xkb switch on release deb build

build.sh

#!/bin/bash

rm -rf build
mkdir -p build
cd build

sudo apt install devscripts -y
sudo mk-build-deps -t'apt-get -y' -ir xserver-xorg-core

apt source xserver-xorg-core
SRC_DIR=`ls | cut -f1 | head -n1`

#https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=865
#wget -O ../xkb_switch_on_release.patch https://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=129861
patch ${SRC_DIR}/xkb/xkbActions.c < ../xkb_switch_on_release.patch || exit 1

pushd ${SRC_DIR}
dch -n ''
debuild -us -uc
popd

sudo apt purge xorg-server-build-deps devscripts --auto-remove -y

sudo dpkg -i xserver-common_*.deb
sudo dpkg -i xserver-xorg-core_*.deb
rm -rf ../build

@ACheshirov I do not have solution for GNOME. We can try to contact @kyak from AUR.

Hi guys,

(un)Fortunately, I'm not using GNOME, so I can't tell for sure.

I feel the problem might be due to that fact that GNOME now defaults to Wayland session instead of Xorg if your GPU drivers allow for that. So this might be the reason why this patch doesn't work.

That would be very funny if the same problem exists on Wayland, too!

BTW, if you're interested in an up-to-date patch for a given version of Xorg, you should explore the history of package from AUR: https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/log/?h=xorg-server-bug865. There you can find versions of this patch from Xorg 1.17 (from 2015) to 1.20. Some older patches are either lost or can be found in the original bug report.

@kyak, I'm not sure that I'm using Wayland.
I think its X11.

Folk, does anyone have a patch for Ubuntu 22.10 ? I've been using @N0rbert PPA for years but unfortunately it doesn't have binary for Kinetic.

Did you try just my script ?
Patch is avail on same link in comment https://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=129861

@zorn-v For some reason it fails for me on command sudo mk-build-deps -t'apt-get -y' -ir xserver-xorg-core with error

mk-build-deps: Unable to install xorg-server-build-deps at /usr/bin/mk-build-deps line 468.
mk-build-deps: Unable to install all build-dep packages

Maybe some network problem ?
Logs above this error will be helpfull

@zorn-v

/tmp/xorg_patch$ sudo mk-build-deps -t'apt-get -y' -ir xserver-xorg-core
dpkg-buildpackage: info: source package xorg-server-build-deps
dpkg-buildpackage: info: source version 2:21.1.4-2ubuntu1
dpkg-buildpackage: info: source distribution unstable
dpkg-buildpackage: info: source changed by Equivs Dummy Package Generator <root@thinkpad>
dpkg-buildpackage: info: host architecture amd64
 dpkg-source --before-build .
 debian/rules clean
dh clean
   dh_clean
 debian/rules binary
dh binary
   dh_update_autotools_config
   dh_autoreconf
   create-stamp debian/debhelper-build-stamp
   dh_prep
   dh_auto_install --destdir=debian/xorg-server-build-deps/
   dh_install
   dh_installdocs
   dh_installchangelogs
   dh_perl
   dh_link
   dh_strip_nondeterminism
   dh_compress
   dh_fixperms
   dh_missing
   dh_dwz
   dh_strip
   dh_makeshlibs
   dh_shlibdeps
   dh_installdeb
   dh_gencontrol
   dh_md5sums
   dh_builddeb
dpkg-deb: building package 'xorg-server-build-deps' in '../xorg-server-build-deps_21.1.4-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb'.
 dpkg-genbuildinfo --build=binary -O../xorg-server-build-deps_21.1.4-2ubuntu1_amd64.buildinfo
 dpkg-genchanges --build=binary -O../xorg-server-build-deps_21.1.4-2ubuntu1_amd64.changes
dpkg-genchanges: info: binary-only upload (no source code included)
 dpkg-source --after-build .
dpkg-buildpackage: info: binary-only upload (no source included)

