Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > Third, there were some dependency probs with Xfonts packages and xutils: > > xfonts-base, xfonts-75dpi, xfonts-100dpi and xfonts-scalable require > > xutils >= 4.0.3, but the version on the CD is 4.0.3 > > I don't see a conflict?
My mistake. I meant to say xutils 4.0.2. > > After compiling the xutils source package from Debian's ftp server, the > > fonts packages did install normally. > > The latest xutils is 4.0.3-3 and is in the ftp archive. I don't know about > the CD, maybe Phil can tell us. I think I updated xutils only after the CD > was created, so it might contain an old version of xutils. Also the X core packages on Hurd-F2 are still 4.0.2. Except for the mentioned above font packages. > > Finally, concerning the mouse under X I tried to follow the instructions > > from Marcus' freeX article (settrans -c /dev/mouse /hurd/mouse > > -protocol=microsoft -device=com0). In XF86Config I set protocol to > > "osmouse" and device to "com0". However, X would crash informing me (Another mistake: I meant to write /dev/mouse, not com0) > > about a failure to initialize a core device. With the conventional > > settings (device=com0, protocol=microsoft), X starts up normally, > > although mouse movements are somewhat retarded. > > Can you tell us what "cat /dev/mouse" and wiggeling the mouse does for you? I'll try when I'm back home. > > Hope, these remarks are not completely useless. > > Absolutely not. Thanks a lot. In fact, we want more of those ;) Good. Well I experienced probs with some packages that would not install due to missing dependencies. One of them is tkman. Maybe not a crucial program, but the best man viewer I know. It wants rman which misses on Hurd-F2. The Debian/unstable source package of rman compiles normally on Hurd, but there is no pre-compiled deb yet on the Debian server. I don't know how dependancies are checked before building the ISO images. But I have the impression that this could still be improved. Also, I don't know who is responsible for providing the Hurd binary deb for a package. Is it the respective package maintainer? If so, the should maybe be urged, not to ignore the Hurd platform. Regards, Johannes
