Bug 188565

Summary: Latest xorg update broke synaptics driver
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Bart Vanbrabant <bart.vanbrabant>
Component: synapticsAssignee: Kristian Høgsberg <krh>
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Version: rawhideCC: jlaska, jvdias
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Description Bart Vanbrabant 2006-04-11 11:38:07 UTC
Description of problem:
The latest xorg update broke the synaptics driver. X can't start any more when
the driver is used because of unresolved symbols.

Comment 1 Bart Vanbrabant 2006-04-11 11:46:28 UTC
These are the error the X server reports:

Symbol __errno_location from module /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.o
is unresolved!
Symbol ioctl from module /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.o is unresolved!
Symbol __errno_location from module /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.o
is unresolved!
Symbol ioctl from module /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.o is unresolved!
Symbol __errno_location from module /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.o
is unresolved!
Symbol ioctl from module /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.o is unresolved!
Symbol __errno_location from module /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.o
is unresolved!
Symbol __errno_location from module /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.o
is unresolved!
Symbol ioctl from module /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.o is unresolved!
Symbol __errno_location from module /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.o
is unresolved!
Symbol __errno_location from module /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.o
is unresolved!
Symbol close from module /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.o is unresolved!
Symbol __errno_location from module /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.o
is unresolved!
Symbol open from module /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.o is unresolved!
Symbol sprintf from module /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.o is
unresolved!
Symbol __errno_location from module /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.o
is unresolved!
Symbol ioctl from module /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.o is unresolved!
Symbol __errno_location from module /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.o
is unresolved!
Symbol ioctl from module /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.o is unresolved!
Symbol __errno_location from module /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.o
is unresolved!
Symbol ioctl from module /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.o is unresolved!
Symbol write from module /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.o is unresolved!
Symbol modf from module /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.o is unresolved!
Symbol modf from module /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.o is unresolved!
Symbol sqrt from module /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.o is unresolved!
Symbol fmod from module /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.o is unresolved!
Symbol atan2 from module /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.o is unresolved!
Symbol free from module /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.o is unresolved!
Symbol __errno_location from module /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.o
is unresolved!
Symbol __xmknod from module /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.o is
unresolved!
Symbol sscanf from module /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.o is unresolved!
Symbol sscanf from module /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.o is unresolved!
Symbol sscanf from module /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.o is unresolved!
Symbol sscanf from module /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.o is unresolved!
Symbol sscanf from module /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.o is unresolved!
Symbol shmat from module /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.o is unresolved!
Symbol shmget from module /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.o is unresolved!
Symbol shmctl from module /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.o is unresolved!
Symbol shmget from module /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.o is unresolved!
Symbol shmctl from module /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.o is unresolved!
Symbol shmget from module /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.o is unresolved!

I tried recompiling the srpm but that didn't work.

Comment 2 Jason Vas Dias 2006-04-11 15:59:48 UTC
I can confirm this is a problem with synaptics-0.14.4-5 - X fails to start and
I get the same messages in /var/log/Xorg.0.log .
Downgrading to synaptics-0.14.4-4-4.2.1 fixes the problem.

Comment 3 Kristian Høgsberg 2006-04-11 20:22:28 UTC
Fixed in rawhide.