Re: pbbuttonsd beta on new Powerbook5,8
On Fri, Jan 20, 2006 at 12:42:08AM +0100, Mich Lanners wrote:
> Hi Sven,
>
> On 20 Jan, this message from Sven Luther echoed through cyberspace:
> > On Fri, Jan 20, 2006 at 09:11:37AM +1100, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> >> > However, I have another problem: it seems that pbbuttonsd can't
> >> > detect activity.
> >> >
> [snip]
> >> >
> >> > Can anyone confirm this behaviour? Any fixes available?
> >>
> >> I had this problem with some kernels (I think 2.6.14 had the issue)
> >> and/or udev version problems (check that you have the
> >> various /dev/input/ entries, events mouse and kbd, I think it was
> >> missing some of the events devices)
> >
> > Current 2.6.15 debian kernel with a sarge userland exhibit the
> > problem. The mouse events work fine, but indeed the keyboard events
> > don't get recognized as activity.
> >
> > The above comment from Benjamin Herrenschmidt made me remember that it
> > is not recomended to run older udev with newer kernel, which means i
> > should re-backport a newer version of udev.
> >
> > What distribution/kernel/udev are you running ?
>
> Debian etch aka testing, 2.6.15 kernel.org plus fn and trackpad
> patrches, udev 0.076-6 (the one currently in testing).
>
> As I said in reply to Ben, my udev is not working anyway.
Mmm, did you already file a bug against udev for this ?
> Thanks, and cheers
>
> Michel
>
> PS Sven, mind using a newer kernel on your daily d-i builds, so that
> recent Powerbooks can be installed with that?
Tomorrow's daily build should have 2.6.15-1.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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