Bug 191929 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Comment 12 Michal Jakubowski 2007-09-10 10:54:35 UTC]

(In reply to comment #10)
> Fixed in CVS, thanks for testing!
> 
We have the next problem:
emerge -pv x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild  N    ] x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-100.14.11-r11  USE="distribution gtk (-multilib)" 0 kB [1]
[blocks B     ] x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers (is blocking x11-base/xorg-server-1.4-r1)

Total: 1 package (1 new, 1 block), Size of downloads: 0 kB

Salute

[Comment 13 Donnie Berkholz (RETIRED) 2007-09-10 10:59:10 UTC]

Couple of points:

1: That's totally unrelated to this bug and should not be on here.
2: Yes. Binary drivers do not work with 1.4 yet because it is an ABI break. Next time, buy a card with good open-source drivers. =)