The package has been created.
Attention, the package has been created in the current directory,
not in ".." as indicated by the message above!
Selecting previously unselected package xorg-server-build-deps.
(Reading database ... 233043 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack xorg-server-build-deps_21.1.4-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking xorg-server-build-deps (2:21.1.4-2ubuntu1) ...
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  bison flex libfl-dev libfl2 quilt
Suggested packages:
  bison-doc flex-doc default-mta | mail-transport-agent graphviz procmail
The following packages will be REMOVED
  xorg-server-build-deps
The following NEW packages will be installed
  bison flex libfl-dev libfl2 quilt
0 to upgrade, 5 to newly install, 1 to remove and 4 not to upgrade.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 1,375 kB of archives.
After this operation, 4,464 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic/main amd64 flex amd64 2.6.4-8build2 [307 kB]
Get:2 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic/main amd64 bison amd64 2:3.8.2+dfsg-1build1 [748 kB]
Get:3 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic/main amd64 libfl2 amd64 2.6.4-8build2 [10.7 kB]
Get:4 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic/main amd64 libfl-dev amd64 2.6.4-8build2 [6,236 B]
Get:5 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic/universe amd64 quilt all 0.66-2.1 [304 kB]
Fetched 1,375 kB in 1s (1,005 kB/s)
(Reading database ... 233047 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing xorg-server-build-deps (2:21.1.4-2ubuntu1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package flex.
(Reading database ... 233043 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../flex_2.6.4-8build2_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking flex (2.6.4-8build2) ...
Selecting previously unselected package bison.
Preparing to unpack .../bison_2%3a3.8.2+dfsg-1build1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking bison (2:3.8.2+dfsg-1build1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package libfl2:amd64.
Preparing to unpack .../libfl2_2.6.4-8build2_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libfl2:amd64 (2.6.4-8build2) ...
Selecting previously unselected package libfl-dev:amd64.
Preparing to unpack .../libfl-dev_2.6.4-8build2_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libfl-dev:amd64 (2.6.4-8build2) ...
Selecting previously unselected package quilt.
Preparing to unpack .../quilt_0.66-2.1_all.deb ...
Unpacking quilt (0.66-2.1) ...
Setting up flex (2.6.4-8build2) ...
Setting up quilt (0.66-2.1) ...
Setting up libfl2:amd64 (2.6.4-8build2) ...
Setting up bison (2:3.8.2+dfsg-1build1) ...
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/bison.yacc to provide /usr/bin/yacc (yacc) in auto mode
Setting up libfl-dev:amd64 (2.6.4-8build2) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.36-0ubuntu4) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.10.2-2) ...
Processing triggers for install-info (6.8-6) ...
mk-build-deps: Unable to install xorg-server-build-deps at /usr/bin/mk-build-deps line 468.
mk-build-deps: Unable to install all build-dep packages

Did you add "sources" in software lists ?
/etc/apt/sources.list with like deb-src starts

Yes, here is my sources.list

# deb cdrom:[Kubuntu 22.04 LTS _Jammy Jellyfish_ - Release amd64 (20220419)]/ jammy main multiverse restricted universe

# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ kinetic main restricted
deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ kinetic main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ kinetic-updates main restricted
deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ kinetic-updates main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ kinetic universe
deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ kinetic universe
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ kinetic-updates universe
deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ kinetic-updates universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu 
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to 
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in 
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ kinetic multiverse
deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ kinetic multiverse
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ kinetic-updates multiverse
deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ kinetic-updates multiverse

## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ kinetic-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ kinetic-backports main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic-security multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic-security multiverse

# This system was installed using small removable media
# (e.g. netinst, live or single CD). The matching "deb cdrom"
# entries were disabled at the end of the installation process.
# For information about how to configure apt package sources,
# see the sources.list(5) manual.

I just tried on 23.04

Finished running lintian.
~/patches/xkb_patch/build

and so on

Maybe apt update ?

Also maybe you have broken /usr/bin/mk-build-deps script )

Patched Xorg packages for kinetic (22.10) and lunar (23.04) are built in my PPA.

Patched Xorg packages for kinetic (22.10) and lunar (23.04) are built in my PPA.

Thank you for you service.
The fact that the devs and most of the distro maintainers chose to ignore it is absolutely insane.

@N0rbert Would you be so kind to publish patch for mantic (23.10) ?

It's not a patch. The patch is available tho. 22 ноября 2023 г. 08:06:37 GMT+05:00, unoexperto ***@***.***> пишет:

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Patched Xorg packages for mantic (23.10) are now built in my PPA. Tested only on Ubuntu MATE 23.10.

@unoexperto commented on this gist.
Good morning! Any chance you could publish artifact for 24.04? :)

Patched Xorg packages for noble (24.04 LTS) are already built in my PPA.
Just tested it again only on Ubuntu MATE 24.04 LTS.