I'm testing the xorg-1.7 stablization (bug #308521). On my stable system, I added the packages listed to package.keywords and did an "emerge -vuDNa world". X built cleanly, but after restarting it, my keyboard and mouse weren't working. A quick glance at the log showed why: ... (II) config/hal: Adding input device Microsoft Microsoft 5-Button Mouse with IntelliEye(TM) (II) LoadModule: "evdev" (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so (II) Module evdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.6.5, module version = 2.3.2 Module class: X.Org XInput Driver ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 4.0 (EE) module ABI major version (4) doesn't match the server's version (7) (II) UnloadModule: "evdev" (II) Unloading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so (EE) Failed to load module "evdev" (module requirement mismatch, 0) (EE) No input driver matching `evdev' (EE) config/hal: NewInputDeviceRequest failed (15) ... xf86-input-evdev wasn't caught in the list of upgraded packages (since the latest version, 2.3.2, is already stable). So, a quick manual rebuild of xf86-input-evdev and everything's fine now. Perhaps this needs to be release noted for the X upgrade? Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Run stable system w/xorg-1.6 2. Unmask upcoming xorg-1.7 according to bug #308521 3. emerge -vuDNa world 4. Restart X Actual Results: No evdev-based devices function because of module version mismatch between xorg 1.6 and 1.7. Expected Results: A mouse and keyboard that's at least semi-functional. :-) I'd guess that this is a problem for any X package that cares about the X ABI and didn't get rebuilt as part of the upgrade, but I don't seem to have any other such beasts on my system.
This is a known behavior and should be mentioned in the emerge output. /usr/portage/x11-base/xorg-server/xorg-server-1.7.6.ebuild has the message in the lines 206 to 214: ewarn "You must rebuild all drivers if upgrading from xorg-server 1.6" ewarn "or earlier, because the ABI changed. If you cannot start X because" ewarn "of module version mismatch errors, this is your problem." echo ewarn "You can generate a list of all installed packages in the x11-drivers" ewarn "category using this command:" ewarn "emerge portage-utils; qlist -I -C x11-drivers/" qlist -I -C x11-drivers/ or eix -I -C x11-drivers should mention the evdev driver.
(In reply to comment #1) > This is a known behavior and should be mentioned in the emerge output. > /usr/portage/x11-base/xorg-server/xorg-server-1.7.6.ebuild has the message in > the lines 206 to 214: So it does. I seem to have missed that somehow. Sorry for the noise.
