he Problem, more or less a confusion I have is I installed xorg server 1.8 but the comand X -version says it is 1.7x
$ X -version
This is a pre-release version of the X server from The X.Org Foundation.
It is not supported in any way.
Bugs may be filed in the bugzilla at
http://bugs.freedesktop.org/.
Select the "xorg" product for bugs you find in this release.
Before reporting bugs in pre-release versions please check the
latest version in the X.Org Foundation git repository.
See
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X.Org X Server 1.7.5.1
Release Date: 2010-04-27
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.33-ARCH x86_64
Current Operating System: Linux mortalkombat 2.6.33-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Apr 26 19:31:00 CEST 2010 x86_64
Kernel command line: root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/e4db8880-1258-43aa-b24e-a2c29eef6659 ro nomodeset vga=773 quiet splash
Build Date: 29 April 2010 03:43:53PM
Current version of pixman: 0.18.0
Before reporting problems, check
http://wiki.x.org to make sure that you have the latest version.
pacman tells a different story
# pacman -S catalyst-xorg18/xorg-server
warning: xorg-server-1.8.0.901-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...
Also had this trouble while upgrading to xorg-server 1.8
:: xorg-server: requires xf86-input-evdev>=2.3.2-2
:: xorg-server-1.8-catalyst-maximize-fix: requires xf86-input-evdev>=2.3.2-2