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Bug#571999: xserver-xorg-core: config/udev claims all input devices



On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 21:23:08 +0100, Fredrik Tolf wrote:

> Package: xserver-xorg-core
> Version: 2:1.7.4-2
> Severity: normal
> 
> The udev autoconfig claims all my input devices whether I want them or not.
> 
> This is a problem, because I'm running two X server, one of them just to
> display stuff on a TV. Obviously, I wouldn't want it to grab keyboard input
> from my interactive login session and pass it to mplayer.
> 
> In my opinion, I think automatic configuration like that of config/udev or
> config/hal should only be used if I haven't specified any input devices
> explicitly in my xorg.conf, but I'm sure there could be other issues that
> should be considered as well. It would be nice, at least, with a way to
> turn off automatic input device detection, though. Looking at the config/udev
> code, there doesn't seem to be any, seeing how it always adds all input
> device when it is initialized as a module.
> 
You can disable the AutoAddDevices or AutoEnableDevices option in
xorg.conf.

Cheers,
Julien

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