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evdev driver compilation problem for X11R6.8.1

Hello,
I can't compile the X evdev driver; after running "configure", make immediately fails:

Code:

In file included from evdev.c:36:

../config.h:4:25: xorg-server.h: No such file or directory

In file included from evdev.c:43:

evdev.h:52:24: xf86Xinput.h: No such file or directory

In file included from evdev.h:74,

                from evdev.c:43:

and many other lines.

The xorg-server.h and xf86Xinput.h files do not exist, but I've always successfully compiled applications for X, so I don't think that I'm missing some headers or libraries.

Can anybody help me?
Thanks!

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The xorg-server.h and xf86Xinput.h files do not exist, but I've always successfully compiled applications for X, so I don't think that I'm missing some headers or libraries.

Since you're compiling a kernel driver you'll need the header files. The X apps usually need only x libraries to link against, so they can be compiled without the headers.

Regards

I also have the kernel headers and sources. Are they the "headers" you meant?

No, you need the X headers (the x-server header files).