Author: ken
Date: Sat Jun 30 16:07:27 2018
New Revision: 20216
Log:
libinput-1.11.0
Modified:
trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
trunk/BOOK/x/installing/libinput.xml
Modified: trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
==============================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml Sat Jun 30 14:18:19
2018 (r20215)
+++ trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml Sat Jun 30 16:07:27
2018 (r20216)
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@
<para>June 28th, 2018</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
+ <para>[ken] - Update to libinput-1.11.0. Fixes
+ <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;10851">#10851</ulink>.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
<para>[ken] - Remove obsolete text from valgrind re symlinking
ld-linux
to a .dbg version of ld. In April 2017 LFS changed the strip
commands.
That file now only contains debug symbols and is loaded when needed:
Modified: trunk/BOOK/x/installing/libinput.xml
==============================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/x/installing/libinput.xml Sat Jun 30 14:18:19 2018
(r20215)
+++ trunk/BOOK/x/installing/libinput.xml Sat Jun 30 16:07:27 2018
(r20216)
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
<!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
%general-entities;
- <!ENTITY libinput-version "1.10.7">
+ <!ENTITY libinput-version "1.11.0">
<!ENTITY libinput-download-http
"https://www.freedesktop.org/software/libinput/libinput-&libinput-version;.tar.xz";>
<!ENTITY libinput-download-ftp " ">
- <!ENTITY libinput-md5sum "4369212564f8359f48c8f683c8c829b5">
- <!ENTITY libinput-size "484 KB">
- <!ENTITY libinput-buildsize "8.3 MB">
+ <!ENTITY libinput-md5sum "a182dab52f4d33bc1ef50668dcf53cc6">
+ <!ENTITY libinput-size "475 KB">
+ <!ENTITY libinput-buildsize "9.7 MB">
<!ENTITY libinput-time "less than 0.1 SBU">
]>
@@ -86,10 +86,13 @@
<xref linkend="valgrind"/> (to run the tests),
<xref linkend="doxygen"/> and
<xref linkend="graphviz"/> (to build the documentation)
- <xref linkend="gtk3"/> (to build the GUI event viewer),
- <ulink url="http://www.nongnu.org/libunwind/";>libunwind</ulink>
(required for tests), and
+ <xref linkend="gtk3"/> (to build the GUI event viewer),
+ <ulink url="http://www.nongnu.org/libunwind/";>libunwind</ulink>
(required for tests),
<ulink revision="sysv"
url="https://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxwacom/files/libwacom/";>libwacom</ulink>
<xref revision="systemd" linkend="libwacom"/>
+ <!-- commas outside the rev get rendered on either version -->
+ , and
+ <ulink url="https://pypi.org/project/pyparsing/"/> (for one non-root
test)
</para>
<para condition="html" role="usernotes">
@@ -97,6 +100,45 @@
</para>
</sect3>
+ <sect3 role="kernel" id="libinput-kernel">
+ <title>kernel configuration for running the libinput testsuite</title>
+
+ <para>
+ Although libinput works with the same kernel configuration used by <xref
+ linkend="libevdev"/>, its extensive testsuite requires the presence of
+ <filename>/dev/uinput</filename> (as well as both <xref
linkend="valgrind"/>
+ and <ulink url="http://www.nongnu.org/libunwind/";>libunwind</ulink>).
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ If you wish to run the full tests, enable the following option in the
kernel
+ configuration and recompile the kernel if necessary:
+ </para>
+
+<screen><literal>Device Drivers --->
+ Input device support --->
+ Miscellaneous Devices --->
+ <*/M> User level driver support
[CONFIG_INPUT_UINPUT]</literal></screen>
+
+ <para>
+ If you build this as a module, it needs to be inserted before the
testsuite
+ runs.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ On an Xorg system you will also need to prevent the events generated
+ during the testsuite from interfering with your desktop. Copy the
+ file <filename>test/50-litest.conf</filename> into
+ <filename class="directory">
${XORG_PREFIX}/share/X11/xorg.conf.d</filename>
+ and restart X. For further information see
+ <ulink
url="https://wayland.freedesktop.org/libinput/doc/&libinput-version;/test-suite.html";>libinput
test suite</ulink>.
+ </para>
+
+ <indexterm zone="libinput libinput-kernel">
+ <primary sortas="d-libinput">libinput</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ </sect3>
+
<sect3 role="installation">
<title>Installation of libinput</title>
@@ -117,32 +159,21 @@
.. &&
ninja</userinput></screen>
-<!--
<note>
- <para>If you want to run the tests, remove -Dtests from the
- <command>meson</command> command above. The external
- library, libunwind, must be installed.</para>
-
+ <para>If you want to run the full tests, remove -Dtests from the
+ <command>meson</command> command above. Please read "kernel configuration
+ for running the libinput testsuite" (above).
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ If you have enabled the full tests, you can run the main tests
+ <emphasis>as the root user</emphasis> by executing:
+ <command>ninja test</command>. A very large number of tests will
+ be run, about 20 fail (at least on an Xorg system).
+ </para>
</note>
<para>
- Running the testsuite for this package can cause problems.
- It creates a number of dummy input devices on the currently
- running system that can lead to crashing a local X server or
- a desktop environment. If you understand the risks and have
- the optional <xref linkend="check"/> and
- <xref linkend="valgrind"/> packages installed, the regression
- tests can be run as the <systemitem
- class="username">root</systemitem> user with
- <userinput>ninja test</userinput>. Note that depending on
- the system configuration and hardware, some tests may fail.
- </para>
--->
- <para>
- This package does not currently have a functioning test suite.
- </para>
-
- <para>
Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
</para>
@@ -175,9 +206,10 @@
</para>
<para>
- <option>-Dtests=false</option>: This switch disables compilation
- of tests. Remove if you want to run the tests, and you have the external
- libraries, libunwind and libwacom, installed.
+ <option>-Dtests=false</option>: This switch disables compilation of the
+ main tests. Even with the tests defined as false, you can still run the
+ first four minor tests, as a regular user, but one will be skipped if
+ <ulink url="https://pypi.org/project/pyparsing"/> is not installed.
</para>
<para>
@@ -204,9 +236,9 @@
<seglistitem>
<seg>
- libinput,
- libinput-debug-events, and
- libinput-list-devices
+ libinput,
+ libinput-debug-events, libinput-list-devices, libinput-measure*,
+ libinput-record, libinput-replay
</seg>
<seg>
libinput.so
@@ -260,6 +292,44 @@
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry id="libinput-measure">
+ <term><command>libinput-measure</command></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ is the entry to a set of debugging programs to measure
+ the properties of one or more devices.
+ </para>
+ <indexterm zone="libinput libinput-measure">
+ <primary sortas="b-libinput-measure">libinput-measure</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry id="libinput-record">
+ <term><command>libinput-record</command></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ records kernel events from a device in a form that can later be
+ replayed by libinput-replay.
+ </para>
+ <indexterm zone="libinput libinput-record">
+ <primary sortas="b-libinput-record">libinput-record</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry id="libinput-replay">
+ <term><command>libinput-replay</command></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ replays kernel events from a recording made by libinput-record.
+ </para>
+ <indexterm zone="libinput libinput-replay">
+ <primary sortas="b-libinput-replay">libinput-replay</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="libinput-lib">
<term><filename class="libraryfile">libinput.so</filename></term>
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