Re: gdm 2.6.0.8 compile error

[Francesco Schibuola <francesco schibu it>]

Hi Brian,

Thank you very much for pointing me in the right direction!

>  From the error messages, I think the problem is that you do not have
> the XInput extension installed in your Xserver.  The GDM2 gesture
> listeners depend on XInput devices because many people with accessibility
> needs use alternative keyboard/mouse devices to interact with the
> computer.  So, installing this extension would be perhaps the simplist
> way to fix this.  The configure script should probably notice this
> problem and complain about it so you don't hit the problem at compile
> time.
> 
I believe this is what happened, even if I don't get to understand why
xinput extensions didn't get compiled in my xorg. I will try to
investigate further...

> If you don't need accessibility support, there is really no need to
> build or install the gesture listeners at all.  So you could hack
> GDM to not build or install these modules.  If you added a configure
> option to disable building/installing them, that would be a reasonable
> change that could go into CVS head, 
That would be really great, but I fear it goes over my capabilities... 


> or if you just want to hack your
> build to get around this problem you could change your Makefile to
> avoid going into this directory.
> 
I will go through this "dirty way" if nothing else is possible...
Thank you again for your help, I was really lost...

Francesco


> Brian
> 
> > <error>
> > keymouselistener.c  -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/keymouselistener.o
> > keymouselistener.c: In function `event_time':
> > keymouselistener.c:524: error: `XDeviceKeyEvent' undeclared (first use
> > in this function)
> > keymouselistener.c:524: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported
> > only once
> > keymouselistener.c:524: error: for each function it appears in.)
> > keymouselistener.c:524: error: parse error before ')' token
> > keymouselistener.c:527: error: `XDeviceButtonEvent' undeclared (first
> > use in this function)
> > keymouselistener.c:527: error: parse error before ')' token
> > keymouselistener.c: In function `keycodes_equal':
> > keymouselistener.c:549: error: `XDeviceKeyEvent' undeclared (first use
> > in this function)
> > keymouselistener.c:549: error: parse error before ')' token
> > keymouselistener.c:549: error: parse error before ')' token
> > keymouselistener.c: In function `key_gesture_compare_func':
> > keymouselistener.c:580: error: `XDeviceButtonEvent' undeclared (first
> > use in this function)
> > keymouselistener.c:580: error: parse error before ')' token
> > keymouselistener.c: In function `gestures_filter':
> > keymouselistener.c:603: warning: unused variable `xinput_device'
> > make[3]: *** [keymouselistener.lo] Error 1
> > make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/pippo/gdm-2.6.0.8/gui/modules'
> > make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> > make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/pippo/gdm-2.6.0.8/gui'
> > make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> > make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/pippo/gdm-2.6.0.8'
> > make: *** [all] Error 2
> > </error>
> > 
> > 
> > Does somebody have an idea on what i am missing or doing wrong?
> > Do I really need "keymouselistener"? If not, how can I get rid of it?
> > 
> > I cannot find similar errors on the internet with google
> > 
> > The configure line is a simple ./configure --with-prefix=/usr/local
> > 
> > My system:
> > Linux 2.6.8.1
> > Glibc 2.3.4
> > Gcc 3.4.1
> > Binutils 2.15.91.0.2
> > Xorg 6.8.2
> > 
> > Thank you in advance for every hint or idea...
> > 
> > Francesco
> > 
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