xorg-x11 post-install problems

[Jonathan Solomon]

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Check your XF86Config. I found the keyboard model on mine had been reset to 
pc105 from microsoftpro even though it left the video settings alone.

> Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 18:15:22 -0800
> From: Gary Peck <gbpeck at sbcglobal.net>
> Subject: xorg-x11 post-install problems
> To: fedora-test-list at redhat.com
> Message-ID: <20040320021522.GA30566 at realify.com>
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> 
> I just installed the latest xorg-x11 packages (xorg-x11-<...>.6). The
> install went very well, removing the old XFree86 packages correctly.
> However, I noticed a few problems afterwards (some have already been
> mentioned on this list):
> 
> - xfs gets removed from chkconfig's management. I'm guessing that the
>   "/sbin/chkconfig --del xfs" in XFree86-xfs's preuninstall gets run
>   after "/sbin/chkconfig --add xfs" in xorg-x11-xfs's postinstall.
> 
> - As mentioned many times, /usr/X11R6/lib gets removed from
>   /etc/ld.so.conf.
> 
> - Many video-related packages from freshrpms.net get removed. They all
>   depend on aalib (also from freshrpms), which depends on XFree86. I'll
>   email Matthias about this (if he's not on this list).
> 
> - I use <Win>-<Tab> to switch between applications. After logging into
>   the new server, this no longer works. More specifically, letting go of
>   <Win> doesn't remove the window list popup from the middle of the
>   screen and doesn't actually switch to the selected application. I
>   believe this is related to the next point:
> 
> - The <Win> key on my keyboard used to be recognized as Mod4 (according
>   to xev). It is now recognized as Super_L. It's also no longer
>   considered a modifier key.
> 
> gary
> 
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Jonathan Solomon
jsolomon at comcast.net
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