Kpackage Kit and updates

[natman]

Hi,
My laptop has a click pad and to make it work in kubuntu i followed this post:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php...&postcount=202

That worked fine, but then my package manager tells me there is a "Synpatics Touchpad driver" update available. If i take the update im back to square one and have to redo what the above post tells me to do. If there is any way to tell Kpackage Kit that it should ignore that synaptic update? But i still want all the other/normal updates

[el_koraco]

Re: Kpackage Kit and updates

Go to startup services in System settings, and see if there is an option to not search for additional drivers.

[Rog131]

Re: Kpackage Kit and updates

You could pin/lock the package version, earlier > Topic: how to add exception to dist-upgrade (Solved)

[natman]

Re: Kpackage Kit and updates

hi,
I tried the pinning method that was linked to in the above post and made a file (/etc/apt/preferences) with:

Package: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
Pin: version 1.3.99+git20110116.0e27ce3a-0ubuntu12*
Pin-Priority: 1001

This did nothing , i still get the little green grear at the bottom telling me to update the synaptic..

[Rog131]

Re: Kpackage Kit and updates



Hmm - I can't follow you.




You are pinning to the "0ubuntu12" - by my knowledge it is the Natty release version.

Do you have the "0ubuntu11" version installed or something else - the:

...i followed this post:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php...&postcount=202...

is going to the Ubuntu forums frontpage.


Trying with the "0ubuntu11":

1) Downgrading /1/:

sudo dpkg -i xserver-xorg-input-synaptics_1.3.99+git20110116.0e27ce3a-0ubuntu11_i386.deb

[sudo] password for rog:
dpkg: warning: downgrading xserver-xorg-input-synaptics from 1.3.99+git20110116.0e27ce3a-0ubuntu12 to 1.3.99+git20110116.0e27ce3a-0ubuntu11.
(Reading database ... 119449 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace xserver-xorg-input-synaptics 1.3.99+git20110116.0e27ce3a-0ubuntu12 (using xserver-xorg-input-synaptics_1.3.99+git20110116.0e27ce3a-0ubuntu11_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement xserver-xorg-input-synaptics ...
Setting up xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (1.3.99+git20110116.0e27ce3a-0ubuntu11) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...

2) Pinning

kdesudo kwrite /etc/apt/preferences

there are:

Package: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
Pin: version 1.3.99+git20110116.0e27ce3a-0ubuntu11*
Pin-Priority: 1001

3) Updating the package information

sudo apt-get update

or with the KPackageKit:
[img width=400 height=264]http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/8205/refreshpackagecache.png[/img]


=> Here are no upgradeable packages...

There are:

apt-cache show xserver-xorg-input-synaptics

Package: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
Priority: optional
Section: x11
Installed-Size: 368
Maintainer: Ubuntu Core Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com>
Original-Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force <debian-x@lists.debian.org>
Architecture: i386
Version: 1.3.99+git20110116.0e27ce3a-0ubuntu12

...

Package: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
Status: install ok installed
Priority: optional
Section: x11
Installed-Size: 368
Maintainer: Ubuntu Core Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com>
Architecture: i386
Version: 1.3.99+git20110116.0e27ce3a-0ubuntu11
...

If i remove the pin file:

sudo rm /etc/apt/preferences

...and update the package information, then there will be a one upgradeable package.

[img width=400 height=191]http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/5565/onetoupdate.png[/img]


/1/ Getting the older package from the > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/natty-changes >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/na...il/011095.html

[natman]

Re: Kpackage Kit and updates

Hi Rog,
Thanks, the link i should have used is http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php...&postcount=202. I think i have all the correct steps done currently ( mouse is working using link instructions ) and i have created the file /etc/apt/preferences with

Package: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
Pin: version 1.3.99+git20110116.0e27ce3a-0ubuntu11*
Pin-Priority: 1001

And still i see the green gear telling me i have one update to get, namely "1.3.99+git20110116.0e27ce3a-0ubuntu12"
One last thing, should i remove the package "xserver-xorg-input-synaptics" ?

[Rog131]

Re: Kpackage Kit and updates

A-haa, you are building own package from the Ubuntu sources.

What is your source version ?. Look inside the /xserver-xorg-input-synaptics-1.3.99+git20110116.0e27ce3a/debian/changelog file.

