Hi Cyril,
On Sat, Dec 12, 2020 at 9:23 AM Cyril Brulebois <k...@debian.org> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Alper Nebi Yasak <alpernebiya...@gmail.com> (2020-12-11):
> > (Subject was: "Re: Missing libgudev-1.0-0 udeb package?")
> >
> > On 11/12/2020 04:22, Shawn Guo wrote:
> > > On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 11:21 PM Timo Aaltonen <tjaal...@debian.org>
> > > wrote:
> > >>>> It seems that there is no libgudev-1.0-0 udeb at all, while it becomes
> > >>>> a dependency of xserver-xorg-input-libinput-udeb like below.
> > >>>> xserver-xorg-input-libinput-udeb
> > >>>> libinput10-udeb
> > >>>> libwacom2-udeb
> > >>>> libgudev-1.0-0
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Should we build libgudev-1.0-0 udeb to resolve this dependency problem?
> > >>>>
> > >>> I guess one alternative would be to build libinput-udeb without libwacom
> > >>> support?
> > >> yeah, libwacom udeb was added just because libinput gained a dependency
> > >> on it.. I'll drop it from the next upload
> > >
> > > Appreciate the quick response! I just rebuilt the installer with
> > > libinput driver instead of evdev, and the cursor works now! \o/
> >
> > Switching to libinput also fixes the same touchpad issue on two of my
> > devices (one arm64, one amd64). Thanks!
> >
> > Cyril: Shawn has filed a MR [1] on salsa to change arm64 cdrom gtk build
> > from/to using xserver-xorg-input-{evdev->libinput}-udeb, is it OK do to
> > that for all architectures/builds [2]?
> >
> > [1]
> > https://salsa.debian.org/installer-team/debian-installer/-/merge_requests/19
> >
> > [2] $ git grep evdev
> > cdrom/grub/gtk/arm64.cfg:xserver-xorg-input-evdev-udeb
> > cdrom/isolinux/gtk/amd64.cfg:xserver-xorg-input-evdev-udeb
> > cdrom/isolinux/gtk/i386.cfg:xserver-xorg-input-evdev-udeb
> > hd-media/gtk/amd64.cfg:xserver-xorg-input-evdev-udeb
> > hd-media/gtk/i386.cfg:xserver-xorg-input-evdev-udeb
> > netboot/gtk/amd64.cfg:xserver-xorg-input-evdev-udeb
> > netboot/gtk/arm64.cfg:xserver-xorg-input-evdev-udeb
> > netboot/gtk/armel.cfg:xserver-xorg-input-evdev-udeb
> > netboot/gtk/armhf.cfg:xserver-xorg-input-evdev-udeb
> > netboot/gtk/i386.cfg:xserver-xorg-input-evdev-udeb
> > netboot/gtk/powerpc.cfg:xserver-xorg-input-evdev-udeb
> > netboot/gtk/ppc64.cfg:xserver-xorg-input-evdev-udeb
>
> Since the udeb is installable, sure. Regarding the gudev thing, I had
> local patches a while back and that worked back around August 2017
> (DebConf), with trivial udeb additions in two packages. I'm happy to
> have the wacom thing skipped instead if X maintainers are happy with
> that change. :)
Dropping wacom dependency from libinput [1] is already available in
Sid release, and my MR was tested with it. I will follow Alper's
comment to update my MR for covering other architectures as well.
Thanks!
Shawn
[1]
https://salsa.debian.org/xorg-team/lib/libinput/-/commit/3caaf50f682b7e5231d970c82d816b298348bedb
