Jan van Eldik wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Just to make sure you know that there is a workaround for this issue:
> http://linux.web.cern.ch/linux/scientific5/hardware/desktops.shtml#hpdc5850
> 
>               hth, Jan

Thanks for the link to the work around.
I can deploy that to my HP dc5850's and HP 6005's with cfengine.

However... I'm still a bit concerned that the src.rpm appears not to 
re-compile under SL5.5. Either I am doing something wrong or there is a 
bug in the spec file/src.rpm.

Alex Owen



> 
> On 15/10/2010 21:06, Alex Owen wrote:
>> Hello,
>> I need to patch  xorg-x11-server-1.1.1-48.76.el5_5.2.src.rpm for a 
>> mouse bug:
>>
>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492129
>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=529717
>>
>>
>> As a first step I have tried building the above src.rpm on SL5.5 by 
>> (all as
>> root) installing the src.rpm then:
>>
>> # cd /usr/src/redhat/SPECS
>> # rpmbuild -ba xorg-x11-server.spec
>>
>> I seem to hit a autoreconfig error.
>>
>> Any hints?? Am I doing something obviously stupid in trying to rebuild 
>> this on
>> SL5.5?
>>
>> (I will probably add more info on Monday as I know this is sketchy but 
>> I'm
>> sure anyone who has encountered this problem will recognise what I am 
>> describing!)
>>
>> Have a good weekend.
>>
>> Alex Owen
>>
>>
>>
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