Maybe it is 1.3.99+git20110116.0e27ce3a-0ubuntu12.

The package management is preferring the packages from the official repositories. If you own package version number is equal to the official package, your package will be updated.


Those instructions are telling:

...
sudo apt-get build-dep xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc -rfakeroot
sudo dpkg -i ../xserver-xorg-input-synaptics_<version>_<arch>.deb

And then restart your X server...

Before the command:

dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc -rfakeroot

You should go to the /debian subfolder. There is a changelog file. It has the version information.

The version information should be updated.

There is a command - dch:

man dch:

NAME
debchange - Tool for maintenance of the debian/changelog file in a source package

SYNOPSIS
debchange [options] [text ...]
dch [options] [text ...]

DESCRIPTION
debchange or its alias dch will add a new comment line to the Debian changelog in the current
source tree....

OPTIONS
--append, -a
Add a new changelog entry at the end of the current version's entries.

--increment, -i
Increment either the final component of the Debian release number or, if this is a native
Debian package, the version number. This creates a new section at the beginning of the
changelog with appropriate headers and footers. Also, if this is a new version of a native
Debian package, the directory name is changed to reflect this.

When running the "dch -i" , you should see something like this:

xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (1.3.99+git20110116.0e27ce3a-0ubuntu13) natty; urgency=low

*

-- Rog131 <samrog131@XXXX.com> Wed, 04 May 2011 19:08:38 +0300

xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (1.3.99+git20110116.0e27ce3a-0ubuntu12) natty; urgency=low

* syndaemon: Drain spurious events from XRecord connection as a work around
for a buggy X server. This keeps syndaemon from busy looping
(LP: #754470)

-- Chase Douglas <chase.douglas@XXXX.com> Thu, 14 Apr 2011 14:15:33 -0400

xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (1.3.99+git20110116.0e27ce3a-0ubuntu11) natty; urgency=low

With your Name and mail information. The Version number is bumped +1 => ...0ubuntu13

You could edit it => ...0ubuntu99 or ...0ubuntu12~natman1 or something else...

With the...0ubuntu13 (or ...0ubuntu99) the upgrade will offer an update when the Ubuntu package number is equal or greater that your package number.

With the ...0ubuntu12~natman1 you need the pin file with the:

Pin: version 1.3.99+git20110116.0e27ce3a-0ubuntu12~natman1*

[natman]

Re: Kpackage Kit and updates

Really sorry to have to ask this, but where is the file i need to edit? you mention its inside /debian, and /xssrver-xorg.....
I cant find any change log file. Do you know the exact location?

[natman]

Re: Kpackage Kit and updates

Hi again,
I when to /home/natman/tmpbuild/xserver-xorg-input-synaptics-1.3.99+git20110116.0e27ce3a/debian/
and then ran dch -i and i got the following output ( and up'd the number as mention in the previous post ) I got the following output ( only fist part posted )

xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (1.3.99+git20110116.0e27ce3a-0ubuntu100) natty; urgency=low

*

-- Patrick Browne <natman@swan> Wed, 11 May 2011 11:14:02 +0100

xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (1.3.99+git20110116.0e27ce3a-0ubuntu99) natty; urgency=low

*

-- root <root@swan> Sat, 07 May 2011 16:37:28 +0100

xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (1.3.99+git20110116.0e27ce3a-0ubuntu12) natty; urgency=low

* syndaemon: Drain spurious events from XRecord connection as a work around
for a buggy X server. This keeps syndaemon from busy looping
(LP: #754470)

-- Chase Douglas <chase.douglas@ubuntu.com> Thu, 14 Apr 2011 14:15:33 -0400

xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (1.3.99+git20110116.0e27ce3a-0ubuntu11) natty; urgency=low

* Fix jumpy cursor on multitouch trackpads (LP: #751525)
- Added 123_order_ProcessTouch_for_numFingers.patch

-- Chase Douglas <chase.douglas@ubuntu.com> Tue, 05 Apr 2011 11:03:12 -0400

xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (1.3.99+git20110116.0e2

I saved the file, and still kpackage kit tells me i have one update for xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (1.3.99+git20110116.0e27ce3a-0ubuntu12) natty; urgency=low
Did i alter the wrong file?