#3 Missing synaptics_drv.la file means latest Xorg cannot load

[Colin Guthrie]

Hi,

When trying to run the latest synaptics with latest Xorg 7.2 RC3 it fails to load the synaptics module:

(II) LoadModule: "kbd"
(II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/input//kbd_drv.so
(II) Module kbd: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.1.0, module version = 1.1.0
Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.6
(II) LoadModule: "synaptics"
(WW) Warning, couldn't open module synaptics
(II) UnloadModule: "synaptics"
(EE) Failed to load module "synaptics" (module does not exist, 0)
(II) LoadModule: "mouse"
(II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/input//mouse_drv.so
(II) Module mouse: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.1.1, module version = 1.1.1
Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.6

The other drivers listed above both have .la files also.

I had a play and manually hacked up a .la file for synaptics. It worked great and Xorg now loads the module.

The .la files are usually create by libtool but synaptics does not use this yet. Perhaps using autotools will fix things?

I know this isn't the bugtracker for the driver itself, but I figured it would reach some of the right people :)