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Bug#358751: Remove "Option 'Device'"



> I had the same problem. I guess you also made a udev rule to create 
> /dev/input/mx1000. But looking at the manpage Option "Device" is 
> discouraged:
> 
>        Option "Device" "string"
>               Specifies the device  note  through  which  the  device  can  be
>               accessed.     This    will    generally    be    of   the   form
>               "/dev/input/eventX", where X is some integer.  The mapping  from
>               device node to hardware is system-dependent.
>               Please note that use of this option is discouraged.
>
> So I changed this:
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
>         Identifier      "Logitech MX1000"
>         Driver          "evdev"
>         Option          "CorePointer"
>         Option          "Device"                "/dev/input/mx1000"
> EndSection
> 
> into this:
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
>         Identifier      "Logitech MX1000"
>         Driver          "evdev"
>         Option          "CorePointer"
>         Option          "Name"                  "Logitech USB Receiver"
> EndSection
> 
> And all was fine again.

It is interesting. What can I do if I have two identical mouse, for example, whith the same name?

Thanx.



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