Bug#534412: kbd-chooser: relies on usbfs, but that is being obsoleted
Package: kbd-chooser
Version: 1.47
In usb-kbd.c kbd-chooser parses /proc/bus/usb/devices to see if any USB
keyboards are connected to the system. With kernel 2.6.31 usbfs will no
longer be available and this will fail.
Alternatives would be
- to walk through /sys/bus/usb/devices/usb*, which contains the same
information, or
- to instead mount debugfs (if usbfs fails) where the devices file is
moved (/sys/kernel/debug/usb/devices).
The first is possibly the more structural option, but given that
kbd-chooser is scheduled to be replaced by console-setup, the second
option is probably easier to implement.
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