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Re: xorg synaptics driver no longer working with udev?



Florian Kulzer schreef:
> On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 22:06:41 +0200, Sjoerd Hardeman wrote:
>> Hi list,
>>
>> After a large set of updates today on testing, xorg no longer picks up
>> my udev rules file. A few months ago hal stopped working, as a change to
>> udev was required (see also the list history for several threads on that
>> topic).
> 
> I do not understand what you mean here. I use Sid and I am not aware of
> any recent problems with either hal or udev. (I stress this to warn you
> that I might be unaware of some fundamental aspects of your issue.)
> 
>>         Now, udev stopped working? Did I miss any change to xorg
>> behaviour? I'm using the latest xorg and kdm/kde on testing.
> 
> I would start by checking:
> 
> 1) Does hal know that there is a touchpad?
> 
>    lshal -u $(hal-find-by-capability --capability input.touchpad)
  linux.device_file = '/dev/input/event7'  (string). So yes

> 
> 2) The output of 1) should tell you the associated linux.device_file; in
>    my case this is /dev/input/event7. The next step is to find the
>    devpath:
> 
>    udevadm info --query=path --name=/dev/input/event7
> 
> 3) I get "/devices/platform/i8042/serio4/input/input7/event7" from 2).
>    Now one can test what udev does when the device is added; maybe that
>    command will give you a clue, or you can make the output available so
>    that we can compare:
> 
>    udevadm test /devices/platform/i8042/serio4/input/input7/event7
That works, and gives me the config I've set in the udev file.

Thanks!
Sjoerd


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