Bug#370710: xserver-xorg-input-evdev: fails to use mouse when event dev a symlink
Package: xserver-xorg-input-evdev
Version: 1:1.1.2-1
Severity: important
when a logitech (mx510) is a symlink, e.g. the persistent udev device,
the device fails to be present in xorg and an error appears:
(EE) PreInit returned NULL for "logi"
A mousepad seems to work with evdev when dev is a symlink as well as the
mouse if using the hardlink.
This is quite problematic since those usb devices tend to use different
hardlink naming after replugs.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.16.19-fs
Locale: LANG=el_GR, LC_CTYPE=el_GR (charmap=ISO-8859-7)
Versions of packages xserver-xorg-input-evdev depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.6-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii xserver-xorg-core 1:1.0.2-8 X.Org X server -- core server
xserver-xorg-input-evdev recommends no packages.
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