On Sat, 18 Oct 2014 10:12:29 +0100 Mick <michaelkintz...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Saturday 18 Oct 2014 09:34:53 gevisz wrote: > > This is the continuation from the thread > > "XFCE weather plugin does not work" > > > > 2014-10-18 10:03 GMT+03:00 Gevisz <gev...@gmail.com>: > > > On Fri, 17 Oct 2014 23:37:16 +0100 > > > > > > David W Noon <dwn...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > >> Hash: SHA1 > > >> > > >> On Fri, 17 Oct 2014 22:33:45 +0100, Neil Bothwick (n...@digimed.co.uk) > > >> wrote about "Re: [gentoo-user] Re: XFCE weather plugin does not work" > > >> > > >> (in <20141017223345.16c96...@digimed.co.uk>): > > >> > On Fri, 17 Oct 2014 21:13:52 +0000 (UTC), James wrote: > > >> >> And last, can any patch that ends in .patch be applied to the > > >> >> intended ebuild or does the gentoo ebuild auther have to put some > > >> >> special code into an (EAPI-5) ebuild to facilitate user patches? > > >> > > > >> > AFAIR the ebuild simply has to call epatch_user() in src_unpack() > > >> > and any matching patches in /etc/portage/patches are applied. > > >> > > >> The usual place is src_prepare(). > > >> > > >> I have prepared some patches from the Xfce repository with line > > >> addressing to match the Gentoo sources tarball. I attach a tarball of > > >> theses patches that can be untarred in /etc/portage/patches/. > > > > > > I have unpacked your patches to /etc/portage/patches as described here: > > > http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki//etc/portage/patches > > > and then run # emerge xfce4-weather-plugin > > > > > > After restarting xfce4, the weather-plugin started to work. Thank you. > > > > > > Nevertheless, just > > > # emerge --update --deep --with-bdeps=y --newuse --backtrack=90 --ask > > > world instead of # emerge xfce4-weather-plugin > > > did not worked. > > > > > >> The ebuild should have the following lines added: > > >> > > >> src_prepare() { > > >> > > >> epatch_user > > >> > > >> } > > > > > > I have not done this relying on the promise by Greg Kubaryk > > > that the ebuild is epatch_user enabled. > > > > > >> Don't forget to redo the manifest for the ebuild. > > > > > > I never dealt with ebuilds on a maintaner level. > > > So, may I ask if it is really necessary and for which purpose. > > > > Just after emerging xfce4-weather-plugin with the patches > > provided by David W Noon, I have noticed that I lost all my > > alternative keyboard layouts. > > > > I tried to set them anew via xfce4 Keyboard Layouts Plugin > > version 0.5.6 but there is no keyboard layout that suits my > > keyboard. > > > > Unfortunately, unmerging xfce4-weather-plugin did not help. > > > > Another thing I did just before re-emerging xfce4-weather-plugin > > was a routine system update. This time only net-dns/libidn package > > was updated from version 1.28 to version 1.29, and before that > > update my alternative keyboard layouts were still present, as > > I remember using them just after the update but before rebooting > > the system. > > > > So, it also may be that updating libidn package caused the damage. > > > > I remember that, while installing Gentoo about 15 months ago, > > I set my keyboard layout not via an xfce4 plugin but somewhere > > in the X11 settings. (At that time I had gnome2 instead of xfce4 anyway). > > > > So, may be now, re-emerging xfce4-weather-plugin, or trying > > to set the alternative keyboard layout anew, I have created some > > xfce4 configuration file that shadows X11 (or old gnome2) settings > > that xfce4 used for keyboard layout previously. > > > > > > Any thoughts? > > I think you are referring to the XkbLayout. In /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10- > evdev.conf you can add a section like so with the keyboard languages of your > choice: > > > Section "InputClass" > Identifier "evdev keyboard catchall" > MatchIsKeyboard "on" > MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*" > Driver "evdev" > Option "XkbLayout" "gb,el" > Option "XkbOptions" > "grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll,compose:menu,terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp" > EndSection Yes, something like that. But I have no /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ directory. So, I did that configuration in another file. But the problem is that I have not changed anything related to the keyboard layout just before my alternative keyboard layouts disappeared.
