Bug 314719

Summary:	x11-base/xorg-server-1.7.6 upgrade does not automatically re-emerge keyboard, mouse drivers
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Simon Gao <gao>
Component:	[OLD] Core system	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Simon Gao 2010-04-11 17:22:08 UTC

After upgrading to xorg 1.7.6, keyboard and mouse no longer worked upon restarting Xorg. This is very inconvenient to many users who got bitten by such surprise.

Any future xorg upgrade should add dependency requirement for re-emerging xf86-drivers-keyboard and xf86-drivers-mouse if they are installed and used.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. emerge x11-base/xorg-server-1.7.6
2. restart X window
3.

Actual Results:  
No keyboard, no mouse

Expected Results:  
Keyboard and mouse should continue to work

Right after emerging x11-base/xorg-server-1.7.6, re-emerge xf86-drivers-keyboard, xf86-drivers-mouse.

Comment 1 Rafał Mużyło 2010-04-11 18:00:04 UTC

For about two years, there's a post-install note in xserver ebuild,
that tells you to reemerge the drivers after major server update.