Author: renodr
Date: Sun May 19 21:28:20 2019
New Revision: 21610
Log:
Archive xf86-input-vmmouse. With kernel version 5.1 or later, having the
VMMouse driver installed on a VMWare or Qemu system will result in crashes
because the work was completed to make this obsolete input driver useless.
VMWare ported the VMMouse protocol to use the standard PS/2 subsystem in EVDEV
and/or Libinput, so it will work with any VM with either xf86-input-evdev or
xf86-input-libinput.
This package has been obsolete for a while, but now causes problems, so let's
remove it.
Added:
trunk/BOOK/archive/x7driver-vmmouse.xml
- copied, changed from r21609,
trunk/BOOK/x/installing/x7driver-vmmouse.xml
Deleted:
trunk/BOOK/x/installing/x7driver-vmmouse.xml
Modified:
trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
trunk/BOOK/x/installing/x7driver.xml
Copied and modified: trunk/BOOK/archive/x7driver-vmmouse.xml (from r21609,
trunk/BOOK/x/installing/x7driver-vmmouse.xml)
==============================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/x/installing/x7driver-vmmouse.xml Sun May 19 15:01:30
2019 (r21609, copy source)
+++ trunk/BOOK/archive/x7driver-vmmouse.xml Sun May 19 21:28:20 2019
(r21610)
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
&lfs84_checked;
<!-- I used this with both VMWare and QEMU. -->
+ <!-- with Kernel 5.1, this package is now obsolete and will cause X to
crash.-->
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Package Information</bridgehead>
<itemizedlist spacing="compact">
Modified: trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
==============================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml Sun May 19 15:01:30
2019 (r21609)
+++ trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml Sun May 19 21:28:20
2019 (r21610)
@@ -45,6 +45,14 @@
<para>May 19th, 2019</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
+ <para>[renodr] - Archive xf86-input-vmmouse. With kernel 5.1 and
+ later, VMWare made this driver obsolete by mapping VMMouse's
+ events into the evdev subsystem. Therefore,
+ xf86-input-evdev now works with it and this package can be archived.
+ Installing it on a VMWare or Qemu system with 5.1+ will cause
+ instability and other problems.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
<para>[ken] - Update details of Intel microcode. Fixes
<ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;12061">#12061</ulink>.</para>
</listitem>
Modified: trunk/BOOK/x/installing/x7driver.xml
==============================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/x/installing/x7driver.xml Sun May 19 15:01:30 2019
(r21609)
+++ trunk/BOOK/x/installing/x7driver.xml Sun May 19 21:28:20 2019
(r21610)
@@ -92,11 +92,17 @@
<xref linkend="xorg-synaptics-driver"/>
</para>
</listitem>
+ <!-- With Kernel 5.1, VMMouse is now entirely unusable/obsolete.
+ VMWare has a replacement in the kernel that works for both Qemu and
+ VMWare, that allows the VMMouse instruction set to run through
+ EVDEV events.
+ I archived it on 2019-05-19 as a result. - renodr
<listitem>
<para>
<xref linkend="xorg-vmmouse-driver"/>
</para>
</listitem>
+ -->
<listitem>
<para>
<xref linkend="xorg-wacom-driver"/>
@@ -184,8 +190,8 @@
<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude";
href="x7driver-synaptics.xml"/>
- <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude";
- href="x7driver-vmmouse.xml"/>
+ <!-- <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude";
+ href="x7driver-vmmouse.xml"/> -->
<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude";
href="x7driver-wacom.xml"/>
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