Bug#350389: New evdev driver sucks. [patch]
On Sun, Jan 29, 2006 at 07:29:02AM -0500, Zephaniah E. Hull wrote:
> Package: xserver-xorg
> Version: 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4
> Tags: patch
> Severity: wishlist
>
> To put it very bluntly, the new evdev driver is a regression in a number
> of ways, from lack of xkb support, to no way to configure mice handling,
> and most importantly, to the complete lack of any sane way to specify
> devices.
>
> This is not so easily fixed, but the patches contained in
> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5696 do the job nicely.
>
> Comments and suggestions are welcome, but, to be quite blunt, the
> current situation has obviously (see bugs #347681, #349586, #347950,
> #346460, #347677) caused problems with the userbase.
>
> The patch in question should bring things back up to spec.
Ok, I've already spoken with Zephenia on IRC and I'm going to apply this
patch for the next 6.9 update. Hopefully this will solve a lot of the
problems I caused by removing the mouse driver evdev implementation in the
last 6.9 upload, and will also help get the driver in better shape for its
next upstream release.
- David Nusinow
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