Re: [REGRESSION] "bind" a device to a driver doesn't not workanymore

From: Dmitry Torokhov
Date: Thu Oct 22 2009 - 12:22:16 EST


On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 06:10:52PM +0200, Éric Piel wrote:
> Op 21-10-09 22:20, Dmitry Torokhov schreef:
> >
> > Nothing, as far as I can tell... I see you typing "qwerty"... Does the
> > keyboard work in console (let's say if you boot in run level 3 to take X out
> > of the picture)? Could you please try compiling evbug module - it will show if
> > keyboard events are propagated through input core. Also, whta driver are you
> > using in X? Legacy keyboard or evdev?
> In the console (in init 3), I haven't managed to reproduce it. In xorg,
> the keyboard input uses evdev. Now I've just tried "evtest
> /dev/input/event4", when the keyboard doesn't work... and I see the key
> presses!
>
> So I guess it rules out a bug in the kernel, and I have to talk with the
> people from Xorg, right?
>

Yep... but it is still wierd since evdev driver works fine for me...
Could it be you are using either too old or too new version of X?

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Dmitry
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