Bug#375460: Upgrade to linux kernel 2.6.17 makes Xserver crasing on startup
On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 01:55:16PM +0100, Julien Cristau wrote:
> found 375460 1:1.0.2-8
> retitle 375460 server crash when the device configured as core pointer is a keyboard
> kthxbye
>
> On Fri, Jun 30, 2006 at 13:34:20 +0200, Marcel Sebek wrote:
>
> > On Fri, Jun 30, 2006 at 12:44:45PM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> > > The backtrace looks input related, and indeed, looking at the log file,
> > > it looks like /dev/input/event1 no longer represents a mouse but a
> > > keyboard, so the X server ends up running without a core pointer and
> > > probably chokes on that.
> > >
> >
> > Yes, exactly. event1/2 is switched in the new kernel. The same happened
> > to me once in the past, but IIRC the xserver printed some reasonable
> > warning about missing core pointer, so I found that easily.
> >
> > I've created a simple udev rule and now have mouse on
> > /dev/input/psmouse. I should have done it when I started using evdev
> > interface.
>
> Should we consider this a configuration issue? It looks like
> input-hotplug, or using persistent device names, would prevent this kind
> of problems.
It shouldn't be a configuration issue if it brings down the server. We
should try and revisit this when we move the input-hotplug though, if
that's what'll really fix it.
- David Nusinow
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