Bug#624576: Specifying "Device"

[Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>]

On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 20:57:14 +0100, ael wrote:

> I tried adding
> Option  "Device"        "/dev/input/event10"
> into xorg.conf in the hope that it would ensure that the
> configuration would be applied to the touchpad alone. The man
> page seems to be out of date.
> 
No it's not.  You want to read the InputClass section of the manpage,
which lists the Match* options you want to be using.

> The result: total lockup. No keyboard, no response from buttons.
> Required power cycle to reboot :-)
> 
> I am now trying to find where
> InputClass "evdev touchpad catchall"
> and
> InputClass "touchpad catchall
> are defined and whether these are the root cause of the problem.
> 
Don't bother.  They aren't.

Cheers,
Julien