RE: New release of Debian ROOT packages - DevelopmentSnapshot

From: Fine, Valeri <fine_at_bnl.gov>
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 11:22:32 -0500

Just for your info

http://people.freedesktop.org/~jg/roadmap.html#mozTocId989568

" . . .
XInputExtension

XInput provides support for "non-core" input devices, such as trackballs, dial boxes, tablets, etc. It provides adequate facilities for these devices, but work is needed to extend XInput to support "hot-plug" input devices.
. . . "

So, I agree with your

> Anyway, this is evolving away from ROOT, and I can certainly live
> with those two extra lines of output. Thanks for your responses.

Best Regards

                         Valeri Fine

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roland Kuhn [mailto:rkuhn_at_e18.physik.tu-muenchen.de]
> Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 3:32 PM
> To: Fine, Valeri
> Cc: Christian Holm Christensen; ROOT Talk; Debian Science Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [ROOT] New release of Debian ROOT packages -
> DevelopmentSnapshot
>
> Hi Valeri!
>
> On 30 Oct 2006, at 14:43, Fine, Valeri wrote:
>
> > For me
> >
> >> Xlib: extension "XInputExtension" missing on display "localhost:
> >> 10.0".
> >> Failed to get list of devices
> >
> >
> > sounds like some problem with the Qt installation alone. Can you
> > confirmn the Qt tests do work properly there? (by the way which
> > version of Qt on LD_LIBRARY_PATH ? )
> >
> Tests with the qt3-examples show the same two lines of output, so I
> assume it's normal with my setup. Could it be the local X server?
> That would be Apple's "X11 1.1 - XFree 4.4.0". Concerning Qt, I'm
> using the Debian package, version 3.3.7-1, and LD_LIBRARY_PATH is
> unset. Everything seems to work fine, though. I tried hello and
> dirview, navigation works with mouse or keyboard. Is there a critical
> one, which would have a higher failure probability?
>
> Anyway, this is evolving away from ROOT, and I can certainly live
> with those two extra lines of output. Thanks for your responses.
>
> Ciao,
> Roland
>
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