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Re: [xserver-xorg-input-synaptics] Add MatchDevicePath to 50-synaptics.conf



On 12.03.2011 18:19, Sedat Dilek wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> while digging trough upstream xf86-input-synaptics I fell over [1]
> with a hint to Peters Hutterer's blog-article in [2].
> 
> Following the recommendation...
> 
> # diff -uprN /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf.dist
> /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf
> --- /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf.dist   2011-02-21
> 05:00:06.000000000 +0100
> +++ /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf        2011-03-12
> 16:58:32.961025242 +0100
> @@ -2,4 +2,5 @@ Section "InputClass"
>          Identifier "touchpad catchall"
>          Driver "synaptics"
>          MatchIsTouchpad "on"
> +       MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
>  EndSection
> 
> ...drops "mis-configuration(s)":
> 
> # egrep -i 'mouse|evdev|synaptic'
> Xorg.0.log.BEFORE_50-synaptics.conf_changed | grep EE
> [    43.278] (EE) Query no Synaptics: 6003C8
> [    43.278] (EE) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad Unable to
> query/initialize Synaptics hardware.
> [    43.278] (EE) PreInit returned 11 for "SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad"
> 
> # egrep -i 'mouse|evdev|synaptic'
> Xorg.0.log.AFTER_50-synaptics.conf_changed | grep EE
> [ No output ]
> 
> Tested with xserver-1.10-rc3, xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
> (1.3.99.901-1+exp1) and a linux-next (next-20110311) kernel.
> 
> So, it might be good to add MatchDevicePath together with the comments
> like in [1] to the Debian package.

Debian supports kfreebsd too, not just linux..

t


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